European Seniors Tour
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The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.
The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2007 it had a total prize fund of €8,305,947, so it is much further behind the U.S. based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European Tour is behind the PGA Tour. The highest profile seniors event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by the Champions Tour. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but from 2007 the former is an official money event. [1]
The 2008 season will feature new events in the Azores, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, [1] and Saudi Arabia.
[edit] Schedule
The table below shows the 2008 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.
| Dates | Tournament | Host country | Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-7 Mar | DGM Barbados Open | Barbados |  Bill Longmuir (7) |
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| 28-30 Mar | Azores Senior Open | Portugal |  Stewart Ginn (1) |
New tournament |
| 22-25 May | U.S. Senior PGA Championship | USA |  Jay Haas (n/a) |
Champions Tour major |
| 30 May - 1 Jun | Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship | Poland |  Ian Woosnam (1) |
New tournament |
| 6-8 Jun | Jersey Seniors Classic | Channel Islands |  Tony Johnstone (1) |
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| 13-15 Jun | Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open | Wales | ||
| 20-22 Jun | Irish Seniors Open | Ireland | ||
| 4-6 Jul | Russian Seniors Open | Russia | New tournament | |
| 24-27 Jul | Senior British Open Championship | Scotland | A senior major and also an official money event on the Champions Tour. | |
| 31 Jul - 3 Aug | U.S. Senior Open | USA | Champions Tour major. Unofficial money on the EST. | |
| 8-10 Aug | Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | Switzerland | ||
| 21-24 Aug | The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship | England | ||
| 29-31 Aug | Travis Perkins plc Senior Masters | England | ||
| 5-7 Sep | Casa Serena Open | Czech Republic | New tournament | |
| 12-14 Sep | Weston Homes PGA International Seniors | England | New tournament | |
| 10-12 Oct | Italian Seniors Open | Italy | ||
| 31 Oct - 2 Nov | Indian Senior Masters | India | New tournament | |
| 7-9 Nov | Seniors Tour Championship |
For the latest version of the tour schedule on the European Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.
[edit] Past tour schedules
The table below summarises the development of the tour since 1999, which was the year that the euro became the currency of record for the tour. It should be noted that individual tournaments have purses fixed in a mixture of British pounds, euro and U.S. dollars, so year on year changes in the total prize fund reflect exchange rate fluctuations as well as prize fund movements in constant currencies.
| Year | Ranking tournaments | Total purse (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 19 | 8,305,947 |
| 2006 | 17 | 6,346,453 |
| 2005 | 21 | 7,019,820 |
| 2004 | 20 | 6,340,626 |
| 2003 | 20 | 6,041,828 |
| 2002 | 19 | 5,497,811 |
| 2001 | 20 | 6,539,844 |
| 2000 | 20 | 4,714,254 |
| 1999 | 17 | 3,266,041 |
[edit] Order of Merit winners
| Year | Order of Merit leader | Country | Earnings (€) |
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| 2007 | Carl Mason | England |
412,376 |
| 2006 | Sam Torrance |  Scotland |
347,525 |
| 2005 | Sam Torrance | Scotland |
277,421 |
| 2004 | Carl Mason | England |
354,743 |
| 2003 | Carl Mason | England |
350,242 |
| 2002 | Seijei Ebihara |  Japan |
330,211 |
| 2001 | Ian Stanley | Australia |
287,025 |
| 2000 | Noel Ratcliffe | Australia |
163,167 |
| 1999 | Tommy Horton | England |
138,944 |
| 1998 | Tommy Horton | England |
127,656 |
| 1997 | Tommy Horton | England |
158,427 |
| 1996 | Tommy Horton | England |
133,195 |
| 1995 | Brian Barnes | Scotland |
63,620 |
| 1994 | John Morgan | England |
57,209 |
| 1993 | Tommy Horton | England |
56,935 |
| 1992 | John Fourie |  South Africa |
47,857 |
[edit] Leading career money winners
The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Seniors Tour as of the end of the 2007 season.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Carl Mason | England |
1,642,960 |
| 2. | Tommy Horton | England |
1,512,816 |
| 3. | Noel Ratcliffe | Australia |
1,237,941 |
| 4. | Nick Job | England |
1,069,769 |
| 5. | Jim Rhodes | England |
1,051,183 |
| 6. | Denis O'Sullivan |  Ireland |
1,001,671 |
| 7. | Terry Gale | Australia |
992,919 |
| 8. | Seiji Ebihara | Japan |
973,290 |
| 9. | Neil Coles | England |
928,968 |
| 10. | Sam Torrance | Scotland |
906,855 |
There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.
[edit] References
- ^ Strong Seniors contingent head to the United Stateseuropeantour.com, 21 May, 2007.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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