1999 Senior PGA Tour

1999 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 22, 1999 (1999-01-22) – November 7, 1999 (1999-11-07)
Number of official events39
Most winsUnited States Bruce Fleisher (7)
Money listUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Player of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
Rookie of the YearUnited States Bruce Fleisher
1998
2000

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 24 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,100,000 United States John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,000,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14 American Express Invitational Florida 1,200,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21 GTE Classic Florida 1,200,000 United States Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,200,000 United States Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,200,000 United States Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,100,000 United States Bob Duval (1)
Apr 4 The Tradition Arizona 1,500,000 Australia Graham Marsh (6) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 18 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,750,000 United States Allen Doyle (2) Senior major championship
Apr 25 Home Depot Invitational North Carolina 1,200,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,200,000 United States Larry Nelson (5)
May 9 Nationwide Championship Georgia 1,400,000 United States Hale Irwin (21)
May 16 Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada 1,400,000 Argentina Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23 Bell Atlantic Classic Pennsylvania 1,100,000 United States Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30 Boone Valley Classic Missouri 1,400,000 United States Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,100,000 United States Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,400,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20 Southwestern Bell Dominion Texas 1,100,000 United States John Mahaffey (1)
Jun 27 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,000,000 United States Hale Irwin (23) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4 State Farm Senior Classic Maryland 1,300,000 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
Jul 11 U.S. Senior Open Iowa 1,500,000 United States Dave Eichelberger (4) Senior major championship
Jul 18 Ameritech Senior Open Illinois 1,300,000 United States Hale Irwin (24)
Jul 25 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £560,000 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (2) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 25 Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota 1,500,000 United States Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1 Novell Utah Showdown Utah 1,350,000 United States Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,200,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15 Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan 1,000,000 Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22 BankBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,200,000 United States Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,350,000 United States Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,200,000 United States Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12 Comfort Classic Indiana 1,200,000 United States Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19 Bank One Championship Texas 1,300,000 United States Tom Watson (1) New tournament
Sep 26 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,400,000 United States Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,500,000 United States Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10 The Transamerica California 1,100,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17 Raley's Gold Rush Classic California 1,000,000 Australia David Graham (5)
Oct 24 EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 1,000,000 United States Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31 Pacific Bell Senior Classic California 1,200,000 United States Joe Inman (2)
Nov 7 Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship South Carolina 2,000,000 United States Gary McCord (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winners Notes
Dec 5 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000 United States Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus
Team event

Money list

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

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 United States Bruce Fleisher 2,515,705
2 United States Hale Irwin 2,025,232
3 United States Allen Doyle 1,911,640
4 United States Larry Nelson 1,513,524
5 United States Gil Morgan 1,493,282

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) United States Bruce Fleisher [4]
Rookie of the Year United States Bruce Fleisher [4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) United States Bruce Fleisher [5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year United States Tom Jenkins [4]

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

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  1. ^ "2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "1999 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. December 8, 1999. p. 33. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1999 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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