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These are achievements of play on 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...

 and Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions events.

Records of 2010 are as of the date of the record unless otherwise noted. All other records (including "present") are through the 2010 season.

Individual scoring records

Stroke totals
  • 72 holes
261 — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
  • 54 holes
191 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 2002 RJR Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

191 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

191 — Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...

, 2007 Administaff Small Business Classic
Administaff Small Business Classic
The Insperity Championship is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. The tournament was founded in 2004 as the Administaff Small Business Classic. It is played annually in October in The Woodlands, Texas at the Woodlands Country Club. From 2004 to 2007 it was played in Spring, Texas at the...

  • 36 holes, opening rounds
124 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 2002 RJR Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

  • 36 holes, consecutive rounds
124 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 2002 RJR Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

  • 18 holes
60 — Isao Aoki
Isao Aoki
is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

, 1997 Emerald Coast Classic, second round
60 — Walter Morgan
Walter Morgan (golfer)
Walter T. Morgan is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour .Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia, where he played baseball in his youth. He served 20 years in the United States Army including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He began playing golf at the age of 30 after...

, 2002 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
The AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1981 to 1985 and 1996 to 2002. It was played at a different golf course in Canada each year....

, second round
60 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 2002 RJR Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

, first round
60 — Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe (golfer)
Jimmy Lee Thorpe is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the Champions Tour.Thorpe was born in Roxboro, North Carolina, the ninth of the twelve children of a fairway superintendent. He attended Morgan State University before turning pro in 1972. He won three times on the PGA Tour...

, 2003 Long Island Classic, second round
60 — Tom Purtzer
Tom Purtzer
Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 2004 Toshiba Senior Classic, first round
60 — Craig Stadler
Craig Stadler
Craig Robert Stadler is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....

, 2005 Blue Angels Classic, second round
  • 9 holes, front or back nine
27 — Jay Sigel
Jay Sigel
Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...

, 1998 Bell Atlantic Classic, front nine, second round
27 — Seiji Ebihara
Seiji Ebihara
is a Japanese professional golfer.Ebihara was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He won one tournament on the Japan Golf Tour and had career earnings of over ¥260 million....

, 2002 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...

, front nine, fourth round
  • Lowest non-winning stroke total, 72 holes
267 — Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

, 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
  • Lowest non-winning stroke total, 54 holes
192 — Don Pooley
Don Pooley
Sheldon George "Don" Pooley, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...



Strokes to par
  • 72 holes
27-under — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
  • 54 holes
25-under — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

25-under — Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...

, 2007 Administaff Small Business Classic
Administaff Small Business Classic
The Insperity Championship is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. The tournament was founded in 2004 as the Administaff Small Business Classic. It is played annually in October in The Woodlands, Texas at the Woodlands Country Club. From 2004 to 2007 it was played in Spring, Texas at the...

  • 36 holes
19-under — Gil Morgan
Gil Morgan
Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

, second and third rounds
  • 18 holes
11-under — Walter Morgan
Walter Morgan (golfer)
Walter T. Morgan is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour .Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia, where he played baseball in his youth. He served 20 years in the United States Army including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He began playing golf at the age of 30 after...

, 2002 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
The AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1981 to 1985 and 1996 to 2002. It was played at a different golf course in Canada each year....

11-under — Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

, 2003 SAS Championship
SAS Championship
The SAS Championship is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in September in Cary, North Carolina at the Prestonwood Country Club. SAS Institute is the main sponsor of the tournament....

11-under — Tom Purtzer
Tom Purtzer
Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 2004 Toshiba Senior Classic
11-under — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

  • 9 holes
9-under — Jay Sigel
Jay Sigel
Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...

, 1998 Bell Atlantic Classic, front nine, second round
  • Lowest non-winning strokes to par, 54-hole tournament
24-under — Don Pooley
Don Pooley
Sheldon George "Don" Pooley, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...



Largest leads
  • 54 holes, 72-hole tournament
8 strokes — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1991 PGA Seniors' Championship
  • 36 holes
8 strokes — Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...

, 1984 PGA Seniors' Championship
8 strokes — Don Bies
Don Bies
Don Bies is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour ....

, 1989 Murata Seniors Reunion
8 strokes — Larry Nelson
Larry Nelson
Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta...

