2007 European Seniors Tour
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The 2007 European Seniors Tour was the 16th season of the European Seniors Tour
European Seniors Tour
The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour
PGA European Tour
The PGA European Tour is an organization which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. Its headquarters are at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...

. England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

's Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 won five events and his third Order of Merit title.

Tournament results

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.
DatesTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
28 Feb-2 Mar DGM Barbados Open Barbados
Barbados
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  Gordon J. Brand
Gordon J. Brand
Gordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times...

 (3)
11–13 May Turkish Seniors Open
Turkish Seniors Open
The Turkish Seniors Open is an over 50s men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour that will be played for the first time from 11–13 May 2007 at Gloria Golf Resort, Belek. The European Seniors Tour's most recent prior visit to Turkey was in 2001 for a tournament called the Beko...

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

  Nick Job
Nick Job
Nicholas James Job is an English professional golfer.Job turned professional in 1965 and joined the European Tour in its first official season in 1972. He finished in the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit twelve times, with a best ranking of 26th in 1981...

 (4)
New tournament
18–20 May Italian Seniors Open
Italian Seniors Open
The Italian Seniors Open is a men's professional golf tournament for players aged 50 and above which is part of the European Seniors Tour schedule. It was founded in 2004. In 2007 the prize fund was €200,000 which was one of the smallest on the tour...

Italy
Italy
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  Simon Owen
Simon Owen
Simon Owen is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Owen was born in Wanganui. He turned professional in 1971 and has won several tournaments in Australasia. He played on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, winning the 1974 German Open and the 1976 Double Diamond Individual...

 (2)
24–27 May Senior PGA Championship
Senior PGA Championship
The Senior PGA Championship is one of the five major championships in men's senior golf. It is administered by the Professional Golfers' Association of America and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour. It was formerly an unofficial money...

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

  Denis Watson
Denis Watson
Denis Leslie Watson is a professional golfer from Zimbabwe.Watson was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia and educated at Oriel Boys High School, Chisipite...

 (N/A)
Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

 major
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

. Official money event on the EST for the first time in 2007. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2007826&infosid=3&reportid=57148
1-3 Jun Irish Seniors Open
Irish Seniors Open
The Irish Senior Open is the Irish stop on men's golf's European Seniors Tour. It was founded in 1997 and has been played at several different courses around Ireland. It is a 54 hole stroke play tournament...

Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

  Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca...

 (1)
8-10 Jun Jersey Seniors Classic
Jersey Seniors Classic
The Matrix Jersey Classic is a men's senior professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour. It has been held each year since 1996 at La Moye Golf Club in Jersey. It indirectly replaced the Jersey Open, an event on the main European Tour which was staged at the same venue from 1978 to 1995...

Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

  Bobby Lincoln
Bobby Lincoln
Robert James Lincoln is a South African professional golfer who was a regular winner on the Southern African Tour from 1985 to 2000, and now plays on the European Seniors Tour....

 (1)
15-17 Jun Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

  Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 (15)
22-24 Jun London Senior Masters England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...

 (9)
5-8 Jul United States Senior Open
United States Senior Open
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in men's senior golf. It was first played in 1980 and is administered by the United States Golf Association and is recognized as a major championship by both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

  Brad Bryant
Brad Bryant
Bradley Dub Bryant is an American professional golfer.Bryant was born in Amarillo, Texas, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor. He moved with his family to Alamagordo, New Mexico during his youth...

 (N/A)
Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

 major
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

. Unofficial money on the EST.
12-14 Jul French Senior Open
French Senior Open
The French Senior Open is a professional golf tournament for men aged fifty and above on the European Seniors Tour. It was played in 2004 and after a two year hiatus it will be played from 12 to 14 July 2007 at Golf du Domaine de Divonne in Divonne-les-Bains, ten miles north of Geneva...

France
France
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  Juan Quirós
Juan Quiros
Juan Quirós Segura is a Spanish professional golfer.Quirós was born in La Linea, Andalusia. He played on the European Tour most seasons from 1983 to 2000, making the top one hundred on the Order of Merit three times...

 (2)
Revived tournament
26-29 Jul Senior British Open Championship
Senior British Open Championship
The Senior Open Championship, or simply The Senior Open is a professional golf tournament for men aged 50 and over. It is run by The R&A, the same body that organises The Open Championship. Prize money won in the event is official money on both the Champions Tour and the European Seniors Tour...

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

  Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges Watson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and now mostly on the Champions Tour....

 (N/A)
A senior major
Senior major golf championships
Men's professional senior golf is for players aged 50 and above. Golf differs from all other sports in having lucrative competitions for this age group. The leading senior tour is the U.S. based Champions Tour, which was established in 1980 . It has established a roster of five major championships...

 and also an official money event on the Champions Tour
Champions Tour
The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA Tour, hosts a series of events annually in the United States and the United Kingdom for golfers 50 years of age and older. Many of the PGA Tour's most successful golfers have gone on to play on the Champions Tour.The Senior PGA Championship, founded in...

