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Golf tour season
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.
The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[ 1]
Date
Tournament
Location
PurseUS$ )
Winner[ a]
Notes
Jan 23
MasterCard Championship Hawaii
1,200,000
George Archer (19)
Feb 6
Royal Caribbean Classic Florida
1,100,000
Bruce Fleisher (8)
Feb 13
ACE Group Classic Florida
1,200,000
Lanny Wadkins (1)
Feb 20
GTE Classic Florida
1,300,000
Bruce Fleisher (9)
Feb 27
LiquidGolf.com Invitational Florida
1,200,000
Tom Wargo (5)
Mar 5
Toshiba Senior Classic California
1,300,000
Allen Doyle (5)
Mar 12
Audi Senior Classic Mexico
1,500,000
Hubert Green (2)New tournament
Mar 26
Emerald Coast Classic Florida
1,250,000
Gil Morgan (16)
Apr 2
The Countrywide Tradition Arizona
1,600,000
Tom Kite Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16
PGA Seniors' Championship Florida
1,800,000
Doug Tewell Senior major championship
Apr 23
Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada
1,400,000
Larry Nelson (6)
Apr 30
Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama
1,300,000
John Jacobs (3)
May 7
Home Depot Invitational North Carolina
1,300,000
Bruce Fleisher (10)
May 14
Nationwide Championship Georgia
1,450,000
Hale Irwin (26)
May 21
TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri
1,300,000
Dana Quigley (4)
May 28
Boone Valley Classic Missouri
1,500,000
Larry Nelson (7)
Jun 4
BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee
1,500,000
Hale Irwin (27)
Jun 11
SBC Senior Open Illinois
1,400,000
Tom Kite (2)
Jun 18
SBC Championship Texas
1,100,000
Doug Tewell (2)
Jun 25
Cadillac NFL Golf Classic New Jersey
1,100,000
Lee Trevino (29)
Jul 2
U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania
2,250,000
Hale Irwin Senior major championship
Jul 9
State Farm Senior Classic Maryland
1,350,000
Leonard Thompson (2)
Jul 16
Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan
2,300,000
Raymond Floyd Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23
Instinet Classic New Jersey
1,400,000
Gil Morgan (17)
Jul 30
Senior British Open Northern Ireland
£400,000
Christy O'Connor Jnr Senior major championship [ b]
Jul 30
Lightpath Long Island Classic New York
1,500,000
Bruce Fleisher (11)
Aug 6
Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic Minnesota
1,600,000
Ed Dougherty (1)
Aug 13
AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada
1,450,000
Tom Jenkins (2)
Aug 20
Novell Utah Showdown Utah
1,450,000
Doug Tewell (3)
Aug 27
FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts
1,300,000
Larry Nelson (8)
Sep 3
Foremost Insurance Championship Michigan
1,100,000
Larry Nelson (9)
Sep 10
Comfort Classic Indiana
1,250,000
Gil Morgan (18)
Sep 17
Kroger Senior Classic Ohio
1,400,000
Hubert Green (3)
Sep 24
Bank One Senior Championship Texas
1,400,000
Larry Nelson (10)
Oct 1
Vantage Championship North Carolina
1,500,000
Larry Nelson (11)
Oct 8
The Transamerica California
1,100,000
Jim Thorpe (1)
Oct 15
Gold Rush Classic California
1,100,000
Jim Thorpe (2)
Oct 22
EMC Kaanapali Classic Hawaii
1,100,000
Hale Irwin (29)
Oct 29
SBC Senior Classic California
1,400,000
Joe Inman (3)
Nov 5
IR Senior Tour Championship South Carolina
2,100,000
Tom Watson (2)Tour Championship
The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 2]
Position
Player
Prize money ($)
1
Larry Nelson 2,708,005
2
Bruce Fleisher 2,373,977
3
Hale Irwin 2,128,968
4
Gil Morgan 1,873,216
5
Dana Quigley 1,802,063
^ 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.
^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
^ "2000 Tournament schedule" . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023 .^ "2000 Money list" . PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023 .^ a b c "Larry Nelson tops among seniors" . United Press International . December 7, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 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. ^ "2000 Scoring average" . PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023 .
Larry Nelson (6)