2017 PGA Tour Champions season

The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season was the 38th season of PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

2017 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) – November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
Number of official events26
Most winsGermany Bernhard Langer (7)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Kevin Sutherland
Money listGermany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearGermany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jerry Kelly
2016
2018

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 20 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000   Bernhard Langer (30)
Feb 12 Allianz Championship Florida 1,750,000   Scott McCarron (3)
Feb 19 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000   Fred Couples (12)
Mar 19 Tucson Conquistadores Classic Arizona 1,700,000   Tom Lehman (10)
Apr 2 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000   Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Apr 16 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000   Stephen Ames (1)
Apr 23 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 2,400,000   Carlos Franco (2) and
  Vijay Singh (1)
Team event
May 7 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,150,000   John Daly (1)
May 21 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,300,000   Bernhard Langer (31) PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship Virginia 2,800,000   Bernhard Langer (32) Senior major championship
Jun 11 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,750,000   Brandt Jobe (1)
Jun 25 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000   Fred Couples (13)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Massachusetts 4,000,000   Kenny Perry (9) Senior major championship
Jul 16 Constellation Senior Players Championship Maryland 2,800,000   Scott McCarron (4) PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30 The Senior Open Championship Wales £1,500,000   Bernhard Langer (33) Senior major championship
Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000   Paul Goydos (5)
Aug 20 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,000,000   Scott McCarron (5)
Aug 27 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000   Jerry Kelly (1)
Sep 3 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000   Scott McCarron (6)
Sep 10 Japan Airlines Championship Japan 2,500,000   Colin Montgomerie (5)
Sep 17 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship Canada 1,800,000   Jerry Kelly (2)
Sep 24 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,000,000   Bernhard Langer (34)
Oct 15 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000   Colin Montgomerie (6)
Oct 22 Dominion Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000   Bernhard Langer (35) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Oct 29 PowerShares QQQ Championship California 2,000,000   Bernhard Langer (36) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000   Kevin Sutherland (1) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events edit

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Jan 15 Diamond Resorts Invitational Florida 750,000   Woody Austin New to PGA Tour Champions
Dec 17 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000   Ángel Cabrera and
son Ángel Cabrera Jr.
Team event

Charles Schwab Cup edit

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2]

Position Player Points
1   Kevin Sutherland 3,280
2   Bernhard Langer 2,234
3   Scott McCarron 2,100
4   Kenny Perry 1,834
5   Vijay Singh 1,640

Money list edit

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Bernhard Langer 3,677,359
2   Scott McCarron 2,674,195
3   Kevin Sutherland 1,961,732
4   Kenny Perry 1,728,070
5   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,538,366

Awards edit

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)   Bernhard Langer [4]
Rookie of the Year   Jerry Kelly [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)   Bernhard Langer [6]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour Champions events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour Champions members.

References edit

  1. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Casey, Kevin (November 12, 2017). "Kevin Sutherland wins Schwab Cup despite Bernhard Langer's 7-win season". Golfweek. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Golf: Old Master Langer back to Champion Tour Player of the Year". World Sports News. January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jerry Kelly Named PGA Tour Champions Rookie Of The Year". The Golf Wire. January 23, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "2017 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.

External links edit