, 1998 Pittsburgh Senior Classic
Pittsburgh Senior Classic
The Pittsburgh Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1993 to 1998. It was played in the greater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area; first in Midway, Pennsylvania at the Quicksilver Golf Club and then in Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania at the Sewickley Heights Golf Club.The...

8 strokes — Isao Aoki
Isao Aoki
is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...

, 1998 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland
8 strokes — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1998 Ameritech Senior Open
  • 18 holes
5 strokes — Lee Elder
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975.-Background and family:...

, 1985 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am
5 strokes — 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...

, 1988 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship
5 strokes — Bob Murphy
Bob Murphy (golfer)
Robert Joseph Murphy, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was formerly a member of the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. Murphy has won 21 tournaments as a professional.-Early years:...

, 1996 Cadillac NFL Golf Classic
5 strokes — Walter Morgan
Walter Morgan (golfer)
Walter T. Morgan is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour .Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia, where he played baseball in his youth. He served 20 years in the United States Army including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He began playing golf at the age of 30 after...

, 1996 Ameritech Senior Open
5 strokes — Allen Doyle
Allen Doyle
Allen Michael Doyle is an American golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Doyle was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and raised in the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts. He attended Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, and Norwich University in Vermont...

, 2000 IR SENIOR TOUR Championship
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the final event of the season on the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading golf tour for male professionals aged 50 and above. Played in late October or early November each year, it is the Champions Tour's equivalent of the PGA Tour's Tour...



Largest winning margins
  • 72 holes
12 strokes — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997 PGA Seniors' Championship
  • 54 holes
11 strokes — Fred Funk
Fred Funk
Frederick Funk is an American professional golfer.Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980 with a degree in law enforcement. He turned professional in 1981, but worked as a golf coach at his alma mater from 1982 to 1988; he did not...

, 2007 Turtle Bay Championship
Turtle Bay Championship
The Turtle Bay Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2008. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the GTE Kaanapali Classic when it was played at Kāʻanapali on the island of Maui.-History:...



Miscellaneous
  • Best scoring average, season
67.96 — Fred Couples
Fred Couples
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the 1992 Masters Tournament. In August 2011 he won his maiden senior major at the Senior Players Championship...

, 2010
  • Most consecutive holes of par or less
98 — Morris Hatalsky
Morris Hatalsky
Morris Hatalsky is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Hatalsky was born in San Diego, California. He started in golf at age 10, when his older brother bought him a set of junior clubs. As an amateur, he won the 1968 Mexico National Junior Championship...

, 2003
  • Most consecutive rounds of par or less
37 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006-2007
  • Most consecutive sub-par rounds
31 — Gil Morgan
Gil Morgan
Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...

, 2000
  • Most consecutive sub-70 rounds
13 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1999
  • Lowest start by a winner
60 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 2002 RJR Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

60 — Tom Purtzer
Tom Purtzer
Thomas Warren Purtzer is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 2004 Toshiba Senior Classic
  • Highest start by a winner
77 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1998 U.S. Senior Open
  • Lowest finish by a winner
61 — Rocky Thompson
Rocky Thompson (golfer)
Hugh Delane "Rocky" Thompson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 1994 GTE Suncoast Classic
61 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

  • Highest finish by a winner
76 — Lee Elder
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975.-Background and family:...

, 1985 Denver Post Champions of Golf
  • Best birdie streak, round
8 — Chi Chi Rodriguez, 1987 Silver Pages Classic
8 — Jim Colbert
Jim Colbert
James Joseph Colbert is an American professional golfer.Colbert was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965.Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour,...

, 2000 TD Waterhouse Championship
8 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 2005 Bruno's Memorial Classic
8 — Joe Ozaki, 2006 Ford Senior Players Championship
  • Birdies per round, season (1996-present)
4.80 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1998
  • Best eagle-birdie streak, round
1-7 — Jay Sigel
Jay Sigel
Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...

, 1998 Bell Atlantic Classic
  • Eagles, round
3 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1985 Senior PGA Tour Roundup
3 — Jimmy Powell, 1985 The Greenbrier American Express Championship
The Greenbrier American Express Championship
The Greenbrier American Express Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1985 to 1987. It was played in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia at the The Greenbrier....

3 — Rocky Thompson
Rocky Thompson (golfer)
Hugh Delane "Rocky" Thompson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 1992 Kaanapali Classic
3 — Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...

