2024 European Senior Tour

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2024 European Senior Tour season
Duration3 May 2024 (2024-05-03) – 8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)
Number of official events18
Most wins Flag of England.svg Peter Baker (2) [a]
Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (2)
Order of Merit Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg Simon Griffiths
2023
2025

The 2024 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2024 Legends Tour, was the 32nd season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Contents

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season. [1] [2]

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
()
Winner [b] Other
tours [c]
Notes
5 May Barbados Legends BarbadosUS$500,000 Flag of England.svg Peter Baker (6)
26 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United StatesUS$3,500,000 Flag of England.svg Richard Bland (n/a) Senior major championship
9 Jun Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy Greece500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis (6)New tournament
16 Jun Paul Lawrie Matchplay England300,000 Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Cabrera (1)New tournament
22 Jun OFX Irish Legends Ireland400,000 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (6)
1 Jul U.S. Senior Open United StatesUS$4,000,000 Flag of England.svg Richard Bland (n/a) Senior major championship
14 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland300,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Jarmo Sandelin (2)
28 Jul The Senior Open Championship ScotlandUS$2,850,000 Flag of South Korea.svg K. J. Choi (n/a) Senior major championship
4 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship Scotland750,000 Flag of England.svg Robert Coles (1)
18 Aug Zambia Legends Championship Zambia350,000 Flag of South Africa.svg Keith Horne (1)New tournament
1 Sep HSBC India Legends Championship IndiaUS$500,000 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Haeggman (2) PGTI New tournament
7 Sep Legends Open de France France350,000 Flag of Scotland.svg Greig Hutcheon (1)
15 Sep European Legends Cup Spain800,000 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva (7)New tournament
22 Sep WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany500,000 Flag of England.svg Van Phillips (1)
26 Oct Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian Open Italy400,000 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Gögele (1)
10 Nov Farmfoods European Senior Masters Spain375,000 Flag of England.svg Simon Griffiths (1)
17 Nov WCM Legends Mexico Open MexicoUS$450,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker (n/a)New tournament
8 Dec MCB Tour Championship MauritiusUS$1,275,000 Flag of England.svg Peter Baker (7)Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the MCB Road to Mauritius and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. [3] [4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Adilson da Silva 3,837
2 Flag of England.svg Peter Baker 3,677
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Hend 2,927
4 Flag of England.svg Simon Griffiths 2,567
5 Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Haeggman 2,549

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year (Barry Lane Award) Flag of England.svg Simon Griffiths [4]

Notes

  1. Richard Bland also won two events, but was not a European Senior Tour member.
  2. 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.
  3. PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

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References

  1. "2024 Tournament schedule". Legends Tour. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. "Legends Tour hits new landmark with biggest schedule and record €18million prizepool". European Tour. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. "2024 MCB Road to Mauritius". Legends Tour. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Baker's delight in Mauritius". Compleat Golfer. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024. Adilson da Silva maintained his position at the top of the Order of Merit to take home the John Jacobs trophy... All was not lost for Griffiths who won Rookie of the Year, taking home the Barry Lane trophy.