2009 European Senior Tour

2009 European Senior Tour season

Duration	27 February 2009 (2009-02-27) – 8 November 2009 (2009-11-08)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Carl Mason (2)
Order of Merit	Sam Torrance
Rookie of the Year	Mike Harwood
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The 2009 European Senior Tour was the 18th season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2009 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
1 Mar	Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters	Brunei	400,000	Mike Cunning (1)	New tournament
20 Mar	DGM Barbados Open	Barbados	£145,000	Sam Torrance (11)
10 May	Son Gual Mallorca Senior Open	Spain	300,000	Mark James (2)	New tournament
24 May	Senior PGA Championship	United States	US$2,000,000	Michael Allen (n/a)	Senior major championship
7 Jun	Irish Seniors Open	Ireland	350,000	Ian Woosnam (3)
14 Jun	Jersey Seniors Classic	Jersey	£140,000	Delroy Cambridge (5)
21 Jun	Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open	Wales	£500,000	Bertus Smit (1)
28 Jun	De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship	England	£250,000	Carl Mason (21)
26 Jul	The Senior Open Championship	England	US$2,000,000	Loren Roberts (n/a)	Senior major championship
2 Aug	U.S. Senior Open	United States	US$2,600,000	Fred Funk (n/a)	Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
9 Aug	Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open	Switzerland	220,000	John Bland (2)
23 Aug	Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open	Scotland	£225,000	Glenn Ralph (1)
6 Sep	Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters	England	£250,000	Tony Johnstone (2)
20 Sep	Casa Serena Open	Czech Republic	600,000	Peter Mitchell (4)
18 Oct	Benahavis Senior Masters	Spain	180,000	Carl Mason (22)	New tournament
8 Nov	OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship	Spain	400,000	Mike Harwood (1)	Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Sam Torrance	170,696
2	Ian Woosnam	167,316
3	Carl Mason	157,918
4	Glenn Ralph	150,723
5	Ángel Franco	136,467

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Mike Harwood	[4]

Notes

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

References

1. "2009 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
2. "2009 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
3. Ramowski, Darren (9 November 2009). "Sam Torrance wins 3rd Seniors Order of Merit". Golfshake. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
4. O'Hare, Brian (10 November 2009). "Harwood is Rookie of the Year at 50". Australian Senior Golfer. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

External links

• Official website