2011 Champions Tour

2011 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21) – November 6, 2011 (2011-11-06)
Number of official events	24
Most wins	John Cook (3) Tom Lehman (3)
Charles Schwab Cup	Tom Lehman
Money list	Tom Lehman
Player of the Year	Tom Lehman
Rookie of the Year	Kenny Perry
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The 2011 Champions Tour was the 32nd 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 2011 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 23	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Hawaii	1,800,000	John Cook (6)
Feb 13	Allianz Championship	Florida	1,800,000	Tom Lehman (3)
Feb 20	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Bernhard Langer (14)
Mar 13	Toshiba Classic	California	1,700,000	Nick Price (4)
Apr 3	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	Mississippi	1,600,000	Tom Lehman (4)
Apr 17	Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am	Florida	1,700,000	John Cook (7)	Pro-Am
Apr 24	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,700,000	David Eger (4) and Mark McNulty (8)	Team event
May 8	Regions Tradition	Alabama	2,200,000	Tom Lehman (5)	Champions Tour major championship
May 29	Senior PGA Championship	Kentucky	2,000,000	Tom Watson (14)	Senior major championship
Jun 5	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	1,725,000	Bob Gilder (10)
Jun 12	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,750,000	Mark Wiebe (3)
Jun 26	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	1,750,000	John Huston (1)
Jul 3	Montreal Championship	Canada	1,800,000	John Cook (8)
Jul 10	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	1,600,000	Jeff Sluman (4)
Jul 24	The Senior Open Championship	England	2,000,000	Russ Cochran (3)	Senior major championship
Jul 31	U.S. Senior Open	Ohio	2,600,000	Olin Browne (1)	Senior major championship
Aug 7	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Jay Haas (15)
Aug 21	Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship	New York	2,700,000	Fred Couples (5)	Champions Tour major championship
Aug 28	Boeing Classic	Washington	2,000,000	Mark Calcavecchia (1)
Sep 18	Songdo IBD Championship	South Korea	3,000,000	Jay Don Blake (1)
Oct 2	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,100,000	Kenny Perry (1)
Oct 9	Insperity Championship	Texas	1,700,000	Brad Faxon (1)
Oct 16	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,800,000	Fred Couples (6)
Nov 6	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	Jay Don Blake (2)	Tour Championship

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	Tom Lehman	2,422
2	Mark Calcavecchia	2,348
3	Peter Senior	1,874
4	Jay Don Blake	1,803
5	John Cook	1,798

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	Tom Lehman	2,081,526
2	Mark Calcavecchia	1,867,991
3	John Cook	1,747,075
4	Jay Don Blake	1,531,877
5	Russ Cochran	1,503,090

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Tom Lehman	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Kenny Perry	[6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Mark Calcavecchia	[7]
Comeback Player of the Year	Chip Beck	[6]

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. "2011 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
2. "2011 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
3. "Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title". The San Diego Union-Tribune. The Associated Press. November 6, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
4. "2011 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
5. "Lehman named Champions Tour PoY". Golfweek. Associated Press. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
6. "Champions Tour Announcement". ASAP sports. December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2023. We also announced that Kenny Perry was named Rookie of the Year and Chip Beck was the Comeback Player of the Year on the Champions Tour.
7. "2011 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.

External links

• Official website