2013 Champions Tour
The 2013 Champions Tour was the 34th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions since it officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 26 official money events with purses totaling $50,750,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,448,428. This was his second straight money title and fifth overall. Kenny Perry won the most tournaments, three. Fred Couples led the tour in scoring average for the second straight year and third time overall. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 2013 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Champions Tour debut are shown in italics.Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | Score | Winner's share |
Jan 20 | Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai | Hawaii | 1,800,000 | John Cook | 199 | 309,000 |
Feb 10 | Allianz Championship | Florida | 1,800,000 | Rocco Mediate | 199 | 270,000 |
Feb 17 | ACE Group Classic | Florida | 1,600,000 | Bernhard Langer | 204 | 240,000 |
Mar 17 | Toshiba Classic | California | 1,750,000 | David Frost | 194 | 262,500 |
Mar 24 | Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic | Mississippi | 1,600,000 | Michael Allen | 205 | 240,000 |
Apr 21 | Greater Gwinnett Championship | Georgia | 1,800,000 | Bernhard Langer | 206 | 270,000 |
Apr 28 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf | Georgia | 2,700,000 | Brad Faxon & Jeff Sluman | 193 | 230,000 each |
May 5 | Insperity Championship | Texas | 1,800,000 | Esteban Toledo | 210 | 270,000 |
May 26 | Senior PGA Championship | Missouri | 2,100,000 | Kōki Idoki | 273 | 378,000 |
Jun 2 | Principal Charity Classic | Iowa | 1,750,000 | Russ Cochran | 205 | 262,500 |
Jun 9 | Regions Tradition | Alabama | 2,200,000 | David Frost | 272 | 335,000 |
Jun 23 | Encompass Championship | Illinois | 1,800,000 | Craig Stadler | 203 | 270,000 |
Jun 30 | Constellation Senior Players Championship | Pennsylvania | 2,700,000 | Kenny Perry | 261 | 405,000 |
Jul 14 | U.S. Senior Open | Nebraska | 2,750,000 | Kenny Perry | 267 | 500,000 |
Jul 29 | The Senior Open Championship | England | 2,000,000 | Mark Wiebe | 271 | 392,000 |
Aug 4 | 3M Championship | Minnesota | 1,750,000 | Tom Pernice, Jr. | 199 | 262,500 |
Aug 18 | Dick's Sporting Goods Open | New York | 1,800,000 | Bart Bryant | 200 | 270,000 |
Aug 25 | Boeing Classic | Washington | 2,000,000 | John Riegger | 201 | 300,000 |
Sep 1 | Shaw Charity Classic | Alberta, Canada | 2,000,000 | Rocco Mediate | 191 | 300,000 |
Sep 8 | Montreal Championship | Quebec, Canada | 1,600,000 | Esteban Toledo | 211 | 240,000 |
Sep 22 | Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship | Hawaii | 1,800,000 | Mark Wiebe | 205 | 270,000 |
Sep 29 | Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | California | 1,800,000 | Kirk Triplett | 205 | 270,000 |
Oct 13 | SAS Championship | North Carolina | 2,100,000 | Russ Cochran | 199 | 315,000 |
Oct 20 | Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn | North Carolina | 1,600,000 | Michael Allen | 197 | 240,000 |
Oct 27 | AT&T Championship | Texas | 1,900,000 | Kenny Perry | 203 | 285,000 |
Nov 3 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | California | 2,500,000 | Fred Couples | 267 | 440,000 |
Leaders
Scoring Average leadersRank | Player | Country | Average |
1 | Fred Couples | 68.64 | |
2 | Bernhard Langer | 68.92 | |
3 | Kenny Perry | 69.21 | |
4 | David Frost | 69.49 | |
5 | Tom Lehman | 69.58 |
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Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Events | Wins |
1 | Bernhard Langer | 2,448,428 | 24 | 2 | |
2 | Kenny Perry | 2,241,188 | 20 | 3 | |
3 | David Frost | 1,817,234 | 25 | 2 | |
4 | Fred Couples | 1,706,812 | 15 | 1 | |
5 | Russ Cochran | 1,458,583 | 23 | 2 |
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Career Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Wins |
1 | Hale Irwin | 26,751,036 | 45 | |
2 | Gil Morgan | 20,375,204 | 25 | |
3 | Tom Kite | 15,836,651 | 10 | |
4 | Dana Quigley | 14,847,286 | 11 | |
5 | Bruce Fleisher | 14,836,386 | 18 |
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