2023 PGA Tour Champions season

2023 PGA Tour Champions season

Duration	January 19, 2023 (2023-01-19) – November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Steve Stricker (6)
Charles Schwab Cup	Steve Stricker
Money list	Steve Stricker
Player of the Year	Steve Stricker
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The 2023 PGA Tour Champions season was the 43rd season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions 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 2023 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 21	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Hawaii	2,000,000	Steve Stricker (12)
Feb 11	Trophy Hassan II	Morocco	2,000,000	Stephen Ames (3)	New to PGA Tour Champions [lower-alpha 2]
Feb 19	Chubb Classic	Florida	1,800,000	Bernhard Langer (45)
Mar 5	Cologuard Classic	Arizona	2,200,000	David Toms (3)
Mar 19	Hoag Classic	California	2,000,000	Ernie Els (3)
Mar 26	Galleri Classic	California	2,200,000	David Toms (4)	New tournament
Apr 23	Invited Celebrity Classic	Texas	2,000,000	Mark Hensby (1)
Apr 30	Insperity Invitational	Texas	2,700,000	Steven Alker (6)
May 7	Mitsubishi Electric Classic	Georgia	1,800,000	Stephen Ames (4)
May 14	Regions Tradition	Alabama	2,500,000	Steve Stricker (13)	PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28	KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship	Texas	3,500,000	Steve Stricker (14)	Senior major championship
Jun 4	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	2,000,000	Stephen Ames (5)
Jun 11	American Family Insurance Championship	Wisconsin	2,400,000	Steve Stricker (15)
Jun 25	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	2,100,000	Pádraig Harrington (5)
Jul 2	U.S. Senior Open	Wisconsin	4,000,000	Bernhard Langer (46)	Senior major championship
Jul 16	Kaulig Companies Championship	Ohio	3,500,000	Steve Stricker (16)	PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30	The Senior Open Championship	Wales	2,750,000	Alex Čejka (3)	Senior major championship
Aug 13	Boeing Classic	Washington	2,200,000	Stephen Ames (6)
Aug 20	Shaw Charity Classic	Canada	2,400,000	Ken Duke (1)
Aug 27	The Ally Challenge	Michigan	2,000,000	Vijay Singh (5)
Sep 10	Ascension Charity Classic	Missouri	2,000,000	Steve Flesch (4)
Sep 17	Sanford International	South Dakota	2,000,000	Steve Stricker (17)
Sep 24	PURE Insurance Championship	California	2,300,000	Thongchai Jaidee (2)
Oct 8	Constellation Furyk and Friends	Florida	2,000,000	Brett Quigley (2)
Oct 15	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,100,000	Rod Pampling (2)
Oct 22	Dominion Energy Charity Classic	Virginia	2,200,000	Harrison Frazar (1)	Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 5	TimberTech Championship	Florida	2,200,000	Pádraig Harrington (6)	Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	Arizona	3,000,000	Steven Alker (7)	Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 10	World Champions Cup	Florida	1,350,000	Team USA	New team event
Dec 17	PNC Championship	Florida	1,085,000	Bernhard Langer and son Jason Langer	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Steve Stricker	3,986,063
2	Steven Alker	3,173,127
3	Ernie Els	2,642,983
4	Pádraig Harrington	2,614,746
5	Bernhard Langer	2,532,490

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^[5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Steve Stricker	3,986,063
2	Steven Alker	2,607,089
3	Bernhard Langer	2,240,016
4	Ernie Els	2,166,383
5	Stephen Ames	2,130,194

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Steve Stricker	[6]
Rookie of the Year
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Steve Stricker	[7]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.
2. Tournament's debut on PGA Tour Champions delayed from 2022.

References

1. "2023 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
2. "PGA Tour Champions announces 2023 schedule". PGA Tour. October 25, 2022. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
3. "2023 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
4. Babineau, Jeff (November 12, 2023). "Steve Stricker caps off record-setting year with Charles Schwab Cup title". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
5. "2023 Money list". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
6. "Reigning Charles Schwab Cup Champion Steve Stricker sweeps PGA Tour Champions awards". PGA Tour. January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
7. "2023 Scoring Average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 22, 2023.

External links

• Official website