.
3-5 Aug Wentworth Senior Masters
Wentworth Senior Masters
Wentworth Senior Masters is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour. It was first played in 1997, when it was won by one of golf's all time greats, Gary Player of South Africa. It is staged at the Wentworth Club on the western fringes of London, which is the location of...

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Des Smyth
Des Smyth
Desmond John Smyth is an Irish professional golfer.Smyth was born in Drogheda, County Louth. He turned professional in 1974 and was a member of the European Tour for over a quarter of a century. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was seventh in 1988...

 (2)
Bob Charles
Bob Charles (golfer)
Sir Robert James Charles, ONZ, KNZM, CBE is a New Zealand professional golfer whose achievements over five decades rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time, being the first lefty to win a golf major, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his age twice during a...

 placed second at the age of 71.
10-12 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
The Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open is the Swiss stop on men's professional golf's European Seniors Tour. It was founded in 1997 as the Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open and assumed its present name two years later. It is played at Bad Ragaz Golf Club...

Switzerland
Switzerland
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  Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 (16)
17-19 Aug English Seniors Open
English Seniors Open
The English Seniors Open is a European Seniors Tour men's professional golf tournament. It was first played in 2003 and each of the first three stagings were won by Englishman Carl Mason...

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Bill Longmuir
Bill Longmuir
William George Longmuir is a British professional golfer.Longmuir was born in Thundersley, Essex, England to Scottish parents. Despite having lived in England all his life, he regards himself as Scottish and is classified as such for international competition...

 (6)
31 Aug - 2 Sep European Senior Masters England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 (17)
7-9 Sep PGA Seniors Championship
PGA Seniors Championship
The PGA Seniors Championship is a European Seniors Tour golf tournament for men aged fifty and above. It was founded in 1957, and became part of the European Seniors Tour on its founding in 1992. It was played at the Royal Dublin Golf Club in the Republic of Ireland that year, but since 1993 it has...

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 (18)
20-22 Sep Scandinavian Seniors Open Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

  John Chillas (3)
28-30 Sep Scottish Seniors Open
Scottish Seniors Open
The Scottish Seniors Open is a men's professional golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour. It was founded in 2002 and in 2010 the prize fund was £250,000.-Winners:Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open*2011 Barry Lane*2010 Barry Lane...

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

  José Rivero
José Rivero
José Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events...

 (3)
19-21 Oct Spanish Senior Open
Spanish Senior Open
The Spanish Senior Open is a golf tournament on the over fifties men's professional European Seniors Tour. It was first played in 1994, which was the tour's third season, at La Manga in Murcia but was cancelled after one year....

Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

  Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 (19)
8-10 Nov Seniors Tour Championship
Seniors Tour Championship
The Seniors Tour Championship is the season ending event on men's professional golf's European Seniors Tour. It was first played in 2000 and has been staged at various venues in England, Portugal, Spain and the Gulf States. In 2010 the prize fund was €400,000 with €64,433 going to the...

England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

  Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca...

 (2)

Source: http://www.europeantour.com/seniortour/tournament/Season=2007/index_full.html

Leading money winners

Rank Player Country Prize money (
Euro
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)
1 Carl Mason
Carl Mason
Stuart Carl Mason is an English professional golfer.Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994. His...

 
412,376
2 Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca
Costantino Rocca is the most successful male golfer that Italy has produced. After a long career on the European Tour he is now playing on the European Seniors Tour. He has five European Tour wins and is best known for his second place finish in the 1995 Open Championship.-Career outline:Rocca...

277,783
3 Juan Quirós
Juan Quiros
Juan Quirós Segura is a Spanish professional golfer.Quirós was born in La Linea, Andalusia. He played on the European Tour most seasons from 1983 to 2000, making the top one hundred on the Order of Merit three times...

 
235,923
4 Stewart Ginn
Stewart Ginn
Stewart Ginn is an Australian professional golfer.Ginn was born in Melbourne. He grew up behind the twelfth green of the Royal Melbourne Golf Club and started caddying at the age of ten. In the 1970s and 1980s he won several professional tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia and one on the...

 
224,017
5 Bob Cameron 178,796
6 Russ Drummond 172,002
7 Nick Job
Nick Job
Nicholas James Job is an English professional golfer.Job turned professional in 1965 and joined the European Tour in its first official season in 1972. He finished in the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit twelve times, with a best ranking of 26th in 1981...

168,519
8 Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance
Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions, from 1981 to 1995 consecutively; he was...

 
164,037
9 José Rivero
José Rivero
José Rivero is a Spanish golfer. He started his golf career as a caddie and turned professional in 1973. He was a full member of the European Tour from 1983 to 2001 and he won four European Tour events...

 
163,731
10 Gordon J. Brand
Gordon J. Brand
Gordon John Brand is an English professional golfer.Brand turned professional in 1976 and enjoyed full playing privileges on the European Tour for 20 years. During his time on tour, he finished inside the top 30 on the Order of Merit seven times and inside the top-100 16 times...

139,482


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