2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 16, 2020 (2020-01-16) – November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14)
Number of official events39[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsUnited States Phil Mickelson (4)
Charles Schwab CupGermany Bernhard Langer
Money listGermany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearGermany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jim Furyk
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The 2020–21 PGA Tour Champions season was the 41st 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.

COVID-19 pandemic impact

The season was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with half the scheduled tournaments being cancelled, including four of the five senior majors. As a result the only major played in 2020 was the Senior Players Championship, which was won by Jerry Kelly, who finished two strokes ahead Scott Parel to claim his first senior major title. The season was expanded to include all 2021 tournaments with the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs events in 2020 returning to regular event status.[1]

Schedule

The following table shows the official schedule of events for the 2020–21 season.[2][3]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 18, 2020Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9)
Feb 1, 2020Morocco ChampionsMorocco2,000,000United States Brett Quigley (1)New tournament
Feb 16, 2020Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Scott Parel (3)
Mar 1, 2020Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000Germany Bernhard Langer (41)
Mar 8, 2020Hoag ClassicCalifornia1,800,000South Africa Ernie Els (1)
Mar 29, 2020Rapiscan Systems ClassicMississippi–Canceled[4][5]
Apr 19, 2020Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia–Canceled[4]
May 3, 2020Insperity InvitationalTexas–Canceled[4]
May 24, 2020KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipMichigan–Canceled[6]Senior major championship
Jun 7, 2020American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin–Canceled[5]
Jun 14, 2020MasterCard Japan ChampionshipJapan–Canceled[4]
Jun 28, 2020U.S. Senior OpenRhode Island–Canceled[7]Senior major championship
Jul 26, 2020The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland–Canceled[8]Senior major championship
Aug 2, 2020The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000United States Jim Furyk (1)
Aug 16, 2020Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York–Canceled[5]
Aug 16
Jul 12, 2020		Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipOhio2,800,000United States Jerry Kelly (7)PGA Tour Champions major championship
Aug 21, 2020Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar LodgeMissouri3,000,000United States Shane Bertsch (1)New tournament
Aug 23, 2020Boeing ClassicWashington–Canceled[9]
Aug 26, 2020Charles Schwab Series at Ozarks NationalMissouri3,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (1)New tournament
Aug 30, 2020Shaw Charity ClassicCanada–Canceled[10]
Sep 6, 2020
May 31, 2020		Principal Charity ClassicIowa–Canceled[11]
Sep 13, 2020Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (10)
Sep 20, 2020PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,200,000United States Jim Furyk (2)
Sep 27, 2020
May 10, 2020		Regions TraditionAlabama–Canceled[12]PGA Tour Champions major championship
Oct 4, 2020Ascension Charity ClassicMissouri–Canceled[13]
Oct 11, 2020SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000South Africa Ernie Els (2)
Oct 18, 2020Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (2)
Nov 1, 2020TimberTech ChampionshipFlorida2,000,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (1)
Nov 8, 2020Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Kevin Sutherland (4)
Jan 23, 2021Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (2)
Feb 28, 2021Cologuard ClassicArizona1,700,000United States Kevin Sutherland (5)
Mar 7, 2021Hoag ClassicCalifornia–Postponed[14]
Apr 18, 2021Chubb ClassicFlorida1,600,000United States Steve Stricker (6)
May 2, 2021Insperity InvitationalTexas1,250,000Canada Mike Weir (1)
May 9, 2021Regions TraditionAlabama2,750,000Germany Alex Čejka (1)PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 16, 2021Mitsubishi Electric ClassicGeorgia1,800,000United States Dicky Pride (1)
May 30, 2021KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipOklahoma3,500,000Germany Alex Čejka (2)Senior major championship
Jun 6, 2021Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,850,000Canada Stephen Ames (2)
Jun 13, 2021American Family Insurance ChampionshipWisconsin2,400,000United States Jerry Kelly (8)
Jun 27, 2021Bridgestone Senior Players ChampionshipOhio3,000,000United States Steve Stricker (7)PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 4, 2021Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York2,050,000United States Cameron Beckman (1)
Jul 11, 2021U.S. Senior OpenNebraska4,000,000United States Jim Furyk (3)Senior major championship
Jul 25, 2021The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,500,000Wales Stephen Dodd (1)Senior major championship
Aug 15, 2021Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,350,000United States Doug Barron (2)
Aug 22, 2021Boeing ClassicWashington2,100,000Australia Rod Pampling (1)
Aug 29, 2021The Ally ChallengeMichigan2,000,000United States Joe Durant (4)
Sep 12, 2021Ascension Charity ClassicMissouri2,000,000United States David Toms (2)
Sep 19, 2021Sanford InternationalSouth Dakota1,800,000Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (3)
Sep 26, 2021PURE Insurance ChampionshipCalifornia2,200,000South Korea K. J. Choi (1)
Oct 10, 2021Constellation Furyk and FriendsFlorida2,000,000United States Phil Mickelson (3)New tournament
Oct 17, 2021SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000United States Lee Janzen (2)
Oct 24, 2021Dominion Energy Charity ClassicVirginia2,000,000Germany Bernhard Langer (42)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 7, 2021TimberTech ChampionshipFlorida2,000,000New Zealand Steven Alker (1)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 14, 2021Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipArizona2,500,000United States Phil Mickelson (4)Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 20, 2020PNC ChampionshipFlorida1,085,000United States Justin Thomas and
father Mike Thomas		Team event
Dec 19, 2021PNC ChampionshipFlorida1,085,000United States John Daly and
son John Daly II		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[15][16]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Germany Bernhard Langer3,655,999
2United States Jim Furyk3,499,522
3Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez3,051,298
4South Africa Ernie Els2,960,445
5United States Jerry Kelly2,619,201

