2001 Senior PGA Tour

2001 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 19, 2001 (2001-01-19) – October 28, 2001 (2001-10-28)
Number of official events	38 [a]
Most wins	Larry Nelson (5)
Charles Schwab Cup	Allen Doyle
Money list	Allen Doyle
Player of the Year	Allen Doyle
Rookie of the Year	Bob Gilder
← 2000 2002 →

The 2001 Senior PGA Tour was the 22nd season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2001 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [b]	Notes
Jan 21	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (12)
Feb 4	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (13)
Feb 11	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,400,000	Gil Morgan (19)
Feb 18	Verizon Classic	Florida	1,400,000	Bob Gilder (1)
Feb 25	Mexico Senior Classic	Mexico	1,500,000	Mike McCullough (1)
Mar 4	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,400,000	José María Cañizares (1)
Mar 11	SBC Senior Classic	California	1,400,000	Jim Colbert (20)
Mar 18	Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley	California	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (30)	New tournament
Mar 25	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,400,000	Mike McCullough (2)
Apr 15	The Countrywide Tradition	Arizona	1,700,000	Doug Tewell (4)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 22	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,400,000	Bruce Fleisher (12)
Apr 29	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,400,000	Hale Irwin (31)
May 6	Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	1,300,000	Bruce Fleisher (13)
May 13	Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship	Missouri	2,000,000	Leonard Thompson (3)
May 20	TD Waterhouse Championship	Missouri	1,500,000	Ed Dougherty (2)
May 27	Senior PGA Championship	New Jersey	2,000,000	Tom Watson (3)	Senior major championship
Jun 3	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	1,600,000	Sammy Rachels (1)
Jun 10	NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	1,200,000	John Schroeder (1)
Jun 17	Instinet Classic	New Jersey	1,500,000	Gil Morgan (20)
Jun 24	FleetBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (14)
Jul 1	U.S. Senior Open	Massachusetts	2,400,000	Bruce Fleisher (14)	Senior major championship
Jul 8	Farmers Charity Classic	Michigan	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (15)
Jul 15	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,400,000	Allen Doyle (6)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 22	SBC Senior Open	Illinois	1,400,000	Dana Quigley (5)
Jul 29	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	£500,000	Ian Stanley (n/a)	Senior major championship [c]
Jul 29	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	1,450,000	Allen Doyle (7)
Aug 5	Lightpath Long Island Classic	New York	1,700,000	Bobby Wadkins (1)
Aug 12	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Bruce Lietzke (1)
Aug 19	Novell Utah Showdown	Utah	1,500,000	Steve Veriato (1)
Aug 26	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	1,600,000	Walter Hall (1)
Sep 2	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	1,500,000	Jim Thorpe (3)
Sep 9	Allianz Championship	Iowa	1,750,000	Jim Thorpe (4)	New tournament
Sep 16	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	–	Canceled [d]
Sep 23	SAS Championship	North Carolina	1,600,000	Bruce Lietzke (2)	New tournament
Sep 30	Gold Rush Classic	California	1,300,000	Tom Kite (3)
Oct 7	Turtle Bay Championship	Hawaii	1,500,000	Hale Irwin (32)
Oct 14	The Transamerica	California	1,300,000	Sammy Rachels (2)
Oct 21	SBC Championship	Texas	1,400,000	Larry Nelson (16)
Oct 28	Senior Tour Championship	Oklahoma	2,500,000	Bob Gilder (2)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Nov 18	UBS Warburg Cup	South Carolina	3,000,000	Team USA	New team event
Dec 2	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	1,000,000	Raymond Floyd and son Robert Floyd	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[4] [5]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Allen Doyle	2,382
2	Bruce Fleisher	2,166
3	Hale Irwin	1,959
4	Larry Nelson	1,930
5	Gil Morgan	1,640

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Allen Doyle	2,553,582
2	Bruce Fleisher	2,411,543
3	Hale Irwin	2,147,422
4	Larry Nelson	2,109,936
5	Gil Morgan	1,885,871

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Allen Doyle	[7]
Rookie of the Year	Bob Gilder	[8]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Gil Morgan	[9]
Comeback Player of the Year	John Schroeder	[10]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
2. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
3. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
4. Canceled due to the September 11 attacks. ^[3]

References

1. "2001 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 3, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
2. "2002 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
3. Brown, Clifton (September 13, 2001). "Golf; Golf Events Canceled". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2023. The Tampa Bay Classic, the Senior Tour Vantage Championship, and the Buy.com Oregon Classic were also canceled.
4. "2001 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
5. "Allen Doyle donates Charles Schwab Cup prize to charity". Golfweek. November 3, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
6. "2001 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
7. "Woods, Doyle and Campbell honored with Fans' Choice Player of the Year Awards". PGA Tour. January 1, 2002. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
8. "Golf; Howell Is PGA's Rookie of the Year". The New York Times. Bloomberg News. December 27, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
9. "2001 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
10. "James" . The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. January 4, 2002. p. 9 (3B in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023– via Newspapers.com. John Schroeder earned Comeback Player of the Year.

External links

• Official website