2004 Champions Tour

2004 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 23, 2004 (2004-01-23) – October 24, 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Craig Stadler (5)
Charles Schwab Cup	Hale Irwin
Money list	Craig Stadler
Player of the Year	Craig Stadler
Rookie of the Year	Mark McNulty
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The 2004 Champions Tour was the 25th season of the Champions Tour (formerly 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 2004 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 25	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,600,000	Fuzzy Zoeller (2)
Feb 8	Royal Caribbean Golf Classic	Florida	1,450,000	Bruce Fleisher (17)
Feb 15	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Craig Stadler (4)
Feb 22	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Florida	1,600,000	Mark McNulty (1)	Pro-Am
Mar 7	MasterCard Classic	Mexico	2,000,000	Ed Fiori (1)
Mar 14	SBC Classic	California	1,500,000	Gil Morgan (23)
Mar 21	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,600,000	Tom Purtzer (2)
Apr 18	Blue Angels Classic	Florida	1,500,000	Tom Jenkins (5)
Apr 25	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	3,100,000	Hale Irwin (39)
May 2	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,500,000	Bruce Fleisher (18)
May 9	FedEx Kinko's Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Larry Nelson (18)
May 23	Allianz Championship	Iowa	1,500,000	D. A. Weibring (2)
May 31	Senior PGA Championship	Kentucky	2,000,000	Hale Irwin (40)	Senior major championship
Jun 6	Farmers Charity Classic	Michigan	1,600,000	Jim Thorpe (8)
Jun 13	Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am	Missouri	1,650,000	Allen Doyle (9)	Pro-Am
Jun 27	Bank of America Championship	Massachusetts	1,550,000	Craig Stadler (5)
Jul 4	Commerce Bank Long Island Classic	New York	1,500,000	Jim Thorpe (9)
Jul 11	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,500,000	Mark James (1)	Champions Tour major championship
Jul 25	The Senior British Open Championship	Northern Ireland	1,600,000	Pete Oakley (1)	Senior major championship
Aug 1	U.S. Senior Open	Missouri	2,600,000	Peter Jacobsen (1)	Senior major championship
Aug 8	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Tom Kite (7)
Aug 22	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,600,000	Doug Tewell (8)
Aug 29	JELD-WEN Tradition	Oregon	2,300,000	Craig Stadler (6)	Champions Tour major championship
Sep 5	First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	2,000,000	Craig Stadler (7)	New tournament
Sep 12	Kroger Classic	Ohio	1,500,000	Bruce Summerhays (3)
Sep 26	SAS Championship	North Carolina	1,800,000	Craig Stadler (8)
Oct 3	Constellation Energy Classic	Maryland	1,600,000	Wayne Levi (2)
Oct 10	Administaff Small Business Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Larry Nelson (19)	New tournament
Oct 17	SBC Championship	Texas	1,500,000	Mark McNulty (2)
Oct 24	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	Mark McNulty (3)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Nov 21	UBS Cup	South Carolina	3,000,000	Team USA	Team event
Dec 5	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	1,000,000	Larry Nelson and son Josh Nelson	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Hale Irwin	3,427
2	Craig Stadler	3,388
3	Tom Kite	2,981
4	Peter Jacobsen	2,471
5	Mark McNulty	2,417

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Craig Stadler	2,306,066
2	Hale Irwin	2,035,397
3	Tom Kite	1,831,211
4	Gil Morgan	1,606,453
5	Bruce Fleisher	1,537,571

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Craig Stadler	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Mark McNulty	[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Craig Stadler	[6]
Comeback Player of the Year	Hubert Green	[7]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

1. "2004 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
2. "2004 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
3. "McNulty takes cash; Irwin earns cup" . Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. October 25, 2004. p. 40 (C10 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "2004 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
5. "Stadler Chosen Champions Tour POY". NBC Sports. Sports Network. December 6, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Mark McNulty, a native of Zimbabwe, won the Rookie of the Year honors...
6. "2004 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
7. "Green gains perspective". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 2005. Retrieved November 29, 2023. He returned in April and completed 16 events, earning Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year for the second time in three seasons.

External links

• Official website