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2017 PGA Tour Champions season

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2017 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 18, 2017 (2017-01-18) – November 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)
Number of official events26
Most winsGermany Bernhard Langer (7)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Kevin Sutherland
Money listGermany Bernhard Langer
Player of the YearGermany Bernhard Langer
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jerry Kelly
2016
2018

The 2017 PGA Tour Champions season was the 38th 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.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2017 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] Notes
Jan 20 Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai Hawaii 1,800,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (30)
Feb 12 Allianz Championship Florida 1,750,000 United States Scott McCarron (3)
Feb 19 Chubb Classic Florida 1,600,000 United States Fred Couples (12)
Mar 19 Tucson Conquistadores Classic Arizona 1,700,000 United States Tom Lehman (10)
Apr 2 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic Mississippi 1,600,000 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4)
Apr 16 Mitsubishi Electric Classic Georgia 1,800,000 Canada Stephen Ames (1)
Apr 23 Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf Missouri 2,400,000 Paraguay Carlos Franco (2) and
Fiji Vijay Singh (1)
Team event
May 7 Insperity Invitational Texas 2,150,000 United States John Daly (1)
May 21 Regions Tradition Alabama 2,300,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (31) PGA Tour Champions major championship
May 28 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship Virginia 2,800,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (32) Senior major championship
Jun 11 Principal Charity Classic Iowa 1,750,000 United States Brandt Jobe (1)
Jun 25 American Family Insurance Championship Wisconsin 2,000,000 United States Fred Couples (13)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Massachusetts 4,000,000 United States Kenny Perry (9) Senior major championship
Jul 16 Constellation Senior Players Championship Maryland 2,800,000 United States Scott McCarron (4) PGA Tour Champions major championship
Jul 30 The Senior Open Championship Wales £1,500,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (33) Senior major championship
Aug 6 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 United States Paul Goydos (5)
Aug 20 Dick's Sporting Goods Open New York 2,000,000 United States Scott McCarron (5)
Aug 27 Boeing Classic Washington 2,100,000 United States Jerry Kelly (1)
Sep 3 Shaw Charity Classic Canada 2,350,000 United States Scott McCarron (6)
Sep 10 Japan Airlines Championship Japan 2,500,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (5)
Sep 17 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship Canada 1,800,000 United States Jerry Kelly (2)
Sep 24 PURE Insurance Championship California 2,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (34)
Oct 15 SAS Championship North Carolina 2,100,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (6)
Oct 22 Dominion Charity Classic Virginia 2,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (35) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Oct 29 PowerShares QQQ Championship California 2,000,000 Germany Bernhard Langer (36) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event
Nov 12 Charles Schwab Cup Championship Arizona 2,500,000 United States Kevin Sutherland (1) Charles Schwab Cup playoff event

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)
Winner(s) Notes
Jan 15 Diamond Resorts Invitational Florida 750,000 United States Woody Austin New to PGA Tour Champions
Dec 17 PNC Father-Son Challenge Florida 1,085,000 Argentina Ángel Cabrera and
son Ángel Cabrera Jr.
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]

Position Player Points
1 United States Kevin Sutherland 3,280
2 Germany Bernhard Langer 2,234
3 United States Scott McCarron 2,100
4 United States Kenny Perry 1,834
5 Fiji Vijay Singh 1,640

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 Germany Bernhard Langer 3,677,359
2 United States Scott McCarron 2,674,195
3 United States Kevin Sutherland 1,961,732
4 United States Kenny Perry 1,728,070
5 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 1,538,366

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Germany Bernhard Langer [4]
Rookie of the Year United States Jerry Kelly [5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Germany Bernhard Langer [6]

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  1. ^ "2017 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Casey, Kevin (November 12, 2017). "Kevin Sutherland wins Schwab Cup despite Bernhard Langer's 7-win season". Golfweek. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2017 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on November 30, 2017. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "Golf: Old Master Langer back to Champion Tour Player of the Year". World Sports News. January 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Jerry Kelly Named PGA Tour Champions Rookie Of The Year". The Golf Wire. January 23, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "2017 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
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