, 2003 MasterCard Championship
  • Fewest putts, round
17 — Bob Brue, 1994 Kroger Senior Classic, second round
  • Fewest putts, 9 holes
7 — Bob Brue, 1994 Kroger Senior Classic, back nine, second round

Tournament scoring records (Full-field)

Highest averages
  • Event
78.634 — 1989 Murata Seniors Reunion
  • First round
80.118 — 2005 Senior British Open
  • Second round
79.420 — 1989 Murata Seniors Reunion
  • Third round
79.205 — 1990 GTE Kaanapali Classic
  • Fourth round
76.474 — 1998 Las Vegas Senior Classic
Las Vegas Senior Classic
The Las Vegas Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1986 to 2001. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club and at the TPC at The Canyons, now known as TPC Las Vegas, ....



Lowest averages
  • Event
68.175 — 2005 Blue Angels Classic
  • First round
68.346 — 2005 Blue Angels Classic
  • Second round
68.128 — 2005 Blue Angels Classic
  • Third round
68.051 — 2005 Blue Angels Classic
  • Fourth round
70.662 — 2003 Senior British Open

Victory records

Career records
  • Most victories
    Golfers with most Champions Tour wins
    This is a list of all the golfers who have won ten or more official events on the U.S. based Champions Tour, the leading golf tour in the world for men aged 50 and above. The list is up-to-date through August 7, 2011.-See also:...

45 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

  • Most victories, Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions
35 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

  • Most consecutive seasons with a victory
11 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1995-2005
  • Most consecutive seasons with multiple victories
11 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1995-2005
  • Most consecutive victories
4 — Chi Chi Rodriguez, 1987 Vantage at The Dominion, 1987 United Hospitals Classic, 1987 Silver Pages Classic, 1987 Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am
  • Most consecutive full-field victories to start season
3 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

, 2006 Turtle Bay Championship
Turtle Bay Championship
The Turtle Bay Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2008. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the GTE Kaanapali Classic when it was played at Kāʻanapali on the island of Maui.-History:...

, 2006 The ACE Group Classic
The ACE Group Classic
The ACE Group Classic is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour for golfers 50 years of age and older. It is traditionally played in February in Naples, Florida. It has been played at a variety of courses. The ACE Group is the main sponsor of the tournament....

  • Most consecutive victories, tour debut
2 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 1999 Royal Caribbean Classic, 1999 American Express Invitational
  • Longest time between victories
6 years, 11 months, 7 days — J. C. Snead
  • Longest time between first and last Champions Tour victories
12 years, 9 months, 0 days — Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...

  • Longest time between last PGA Tour victory and first Champions Tour victory
28 years, 9 months, 27 days — Mike Fetchick
Mike Fetchick
Michael Fetchick is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Fetchick was born in Yonkers, New York. He turned pro in 1950 and joined the PGA Tour in 1952. He won the 1956 Western Open at The Presidio in San Francisco in an 18-hole playoff over Doug Ford,...

  • Winning Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions event and overall tournament
2 — Jimmy Powell, 1995 First of America Classic, 1996 Brickyard Crossing Championship
  • Most Champions Tour major victories
    Golfers with most Champions Tour major championship wins
    This article lists all the men who have won senior golf's major championships. The tallies do not include wins in the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior British Open before they became Champions Tour majors. The five majors are shown in the order in which they are currently played each year....

8 — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1990-1996
  • Most 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...

     major victories
4 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004
  • Most Senior Players Championship
    Senior Players Championship
    The Senior Players Championship is one of the five major championships on golf's Champions Tour. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open, the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior British Open, it is not recognized as a major by the European Seniors Tour, and is not part of that tour's schedule. The inaugural...

     major victories
2 — Arnold Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Arnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...

, 1984, 1985
2 — Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

, 1996, 2000
  • Most Senior British Open major victories
3 — 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....

, 2003, 2005, 2007
  • Most U.S. Senior Open major victories
3 — Miller Barber
Miller Barber
Miller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:...

, 1982, 1984, 1985
  • Most The Tradition
    The Tradition
    The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...

     major victories
4 — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996


Season records
  • Most victories
9 — Peter Thomson, 1985
9 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997
  • Most victories, Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions
9 — Joe Jimenez
Joe Jimenez
Joe Jimenez was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1978 PGA Seniors' Championship....

