European Senior Tour

Professional golf tour for men aged 50 and over

Legends TourCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 European Senior Tour

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Formerly| European Seniors Tour
Staysure Tour
Sport| Golf
Founded| 1992
CEO| Phil Harrison
Countries| Based in Europe[a]
Most titles| Order of Merit titles:
Tommy Horton (5)
Tournament wins:
Carl Mason (25)
Broadcaster(s)| Sky Sports (UK)
Related
competitions| European Tour
Official website| https://www.legendstour.com/

The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour,[1] is a professional golf tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was titled as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insurance company Staysure became the first title sponsors of the senior tour in December 2017.[2] The tour was relaunched as the Legends Tour[3][4] in 2020, after Ryan Howsam, founder and owner of Staysure, took majority ownership in a joint venture with the European Tour.

## History

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The Tour was founded in 1992 after calls from 60 leading professionals five years after the first Senior Open Championship in 1987. The highest profile event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions and was played on the Old Course at St Andrews for the first time in 2018. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in the latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but since 2007 the former has been an official money event.[5]

## Order of Merit winners

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Year | Winner | Points

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2024 |  Adilson da Silva | 3,837
2023 |  Peter Baker | 4,161
2022 |  James Kingston | 2,845
2021 |  Stephen Dodd | 1,830
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 |  Phillip Price | 2,888
Year | Winner | Prize money (€)
2018 |  Paul Broadhurst (2) | 547,793
2017 |  Clark Dennis | 222,055
2016 |  Paul Broadhurst | 399,285
2015 |  Colin Montgomerie (2) | 679,147
2014 |  Colin Montgomerie | 624,543
2013 |  Paul Wesselingh | 311,644
2012 |  Roger Chapman | 356,751
2011 |  Peter Fowler | 302,327
2010 |  Boonchu Ruangkit | 266,609
2009 |  Sam Torrance (3) | 170,696
2008 |  Ian Woosnam | 320,120
2007 |  Carl Mason (3) | 412,376
2006 |  Sam Torrance (2) | 347,525
2005 |  Sam Torrance | 277,421
2004 |  Carl Mason (2) | 354,775
2003 |  Carl Mason | 350,242
2002 |  Seiji Ebihara | 330,211
2001 |  Ian Stanley | 287,025
2000 |  Noel Ratcliffe | 163,164
1999 |  Tommy Horton (5) | 138,943
Year | Winner | Prize money (£)
1998 |  Tommy Horton (4) | 127,656
1997 |  Tommy Horton (3) | 158,427
1996 |  Tommy Horton (2) | 133,195
1995 |  Brian Barnes | 63,620
1994 |  John Morgan | 57,209
1993 |  Tommy Horton | 56,935
1992 |  John Fourie | 47,856

Source:[6]

## Awards

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Year | Rookie of the Year

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2024 |  Simon Griffiths
2023 |  Patrik Sjöland
2022 |  Adilson da Silva
2021 | No award
2020
2019 |  Paul Lawrie
2018 |  Paul Streeter
2017 |  Clark Dennis
2016 |  Magnus Persson Atlevi
2015 |  Paul Broadhurst
2014 |  César Monasterio
2013 |  Steen Tinning
2012 |  Paul Wesselingh
2011 |  Gary Wolstenholme
2010 |  Boonchu Ruangkit
2009 |  Mike Harwood
2008 |  Ian Woosnam
2007 |  Costantino Rocca
2006 |  José Rivero
2005 |  Kevin Spurgeon
2004 |  Pete Oakley
2003 |  Carl Mason
2002 |  Steve Stull
2001 |  Simon Owen
2000 |  Priscillo Diniz
1999 |  Jerry Bruner
1998 |  Denis O'Sullivan

## Leading career money winners

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The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Senior Tour as of the end of the 2018 season.

Rank | Player | Prize money (€)

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1 |  Bernhard Langer | 2,811,071
2 |  Carl Mason | 2,757,126
3 |  Colin Montgomerie | 1,943,628
4 |  Nick Job | 1,653,634
5 |  Peter Fowler | 1,652,178
6 |  Barry Lane | 1,571,534
7 |  Tom Watson | 1,570,663
8 |  Sam Torrance | 1,560,985
9 |  Tommy Horton | 1,527,506
10 |  Bill Longmuir | 1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.

## See also

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* List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins

## Notes

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1. ^ Schedules have also included events in Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America.

## References

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1. ^ "Ground-breaking joint venture creates new Legends Tour". European Tour. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
2. ^ "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". European Tour. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
3. ^ "Legends Tour Website - Ryan Howsam – the businessman with a vision". www.legendstour.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
4. ^ "Staysure Tour to become Legends Tour in unique agreement". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. ^ "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
6. ^ "John Jacobs Trophy Winners". European Tour. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.

## External links

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* Official website

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