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.

2000 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 21, 2000 (2000-01-21) – November 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)
Number of official events40
Most winsUnited States Larry Nelson (6)
Money listUnited States Larry Nelson
Player of the YearUnited States Larry Nelson
Rookie of the YearUnited States Doug Tewell
1999
2001

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2000 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
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 (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 1,800,000   Doug Tewell (1) 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 (28) 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 (14) 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 (4) 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

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 10 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 860,000   Raymond Floyd and
son Robert Floyd
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.[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

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)   Larry Nelson [3]
Rookie of the Year   Doug Tewell [3]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)   Gil Morgan [4]
Comeback Player of the Year   Raymond Floyd [3]

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 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2000 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2000 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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