, 1989
9 — Joe Jimenez
Joe Jimenez
Joe Jimenez was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1978 PGA Seniors' Championship....

, 1990
9 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1990
9 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1991
9 — Jim Ferree
Jim Ferree
Jim Ferree is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Ferree was born in Pinebluff, North Carolina, and grew up in Winston-Salem, where he attended Reynolds High School. He learned the game of golf from his father, Purvis, long-time pro at Winston-Salem's...

, 1993
  • Most different winners
25 — 1995, 2003
  • Most first-time winners
11 — 1999
  • Most rookie winners
5 — 1989, 1999, 2007
  • Most multiple winners
10 — 1987, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008
  • Most title defenses
6 — 1991, 2000


Tournament records
  • Most victories
6 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic, 2000 EMC Kaanapali Classic, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Turtle Bay Championship
Turtle Bay Championship
The Turtle Bay Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2008. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the GTE Kaanapali Classic when it was played at Kāʻanapali on the island of Maui.-History:...

  • Most consecutive victories
5 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 2000 EMC Kaanapali Classic & 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Turtle Bay Championship
Turtle Bay Championship
The Turtle Bay Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2008. The tournament was founded in 1987 as the GTE Kaanapali Classic when it was played at Kāʻanapali on the island of Maui.-History:...

 (no event in 2004)
  • Biggest come-from-behind victory, final round
10 strokes — Jay Sigel
Jay Sigel
Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...

, 1994 GTE West Classic


Playoff records
  • Most playoffs, season
9 — 2002
  • Most sudden-death holes
10 — 1998 Royal Caribbean Classic
  • Most players in sudden-death playoff
7 — 2007 Boeing Classic
Boeing Classic
The Boeing Classic is a professional golf tournament on the Champions Tour, founded in 2005. The 54-hole event is played annually in late August in Snoqualmie, Washington, east of Seattle. The tournament was titled the "Boeing Greater Seattle Classic" for its first two years...


Single tournament records

Scoring
  • Most birdies, 72-hole tournament
28 — Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...

, 1990 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship
  • Most birdies, 54-hole tournament
26 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2006 MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in January at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club in Kaūpūlehu in the Kona district of Hawaii island. Mitsubishi Electric is the main sponsor of the tournament...

  • Most eagles
4 — Rocky Thompson
Rocky Thompson (golfer)
Hugh Delane "Rocky" Thompson is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

, 1992 Kaanapali Classic
4 — 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...

, 1996 Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic
4 — Gary McCord
Gary McCord
Gary Dennis McCord is an American professional golfer, commentator, author, and actor.-Early life and career:McCord was born in San Gabriel, California and raised in southern California. He was a two-time Division II All-American at UC Riverside...

, 2001 Gold Rush Classic
Gold Rush Classic
The Gold Rush Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2001. It was played in Rancho Murieta, California at the Rancho Murieta Country Club and in El Dorado Hills, California at Serrano Country Club ....

4 — Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Lietzke
Bruce Alan Lietzke is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Lietzke was born in Kansas City, Kansas...

, 2003 MasterCard Championship
4 — 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...

, 2007 Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort
Ginn Championship Hammock Beach Resort
The Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour form 2007 to 2008. It was played for the first time in 2007 in Palm Coast, Florida at the Ocean Course at Ginn Hammock Beach Resort ....

  • Largest scoring swing from one round to the next
21 strokes — Jimmy Powell, 93 to 72 strokes, second and third rounds, 1990 Murata Reunion Pro-Am


Statistics
  • Best driving distance average
344.2 yards — Andy Bean
Andy Bean
Thomas Andrew Bean is an American professional golfer who previously played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour...

, 2003 Allianz Championship
  • Longest drive
422 yards — Jim Dent
Jim Dent
James Lacey Dent is an American professional golfer.Dent was born in the golf mecca of Augusta, Georgia, home of the Masters Tournament, though as an African American he wouldn't have been allowed onto the Augusta National course at the time, except as a caddie. He caddied both at Augusta National...

, 1996 The Tradition
The Tradition
The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...

422 yards — Jay Sigel
Jay Sigel
Robert Jay Sigel is an American professional golfer. He enjoyed one of the more illustrious careers in the history of U.S...

, 1996 The Tradition
The Tradition
The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...

