PGA Tour Champions awards

Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions Tour in 2003, and became PGA Tour Champions in 2016.

## Charles Schwab Cup

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From 2001 through 2015, points were earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments. From 2008 to 2015, points were doubled at majors and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Since 2016, the Charles Schwab Cup has used a playoff format similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the regular PGA Tour, though with three total events instead of four on the regular tour. Changes to the format are:[1]

* During the regular season, points are based on dollars earned, regardless of the player's finish in a given tournament. No bonus is awarded for wins in majors.
* The top 72 players on the money list will qualify for the first playoff event. Additionally, a "wild card" playoff berth will be awarded to a golfer who finishes in the top 10 of the last regular-season event, the SAS Championship, and is not within the top 72 after the tournament. (If more than one player outside the top 72 finishes in the top 10 at the SAS Championship, the highest finisher among these players will qualify.)
* During the first two playoff events, points are earned as in the regular season, except the winner earns double points. The playoff field is cut to 54 after the first playoff event and 36 after the second, with the survivors advancing to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
* Prior to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the points totals are reset. All 36 qualifiers will have a theoretical chance to win the Charles Schwab Cup, and each golfer in the top five can win the Charles Schwab Cup by winning the final event, no matter how the rest of the field performs.

The top five win annuities. Annuities involved in ties are divided amongst the tied players.

### Winners

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Season | Winner | Points

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2024 |  Steven Alker (2) | 2,781,203
2023 |  Steve Stricker | 3,986,063
2022 |  Steven Alker | 4,173,435
2020–21 |  Bernhard Langer (6) | 3,655,999
2019 |  Scott McCarron | 2,534,090
2018 |  Bernhard Langer (5) | 2,525,404
2017 |  Kevin Sutherland | 3,280
2016 |  Bernhard Langer (4) | 3,200
2015 |  Bernhard Langer (3) | 3,520
2014 |  Bernhard Langer (2) | 4,152
2013 |  Kenny Perry | 3,273
2012 |  Tom Lehman (2) | 3,082
2011 |  Tom Lehman | 2,422
2010 |  Bernhard Langer | 3,597
2009 |  Loren Roberts (2) | 2,670
2008 |  Jay Haas (2) | 2,556
2007 |  Loren Roberts | 2,716
2006 |  Jay Haas | 3,053
2005 |  Tom Watson (2) | 2,980
2004 |  Hale Irwin (2) | 3,427
2003 |  Tom Watson | 4,370
2002 |  Hale Irwin | 2,886
2001 |  Allen Doyle | 2,382

## Player and rookie of the year awards

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Season | Player of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Comeback Player of the Year

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2023 |  Steve Stricker | No award | No award
2022 |  Steven Alker |  Pádraig Harrington
2020–21 |  Bernhard Langer (9) |  Jim Furyk
2019 |  Scott McCarron |  Retief Goosen
2018 |  Bernhard Langer (8) |  Ken Tanigawa
2017 |  Bernhard Langer (7) |  Jerry Kelly
2016 |  Bernhard Langer (6) |  Paul Broadhurst
2015 |  Bernhard Langer (5) |  Jerry Smith
2014 |  Bernhard Langer (4) |  Scott Dunlap
2013 |  Kenny Perry |  Rocco Mediate
2012 |  Tom Lehman (2) |  Kirk Triplett
2011 |  Tom Lehman |  Kenny Perry |  Chip Beck
2010 |  Bernhard Langer (3) |  Fred Couples |  Ken Green
2009 |  Bernhard Langer (2) |  Russ Cochran | No award
2008 |  Bernhard Langer |  Bernhard Langer
2007 |  Jay Haas (2) |  Denis Watson |  R. W. Eaks
2006 |  Jay Haas |  Eduardo Romero |  Tim Simpson
2005 |  Dana Quigley |  Jay Haas |  Peter Jacobsen
2004 |  Craig Stadler |  Mark McNulty |  Hubert Green (2)
2003 |  Tom Watson |  Craig Stadler |  Don Pooley
2002 |  Hale Irwin |  Morris Hatalsky |  Hubert Green
2001 |  Allen Doyle |  Bob Gilder |  John Schroeder
2000 |  Larry Nelson |  Doug Tewell |  Raymond Floyd
1999 |  Bruce Fleisher |  Bruce Fleisher |  Tom Jenkins
1998 |  Hale Irwin (2) |  Joe Inman |  Jim Colbert
1997 |  Hale Irwin |  Gil Morgan |  George Archer
1996 |  Jim Colbert (2) |  John Bland |  Al Geiberger
1995 |  Jim Colbert |  Hale Irwin |  Walter Morgan
1994 |  Lee Trevino (3) |  Jay Sigel |  Dave Eichelberger
1993 |  Dave Stockton |  Bob Murphy |  Jim Ferree
1992 |  Lee Trevino (2) |  Dave Stockton |  Tommy Aaron
1991 |  George Archer and
Mike Hill (shared) |  Jim Colbert |  Larry Laoretti
1990 |  Lee Trevino |  Lee Trevino | No award

## Byron Nelson Award

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Season | Winner | Scoring Average

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2024 |  Steven Alker (2) | 68.52
2023 |  Steve Stricker | 67.54
2022 |  Steven Alker | 68.27
2020–21 |  Jim Furyk | 68.84
2019 |  Retief Goosen | 69.14
2018 |  Bernhard Langer (7) | 69.01
2017 |  Bernhard Langer (6) | 68.03
2016 |  Bernhard Langer (5) | 68.31
2015 |  Bernhard Langer (4) | 68.69
2014 |  Bernhard Langer (3) | 68.03
2013 |  Fred Couples (3) | 68.64
2012 |  Fred Couples (2) | 68.52
2011 |  Mark Calcavecchia | 69.04
2010 |  Fred Couples | 67.96
2009 |  Bernhard Langer (2) | 68.92
2008 |  Bernhard Langer | 69.65
2007 |  Loren Roberts (2) | 69.31
2006 |  Loren Roberts | 69.01
2005 |  Mark McNulty | 69.41
2004 |  Craig Stadler | 69.30
2003 |  Tom Watson | 68.81
2002 |  Hale Irwin (4) | 68.93
2001 |  Gil Morgan (2) | 69.20
2000 |  Gil Morgan | 68.83
1999 |  Bruce Fleisher | 69.19
1998 |  Hale Irwin (3) | 68.59
1997 |  Hale Irwin (2) | 68.92
1996 |  Hale Irwin | 69.47
1995 |  Raymond Floyd (2) | 69.47
1994 |  Raymond Floyd | 69.08
1993 |  Bob Charles (3) | 69.59
1992 |  Lee Trevino (3) | 69.46
1991 |  Lee Trevino (2) | 69.50
1990 |  Lee Trevino | 68.89
1989 |  Bob Charles (2) | 69.78
1988 |  Bob Charles | 70.05
1987 |  Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2) | 70.07
1986 |  Chi-Chi Rodríguez | 69.65
1985 |  Don January (5) | 70.11
1984 |  Don January (4) | 70.68
1983 |  Don January (3) | 69.46
1982 |  Don January (2) | 70.03
1981 |  Miller Barber | 69.57
1980 |  Don January | 71.00

## References

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1. ^ "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

## External links

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* Official site
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