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2000 Senior PGA Tour
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Golf tour season
December 2023
2000 Senior PGA Tour 2000 1 21 – 2000 11 5 40 USA Larry Nelson (6) Money list USA Larry Nelson Player of the Year USA Larry Nelson Rookie of the Year USA Doug Tewell 1999 2001
The 2000 Senior PGA Tour was the 21st season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/spga/index.html 2000 Tournament schedule PGA Tour 1 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20000815055009/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/spga/index.html 15 August 20002001 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2001_champions.pdf PGA Tour 26 April 2025
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerThe 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.NotesJan 23 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,200,000 USA George Archer (19) Feb 6 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,100,000 USA Bruce Fleisher (8) Feb 13 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 USA Lanny Wadkins (1) Feb 20 GTE Classic Florida 1,300,000 USA Bruce Fleisher (9) Feb 27 LiquidGolf.com Invitational Florida 1,200,000 USA Tom Wargo (5) Mar 5 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,300,000 USA Allen Doyle (5) Mar 12 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,500,000 USA Hubert Green (2) New tournamentMar 26 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,250,000 USA Gil Morgan (16) Apr 2 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 1,600,000 USA Tom Kite (1) Senior PGA Tour major championshipApr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000 USA Doug Tewell (1) Senior major championshipApr 23 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 USA Larry Nelson (6) Apr 30 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,300,000 USA John Jacobs (3) May 7 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,300,000 USA Bruce Fleisher (10) May 14 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,450,000 USA Hale Irwin (26) May 21 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,300,000 USA Dana Quigley (4) May 28 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,500,000 USA Larry Nelson (7) Jun 4 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,500,000 USA Hale Irwin (27) Jun 11 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,400,000 USA Tom Kite (2) Jun 18 SBC Championship Texas 1,100,000 USA Doug Tewell (2) Jun 25 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 USA Lee Trevino (29) Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 2,250,000 USA Hale Irwin (28) Senior major championshipJul 9 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,350,000 USA Leonard Thompson (2) Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,300,000 USA Raymond Floyd (14) Senior PGA Tour major championshipJul 23 Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,400,000 USA Gil Morgan (17) Jul 30 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £400,000 IRL Christy O'Connor Jnr (4) Senior major championshipUnofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.Jul 30 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,500,000 USA Bruce Fleisher (11) Aug 6 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,600,000 USA Ed Dougherty (1) Aug 13 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,450,000 USA Tom Jenkins (2) Aug 20 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,450,000 USA Doug Tewell (3) Aug 27 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,300,000 USA Larry Nelson (8) Sep 3 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,100,000 USA Larry Nelson (9) Sep 10 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,250,000 USA Gil Morgan (18) Sep 17 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 USA Hubert Green (3) Sep 24 Bank One Senior Championship Texas 1,400,000 USA Larry Nelson (10) Oct 1 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 USA Larry Nelson (11) Oct 8 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 USA Jim Thorpe (1) Oct 15 Gold Rush Classic California 1,100,000 USA Jim Thorpe (2) Oct 22 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,100,000 USA Hale Irwin (29) Oct 29 SBC Senior Classic California 1,400,000 USA Joe Inman (3) Nov 5 IR Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,100,000 USA Tom Watson (2) Tour Championship
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)WinnersNotes Dec 10 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 USA Raymond Floyd andson Robert Floyd Team event
Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.2000.html 2000 Money list PGA Tour 1 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20140601052942/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.2000.html 1 June 2014
Position Player Prize money ($)1 USA Larry Nelson 2,708,0052 USA Bruce Fleisher 2,373,9773 USA Hale Irwin 2,128,9684 USA Gil Morgan 1,873,2165 USA Dana Quigley 1,802,063
Awards
AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s)Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) USA Larry Nelson https://www.upi.com/Archives/2000/12/07/Larry-Nelson-tops-among-seniors/6159976165200/ Larry Nelson tops among seniors United Press International 7 December 2000 1 December 2023 Coming off a season in which he led the Senior Tour in victories and earnings, Larry Nelson received the Jack Nicklaus Award Thursday after being voted Player of the Year by his fellow peers. Doug Tewell claimed Rookie of the Year honors, while Raymond Floyd took home the Comeback Player of the Year Award.Rookie of the Year USA Doug Tewell Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) USA Gil Morgan https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/stats/detail/108 2000 Scoring average PGA Tour 1 December 2023Comeback Player of the Year USA Raymond Floyd
Notes
References
External links
https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions
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