  • Best driving accuracy, 54-hole tournament
42 of 42 fairways — Calvin Peete
Calvin Peete
Calvin Peete is an American professional golfer. He was the most successful African-American on the PGA Tour, with 12 wins, before the emergence of Tiger Woods....

, 1996 VFW Senior Championship
42 of 42 fairways — Ed Dougherty
Ed Dougherty
Edward Matthew "Doc" Dougherty is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Dougherty was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was drafted into the Army after high school and served a tour of duty in Vietnam...

, 2005 The ACE Group Classic
The ACE Group Classic
The ACE Group Classic is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour for golfers 50 years of age and older. It is traditionally played in February in Naples, Florida. It has been played at a variety of courses. The ACE Group is the main sponsor of the tournament....

  • Best total driving
2 — Charles Coody
Charles Coody
Billy Charles Coody is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1971 Masters Tournament.Coody was born in Stamford, Texas and raised in Abilene, Texas...

, 1990 Las Vegas Senior Classic
Las Vegas Senior Classic
The Las Vegas Senior Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1986 to 2001. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club and at the TPC at The Canyons, now known as TPC Las Vegas, ....

2 — Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

, 1993 Hyatt Senior TOUR Championship
Charles Schwab Cup Championship
The Charles Schwab Cup Championship is the final event of the season on the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading golf tour for male professionals aged 50 and above. Played in late October or early November each year, it is the Champions Tour's equivalent of the PGA Tour's Tour...

2 — J. C. Snead, 1996 The Tradition
The Tradition
The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognized by the U.S.-based Champions Tour, the world's leading tour for professional golfers aged fifty and older. The inaugural event was staged in 1989.Unlike the U.S...

  • Best greens in regulation, 54-hole tournament
53 of 54 — John Huston
John Huston
John Marcellus Huston was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon , The Treasure of the Sierra Madre , Key Largo , The Asphalt Jungle , The African Queen , Moulin Rouge...

, 2006 Regions Charity Classic
Regions Charity Classic
The Regions Charity Classic, formerly known as the Bruno's Memorial Classic, was an American golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was held at Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa, one of ten courses on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, located in Hoover, Alabama . The tournament was founded in...

  • Fewest putts
69 — Lee Elder
Lee Elder
Robert Lee Elder is an American golfer. He is best remembered for becoming the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament in 1975.-Background and family:...

, 1988 Gus Machado Senior Classic


Age
  • Youngest winner
50 years, 10 days — Bobby Wadkins
Bobby Wadkins
Robert Edwin Wadkins is an American golfer.Wadkins was born in Richmond, Virginia. He turned pro in 1973. He never won on the PGA Tour despite six runner-up finishes, but he did win on the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour...

, 2001 Lightpath Long Island Classic
  • Oldest winner
63 years, 0 months, 0 days — Mike Fetchick
Mike Fetchick
Michael Fetchick is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour.Fetchick was born in Yonkers, New York. He turned pro in 1950 and joined the PGA Tour in 1952. He won the 1956 Western Open at The Presidio in San Francisco in an 18-hole playoff over Doug Ford,...

, 1985 Hilton Head Seniors International
  • Oldest major winner
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....

, 2011 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...

  • Youngest to shoot their age or better
61 years old — Walter Morgan
Walter Morgan (golfer)
Walter T. Morgan is an American professional golfer who has played on the Senior PGA Tour .Morgan was born in Haddock, Georgia, where he played baseball in his youth. He served 20 years in the United States Army including two tours of duty in Vietnam. He began playing golf at the age of 30 after...

, 60 strokes, 2002 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship
The AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1981 to 1985 and 1996 to 2002. It was played at a different golf course in Canada each year....

  • Oldest to shoot their age or better
85 years old — Harold "Jug" McSpaden, 81 strokes, 1994 PGA Seniors' Championship

Awards

  • Most Jack Nicklaus Trophies
3 — Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

, 1990, 1992, 1994
3 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

. 1997, 1998, 2002
  • Most Arnold Palmer Awards
3 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1980, 1983, 1984
3 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997, 1998, 2002
3 — Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...

, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Most Charles Schwab Cups
2 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 2002, 2004
2 — 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....

, 2003, 2005
2 — Jay Haas
Jay Haas
Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...

