The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most winsUnited States Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money listUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Player of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
1998
2000

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 24 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,100,000   John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,000,000   Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14 American Express Invitational Florida 1,200,000   Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21 GTE Classic Florida 1,200,000   Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000   Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,200,000   Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,100,000   Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4 The Tradition Arizona 1,500,000   Graham Marsh (6) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,750,000   Allen Doyle (2) Senior major championship
Apr 25 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,200,000   Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,200,000   Larry Nelson (5)
May 9 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,400,000   Hale Irwin (21)
May 16 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000   Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000   Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,400,000   Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000   Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,400,000   Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas 1,100,000   John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000   Hale Irwin (23) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,300,000   Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11 U.S. Senior Open Iowa 1,500,000   Dave Eichelberger (4) Senior major championship
Jul 18 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois 1,300,000   Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £560,000   Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 25 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,500,000   Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,350,000   Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,200,000   Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,000,000   Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,200,000   Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,350,000   Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,200,000   Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,200,000   Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19 Bank One Championship Texas 1,300,000   Tom Watson (1) New tournament
Sep 26 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000   Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000   Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10 The Transamerica California 1,100,000   Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California 1,000,000   David Graham (5)
Oct 24 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,000,000   Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California 1,200,000   Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7 Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,000,000   Gary McCord (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Dec 5 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000   Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus
Team event

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Bruce Fleisher 2,515,705
2   Hale Irwin 2,025,232
3   Allen Doyle 1,911,640
4   Larry Nelson 1,513,524
5   Gil Morgan 1,493,282

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)   Bruce Fleisher [4]
Rookie of the Year   Bruce Fleisher [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)   Bruce Fleisher [5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year   Tom Jenkins [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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