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[17]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Germany Bernhard Langer3,255,499
2United States Jim Furyk3,141,663
3Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez2,800,098
4South Africa Ernie Els2,719,445
5United States Jerry Kelly2,588,101

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Germany Bernhard Langer[18]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jim Furyk[19]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Jim Furyk[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ A further 15 tournaments were scheduled but were either canceled or postponed.
  2. ↑ 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

  1. ↑ "PGA Tour Champions announces combined 2020-21 season". PGA Tour. May 14, 2020. Archived from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2020–21 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "PGA Tour Champions announces 2021 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Archived from the original on March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "PGA Tour Champions announces modifications to 2020 schedule". PGA Tour. April 29, 2020. Archived from the original on May 1, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Senior PGA Championship, scheduled for May, canceled". ESPN. Associated Press. April 2, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ Barrett, Scott (April 6, 2020). "U.S. Senior Open at Newport County Club canceled". The Newport Daily News. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ Dempster, Martin (July 2, 2020). "Senior Open cancelled for first time in its history". The Scotsman. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  9. ↑ "PGA Champions Tour event in Washington canceled". ESPN. Associated Press. June 12, 2020.
  10. ↑ Gilbertson, Wes (June 11, 2020). "COVID-19 crisis forces cancellation of 2020 Shaw Charity Classic". Calgary Sun. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Principal Charity Classic cancels 2020 golf tournament due to COVID concerns". Business Record. July 16, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ Patchen, Tyler (August 14, 2020). "Principal Charity Classic cancels 2020 golf tournament due to COVID concerns". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  13. ↑ Rubbelke, Nathan (August 7, 2020). "Organizers cancel Ascension Charity Classic due to Covid-19, reschedule inaugural event for 2021". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Hoag Classic 2021 Golf Tournament Postponed Due To Coronavirus". patch.com. January 8, 2021.
  15. ↑ "2020–21 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Phil Mickelson wins PGA Tour Champions finale; Bernhard Langer claims 6th Schwab Cup title". ESPN. Associated Press. November 14, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  17. ↑ "2020–21 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  18. ↑ "Bernhard Langer wins Champions Tour player of the year". Golf Australia. January 20, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  19. 1 2 Bhargava, Ishita (January 19, 2022). "'I've Definitely Found a Home': Jim Furyk Gets Emotional After Winning Rookie of the Year on the Champions Tour". Essentially Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2023. What's more, he bagged the Byron Nelson Award, which is conferred on the player with the best scoring average (68.84).
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