, 2006, 2008
2 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2007, 2009
  • Most Charles Schwab Cup points, career
12,514 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 2001–present
  • Most Charles Schwab Cup points, season
4,370 — 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....

, 2003
  • Most Charles Schwab Cup money earned, career
$2,600,000 — Loren Roberts
Loren Roberts
Loren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...

, 2005–present
  • Most Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year Awards
2 — Hubert Green
Hubert Green
Hubert Myatt Green is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level....

, 2002, 2004
  • Most Byron Nelson Awards
5 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

Miscellaneous records

Earnings
  • Money earned, career
$25,570,804 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1995–present
  • Money earned, Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions career
$1,951,663 — 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...

  • Money earned, season
$3,028,304 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 2002
  • Money earned, Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions season
$364,988 — George Archer
George Archer
George William Archer was an American golfer who won twelve events on the PGA Tour, including one major championship.Archer was born in San Francisco, California and was raised just south in the city of San Mateo...

, 2000
  • Money earned, rookie
$2,515,705 — Bruce Fleisher
Bruce Fleisher
-Early years and amateur career:Fleisher was born in Union City, Tennessee. He became involved in golf at age 7 by working as a caddie with his two brothers. Fleisher attended Miami-Dade Junior College and Furman University. In 1968 at age 19, he became the third youngest player to win the U.S....

, 1999
  • Money earned without a victory, season
$1,549,819 — Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

, 2003
  • Most seasons leading money list
3 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1980, 1983, 1984
3 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997, 1998, 2002
3 — Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...

, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Most consecutive seasons leading money list
3 — Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer
Bernhard Langer is a German professional golfer. He is a two-time Masters champion, and was one of the world's leading golfers throughout the 1980s and 90s, being the first official number one ranked player in 1986...

, 2008–2010
  • Most years in top 10 on money list
12 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

  • Most consecutive years in top 10 on money list
11 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1995–2005
  • Most consecutive $1-million seasons
12 — Gil Morgan
Gil Morgan
Gilmer Bryan Morgan II, OD is an American professional golfer.Morgan was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma. He graduated from East Central State College in Ada, Oklahoma in 1968. In 1972, Morgan earned a Doctor of Optometry degree from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee before turning...

, 1997–2008
  • Most consecutive $2-million seasons
6 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997–2002


Finishes
  • Most top ten finishes, season
26 — Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

, 1990
  • Most top ten finishes, career
203 — 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...

, 1986-present
  • Most consecutive top five finishes
19 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1997-1998
  • Most consecutive top ten finishes
36 — Don January
Don January
Donald Ray January is an American professional golfer.January was born in Plainview, Texas, and graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas...

, 1980-1984


Participation
  • Most tournaments played, season
39 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 2000
  • Most consecutive eligible tournaments played
278 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 1997-2005
  • Most consecutive tournaments played
264 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 1998-2005
  • Most rounds played, season
119 — Bruce Summerhays
Bruce Summerhays
Bruce Patton Summerhays is an American professional golfer. He is currently a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tampa, Florida.-Career:...

, 1996
119 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 1998
119 — Dana Quigley
Dana Quigley
Dana C. Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 1969 and turned professional in 1971....

, 1999


Scoring
  • Most sub-70 rounds, season
59 — Larry Nelson
Larry Nelson
Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta...

, 2000
  • Most sub-par rounds, season
82 — Tom Wargo
Tom Wargo
Amos Tom Wargo is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1993 PGA Seniors' Championship–one of the major championships on the men's Senior PGA Tour....

, 1994
  • Most bogey-free tournaments
4 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1995 Vantage Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

, 1996 American Express Invitational, 1997 Boone Valley Classic
Boone Valley Classic
The Boone Valley Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1996 to 2001. It was last played in Augusta, Missouri at the Boone Valley Golf Club. The event was played at stroke play except that the last event, called the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship, was contested at...

, 1997 Vantage Championship
RJR Championship
The RJR Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2002. It was played in Clemmons, North Carolina at Tanglewood Park.The purse for the 2002 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner...

  • Longest bogey-free streak
98 holes — Morris Hatalsky
Morris Hatalsky
Morris Hatalsky is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Hatalsky was born in San Diego, California. He started in golf at age 10, when his older brother bought him a set of junior clubs. As an amateur, he won the 1968 Mexico National Junior Championship...

, 2003


Season statistics
  • