2006 Champions Tour

2007 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 20, 2006 (2006-01-20) – October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Number of official events	28 [a]
Most wins	Jay Haas (4) Loren Roberts (4)
Charles Schwab Cup	Jay Haas
Money list	Jay Haas
Player of the Year	Jay Haas
Rookie of the Year	Eduardo Romero
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th 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 2006 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [b]	Notes
Jan 22	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,700,000	Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29	Turtle Bay Championship	Hawaii	1,500,000	Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Florida	1,600,000	Jerry Pate (1)	Pro-Am
Mar 12	AT&T Classic	California	1,600,000	Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20	Toshiba Classic	California	1,650,000	Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2	Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic	Mexico	1,600,000	Morris Hatalsky (3)	New tournament
Apr 23	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,500,000	Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30	FedEx Kinko's Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Jay Haas (4)
May 7	Regions Charity Classic	Alabama	1,600,000	Brad Bryant (2)
May 14	Boeing Championship at Sandestin	Florida	1,600,000	Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28	Senior PGA Championship	Oklahoma	2,000,000	Jay Haas (5)	Senior major championship
Jun 4	Allianz Championship	Iowa	1,500,000	Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11	Bank of America Championship	Massachusetts	–	Canceled
Jun 25	Commerce Bank Championship	New York	1,500,000	John Harris (1)
Jul 2	Greater Kansas City Golf Classic	Kansas	1,650,000	Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9	U.S. Senior Open	Kansas	2,600,000	Allen Doyle (11)	Senior major championship
Jul 16	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,500,000	Bobby Wadkins (3)	Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30	The Senior British Open Championship	Scotland	1,800,000	Loren Roberts (5)	Senior major championship
Aug 6	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	David Edwards (1)
Aug 20	Boeing Greater Seattle Classic	Washington	1,600,000	Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27	JELD-WEN Tradition	Oregon	2,500,000	Eduardo Romero (1)	Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3	Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	2,000,000	Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17	Constellation Energy Classic	Maryland	1,700,000	Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,600,000	Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,000,000	Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15	Administaff Small Business Classic	Texas	1,600,000	Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,600,000	Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	Jim Thorpe (12)	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
Dec 3	Del Webb Father/Son Challenge	Florida	1,000,000	Bernhard Langer and son Stefan Langer	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	Jay Haas	3,053
2	Loren Roberts	3,033
3	Tom Kite	1,910
4	Brad Bryant	1,685
5	Eduardo Romero	1,546

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[4] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jay Haas	2,420,227
2	Loren Roberts	2,365,395
3	Brad Bryant	1,692,417
4	Tom Kite	1,643,348
5	Gil Morgan	1,525,050

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Jay Haas	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Eduardo Romero	[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Loren Roberts	[6]
Comeback Player of the Year	Tim Simpson	[5]

Notes

1. One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
2. 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. "2006 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
2. "2006 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
3. "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season". Golf Channel. Associated Press. October 31, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Haas also won the Arnold Palmer Award as the tour's leading money-winner, finishing with $2,420,227 in earnings...
4. "2006 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
5. "Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Year". The Golf Wire. December 4, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
6. "2006 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

External links

• Official website