2004 European Seniors Tour

2004 European Seniors Tour season

Duration	19 March 2004 (2004-03-19) – 24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events	23
Most wins	Carl Mason (5)
Order of Merit	Carl Mason
Rookie of the Year	Pete Oakley
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The 2004 European Seniors Tour was the 13th season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
21 Mar	Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic	Trinidad and Tobago	£125,000	Carl Mason (5)
28 Mar	DGM Barbados Open	Barbados	US$230,000	Gavan Levenson (1)
9 May	Open de France Seniors	France	200,000	Bob Cameron (1)
16 May	Bosch Italian Seniors Open	Italy	160,000	Terry Gale (6)	New tournament
23 May	Digicel Jamaica Classic	Jamaica	US$280,000	Luis Carbonetti (1)
30 May	Senior PGA Championship	United States	US$2,000,000	Hale Irwin (n/a)	Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
6 Jun	AIB Irish Seniors Open	Ireland	330,000	Carl Mason (6)
13 Jun	Irvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors Classic	Jersey	£120,000	Jim Rhodes (2)
20 Jun	Mobile Cup	England	£125,000	Bill Longmuir (3)
27 Jun	De Vere Northumberland Seniors Classic	England	£150,000	Malcolm Gregson (5)
4 Jul	Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open	Wales	£500,000	Ray Carrasco (3)
11 Jul	Nigel Mansell Sunseeker International Classic	England	£150,000	Seiji Ebihara (6)
25 Jul	The Senior British Open Championship	Northern Ireland	US$1,600,000	Pete Oakley (1)	Senior major championship
31 Jul	Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open	Switzerland	190,000	Horacio Carbonetti (2)
1 Aug	U.S. Senior Open	United States	US$2,600,000	Peter Jacobsen (n/a)	Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
8 Aug	De Vere PGA Seniors Championship	England	£200,000	Carl Mason (7)
15 Aug	Travis Perkins Senior Masters	England	£225,000	Sam Torrance (1)
29 Aug	Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open	England	£150,000	Bill Longmuir (4)
5 Sep	Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters	England	£225,000	Luis Carbonetti (2)
11 Sep	The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz European Seniors Match Play Championship	England	£100,000	Carl Mason (8)
26 Sep	ADT English Seniors Open	England	£150,000	Carl Mason (9)
3 Oct	Sanremo Masters	Italy	200,000	Bob Cameron (2)	New tournament
24 Oct	Estoril Seniors Tour Championship	Portugal	240,000	John Chillas (2)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winners	Notes
21 Nov	UBS Cup	United States	US$3,000,000	Team USA	Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^[2]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Carl Mason	354,775
2	Pete Oakley	286,386
3	John Chillas	218,281
4	Seiji Ebihara	202,746
5	Bill Longmuir	201,470

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Pete Oakley	[3]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Seniors Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Seniors Tour members.
2. Official win; unofficial money.

References

1. "2004 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
2. "2004 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
3. "'Cheers' to the European Senior Tour". Golf Business News. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Other previous winners include José Rivero (2006), Kevin Spurgeon (2005), Pete Oakley (2004)...

External links

• Official website