2001 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 2001 (2001-01-19) – October 28, 2001 (2001-10-28)
Number of official events38[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Larry Nelson (5)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Allen Doyle
Money listUnited States Allen Doyle
Player of the YearUnited States Allen Doyle
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bob Gilder
← 2000
2002 →

The 2001 Senior PGA Tour was the 22nd 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 2001 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 21MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (12)
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (13)
Feb 11ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,400,000United States Gil Morgan (19)
Feb 18Verizon ClassicFlorida1,400,000United States Bob Gilder (1)
Feb 25Mexico Senior ClassicMexico1,500,000United States Mike McCullough (1)
Mar 4Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000Spain José María Cañizares (1)
Mar 11SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,400,000United States Jim Colbert (20)
Mar 18Siebel Classic in Silicon ValleyCalifornia1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (30)New tournament
Mar 25Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,400,000United States Mike McCullough (2)
Apr 15The Countrywide TraditionArizona1,700,000United States Doug Tewell (4)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 22Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,400,000United States Bruce Fleisher (12)
Apr 29Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000United States Hale Irwin (31)
May 6Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina1,300,000United States Bruce Fleisher (13)
May 13Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play ChampionshipMissouri2,000,000United States Leonard Thompson (3)
May 20TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,500,000United States Ed Dougherty (2)
May 27Senior PGA ChampionshipNew Jersey2,000,000United States Tom Watson (3)Senior major championship
Jun 3BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,600,000United States Sammy Rachels (1)
Jun 10NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,200,000United States John Schroeder (1)
Jun 17Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,500,000United States Gil Morgan (20)
Jun 24FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (14)
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenMassachusetts2,400,000United States Bruce Fleisher (14)Senior major championship
Jul 8Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (15)
Jul 15Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,400,000United States Allen Doyle (6)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 22SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,400,000United States Dana Quigley (5)
Jul 29Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£500,000Australia Ian Stanley (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 29State Farm Senior ClassicMaryland1,450,000United States Allen Doyle (7)
Aug 5Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,700,000United States Bobby Wadkins (1)
Aug 123M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Bruce Lietzke (1)
Aug 19Novell Utah ShowdownUtah1,500,000United States Steve Veriato (1)
Aug 26AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,600,000United States Walter Hall (1)
Sep 2Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,500,000United States Jim Thorpe (3)
Sep 9Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,750,000United States Jim Thorpe (4)New tournament
Sep 16Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina–Canceled[lower-alpha 4]
Sep 23SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Bruce Lietzke (2)New tournament
Sep 30Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia1,300,000United States Tom Kite (3)
Oct 7Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (32)
Oct 14The TransamericaCalifornia1,300,000United States Sammy Rachels (2)
Oct 21SBC ChampionshipTexas1,400,000United States Larry Nelson (16)
Oct 28Senior Tour ChampionshipOklahoma2,500,000United States Bob Gilder (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
Nov 18UBS Warburg CupSouth Carolina3,000,000 Team USANew team event
Dec 2Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000United States Raymond Floyd and
son Robert Floyd		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1United States Allen Doyle2,382
2United States Bruce Fleisher2,166
3United States Hale Irwin1,959
4United States Larry Nelson1,930
5United States Gil Morgan1,640

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Allen Doyle2,553,582
2United States Bruce Fleisher2,411,543
3United States Hale Irwin2,147,422
4United States Larry Nelson2,109,936
5United States Gil Morgan1,885,871

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Allen Doyle[6]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bob Gilder[7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Gil Morgan[8]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States John Schroeder[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
  4. ↑ Canceled due to the September 11 attacks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "2001 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 3, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ Brown, Clifton (September 13, 2001). "Golf; Golf Events Canceled". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2023. The Tampa Bay Classic, the Senior Tour Vantage Championship, and the Buy.com Oregon Classic were also canceled.
  3. ↑ "2001 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on April 23, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Allen Doyle donates Charles Schwab Cup prize to charity". Golfweek. November 3, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ "2001 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Woods, Doyle and Campbell honored with Fans' Choice Player of the Year Awards". PGA Tour. January 1, 2002. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Golf; Howell Is PGA's Rookie of the Year". The New York Times. Bloomberg News. December 27, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2001 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  9. ↑ "James". The Napa Valley Register. Napa, California. January 4, 2002. p. 9 (3B in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. John Schroeder earned Comeback Player of the Year.
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