Duration | January 23, 2009 – November 1, 2009 |
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Number of official events | 25 |
Most wins | Bernhard Langer (4) |
Charles Schwab Cup | Loren Roberts |
Money list | Bernhard Langer |
Player of the Year | Bernhard Langer |
Rookie of the Year | Russ Cochran |
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The 2009 Champions Tour was the 30th 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.
The following table lists official events during the 2009 season. [1]
The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [2] [3]
Position | Player | Points |
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1 | Loren Roberts | 2,670 |
2 | John Cook | 2,351 |
3 | Fred Funk | 2,349 |
4 | Bernhard Langer | 2,322 |
5 | Jay Haas | 1,984 |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [4] [5]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | 2,139,451 |
2 | Loren Roberts | 1,960,613 |
3 | John Cook | 1,798,664 |
4 | Jay Haas | 1,758,395 |
5 | Fred Funk | 1,563,810 |
Award | Winner | Ref. |
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Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) | Bernhard Langer | [5] |
Rookie of the Year | Russ Cochran | [6] |
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) | Bernhard Langer | [5] [7] |
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1986, he became the sport's first number one ranked player following the creation of the Sony Ranking.
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Additionally, Langer also collected his second consecutive Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average (68.92) in 2009, as well as earning his second consecutive Arnold Palmer Award as the Tour's leading money winner ($2,139,451).
He first played on the Champions Tour in 2009, and finished in third place at the US Senior Open. At the end of that season Cochran was given the title Rookie of the Year.