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2006 Champions Tour

The 2006 Champions Tour was the 27th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

2007 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 20, 2006 (2006-01-20) – October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
Number of official events28[a]
Most winsUnited States Jay Haas (4)
United States Loren Roberts (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Jay Haas
Money listUnited States Jay Haas
Player of the YearUnited States Jay Haas
Rookie of the YearArgentina Eduardo Romero
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Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2006 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[b] Notes
Jan 22 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,700,000   Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 29 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000   Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 19 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,600,000   Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 26 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida 1,600,000   Jerry Pate (1) Pro-Am
Mar 12 AT&T Classic California 1,600,000   Tom Kite (8)
Mar 20 Toshiba Classic California 1,650,000   Brad Bryant (1)
Apr 2 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Mexico 1,600,000   Morris Hatalsky (3) New tournament
Apr 23 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Georgia 2,500,000   Jay Haas (3)
Apr 30 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas 1,600,000   Jay Haas (4)
May 7 Regions Charity Classic Alabama 1,600,000   Brad Bryant (2)
May 14 Boeing Championship at Sandestin Florida 1,600,000   Bobby Wadkins (2)
May 28 Senior PGA Championship Oklahoma 2,000,000   Jay Haas (5) Senior major championship
Jun 4 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,500,000   Gil Morgan (24)
Jun 11 Bank of America Championship Massachusetts – Canceled
Jun 25 Commerce Bank Championship New York 1,500,000   John Harris (1)
Jul 2 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Kansas 1,650,000   Dana Quigley (11)
Jul 9 U.S. Senior Open Kansas 2,600,000   Allen Doyle (11) Senior major championship
Jul 16 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000   Bobby Wadkins (3) Champions Tour major championship
Jul 30 The Senior British Open Championship Scotland 1,800,000   Loren Roberts (5) Senior major championship
Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000   David Edwards (1)
Aug 20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington 1,600,000   Tom Kite (9)
Aug 27 JELD-WEN Tradition Oregon 2,500,000   Eduardo Romero (1) Champions Tour major championship
Sep 3 Wal-Mart First Tee Open at Pebble Beach California 2,000,000   Scott Simpson (1)
Sep 17 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland 1,700,000   Bob Gilder (9)
Oct 1 Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn North Carolina 1,600,000   Andy Bean (1)
Oct 8 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,000,000   Tom Jenkins (7)
Oct 15 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas 1,600,000   Jay Haas (6)
Oct 23 AT&T Championship Texas 1,600,000   Fred Funk (1)
Oct 30 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California 2,500,000   Jim Thorpe (12) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Dec 3 Del Webb Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000   Bernhard Langer and
son Stefan Langer		 Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

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The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[2][3]

Position Player Points
1   Jay Haas 3,053
2   Loren Roberts 3,033
3   Tom Kite 1,910
4   Brad Bryant 1,685
5   Eduardo Romero 1,546

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4][3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Jay Haas 2,420,227
2   Loren Roberts 2,365,395
3   Brad Bryant 1,692,417
4   Tom Kite 1,643,348
5   Gil Morgan 1,525,050

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)   Jay Haas [5]
Rookie of the Year   Eduardo Romero [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)   Loren Roberts [6]
Comeback Player of the Year   Tim Simpson [5]

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "2006 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 27, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ^ "2006 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Haas' Cup Win Wraps Up Champions Tour Season". Golf Channel. Associated Press. October 31, 2006. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Haas also won the Arnold Palmer Award as the tour's leading money-winner, finishing with $2,420,227 in earnings...
  4. ^ "2006 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Jay Haas Named Champions Tour Player Of The Year; Eduardo Romero Wins Rookie Of The Year Award And Tim Simpson Comeback Player Of The Year". The Golf Wire. December 4, 2006. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "2006 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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