PGA Tour Champions awards


Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions Tour in 2003, and became PGA Tour Champions in 2016.

Player-elected awards

Three PGA Tour Champions year-end awards are elected by the players and announced in December. The ceremony is held at a tournament early in the following season. The Jack Nicklaus Trophy is for the player of the year. The other two are the Rookie of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year awards.

Statistical awards

The Arnold Palmer Award is given to the player who earns the most PGA Tour Champions money in a season. The Byron Nelson Award goes to the player who has the lowest scoring average.

Charles Schwab Cup

From 2001 through 2015, points were earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments. From 2008 to 2015, points were doubled at majors and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
Since 2016, the Charles Schwab Cup has used a playoff format similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the regular PGA Tour, though with three total events instead of four on the regular tour. Changes to the format are:
The top five win annuities. Annuities involved in ties are divided amongst the tied players.
Year$1,000,000$500,000$300,000$200,000$100,000
20012,382 Allen Doyle2,166 Bruce Fleisher1,959 Hale Irwin1,930 Larry Nelson1,640 Gil Morgan
20022,886 Hale Irwin2,087 Bob Gilder1,582 Bruce Fleisher1,448 Tom Watson1,419 Tom Kite
20034,370 Tom Watson3,046 Jim Thorpe2,618 Tom Kite2,585 Bruce Lietzke2,328 Gil Morgan
20043,427 Hale Irwin3,388 Craig Stadler2,981 Tom Kite2,471 Peter Jacobsen2,417 Mark McNulty
20052,980 Tom Watson2,733 Dana Quigley2,210 Mark McNulty2,001 Hale Irwin1,846 Loren Roberts
20063,053 Jay Haas3,033 Loren Roberts1,910 Tom Kite1,685 Brad Bryant1,546 Eduardo Romero
1,546 Jim Thorpe
20072,716 Loren Roberts2,551 Jay Haas2,177 Denis Watson2,167 Brad Bryant2,032 Tom Watson
20082,556 Jay Haas2,544 Fred Funk2,460 Bernhard Langer2,032 Eduardo Romero1,867 John Cook
20092,670 Loren Roberts2,351 John Cook2,349 Fred Funk2,322 Bernhard Langer1,984 Jay Haas
20103,597 Bernhard Langer2,771 Fred Couples2,451 John Cook1,846 Michael Allen1,813 Russ Cochran
20112,422 Tom Lehman2,348 Mark Calcavecchia1,874 Peter Senior1,803 Jay Don Blake1,798 John Cook
20123,082 Tom Lehman2,647 Bernhard Langer1,846 Fred Couples1,806 Roger Chapman1,677 Fred Funk
20133,273 Kenny Perry2,861 Bernhard Langer2,425 Fred Couples2,089 David Frost1,673 Duffy Waldorf
20144,152 Bernhard Langer3,307 Colin Montgomerie2,461 Jay Haas2,059 Kenny Perry1,892 Tom Pernice, Jr.
20153,520 Bernhard Langer3,182 Colin Montgomerie3,143 Jeff Maggert1,951 Billy Andrade1,466 Joe Durant
20163,200 Bernhard Langer2,400 Colin Montgomerie2,216 Paul Goydos2,004 Scott McCarron1,658 Joe Durant
20173,280 Kevin Sutherland2,234 Bernhard Langer2,100 Scott McCarron1,834 Kenny Perry1,640 Vijay Singh
20182,525,404 Bernhard Langer2,256,618 Scott McCarron2,254,856 Scott Parel2,237,619 Vijay Singh2,015,793 Miguel Ángel Jiménez
20192,534,090 Scott McCarron2,382,675 Jerry Kelly1,859,085 Retief Goosen1,831,622 Bernhard Langer1,733,517 Woody Austin

Players of the Month

Three members of the media form a panel which determines the recipients. The winners receive a medal.
Month199419951996199719981999
February Mike Hill J. C. Snead Hale Irwin David Graham Larry Nelson Bruce Fleisher
March Jay Sigel Jim Albus Walter Morgan David Graham Lee Trevino Gary McCord
April Raymond Floyd Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Hale Irwin Allen Doyle
May Lee Trevino Isao Aoki Isao Aoki Jay Sigel Jay Sigel Hale Irwin
June Dave Stockton Bob Murphy Isao Aoki Graham Marsh John Jacobs Bruce Fleisher
July Jim Colbert Tom Weiskopf Dave Stockton Larry Gilbert Hale Irwin Hale Irwin
August Dave Stockton Bob Murphy Graham Marsh Hugh Baiocchi Hale Irwin Hale Irwin
September Isao Aoki Walter Morgan Mike Hill David Graham Hugh Baiocchi Gil Morgan
October Bob Murphy Lee Trevino Jim Colbert Hale Irwin Dana Quigley Bruce Fleisher
Novembern/an/a Jay Sigel Gil Morgan Hale Irwin Gary McCord

Month20052006200720082009
Jan./Feb. Hale Irwin Loren Roberts Loren Roberts Scott Hoch Bernhard Langer
March Mark James Morris Hatalsky Tom Purtzer Bernhard Langer Joey Sindelar
April Jim Thorpe Jay Haas Jay Haas Tom Watson Nick Price
May Mike Reid Brad Bryant Denis Watson Jay Haas Mark McNulty
June D. A. Weibring Gil Morgan Jay Haas Loren Roberts Bernhard Langer
July Tom Watson Loren Roberts Tom Watson Bruce Vaughan Fred Funk
August Loren Roberts Tom Kite D. A. Weibring Fred Funk Loren Roberts
September Hale Irwin Bob Gilder Gil Morgan Tom Kite Jeff Sluman
October Jay Haas Jim Thorpe Loren Roberts D. A. Weibring John Cook

Month20102011201220132014
Jan./Feb. Fred Couples Tom Lehman Corey Pavin Bernhard Langer Bernhard Langer
March Fred Couples Nick Price Fred Couples David Frost Jeff Maggert
April Mark O'Meara Nick Price Michael Allen Miguel Ángel Jiménez
May Tom Lehman Tom Watson Roger Chapman Kōki Idoki Colin Montgomerie
June Nick Price Mark Wiebe Tom Lehman Kenny Perry Jeff Sluman
July Bernhard Langer Russ Cochran Fred Couples Kenny Perry Bernhard Langer
August Mark Calcavecchia Willie Wood Bart Bryant Kevin Sutherland
September Russ Cochran Jay Don Blake Willie Wood Kirk Triplett Wes Short, Jr.
October Bernhard Langer Jay Haas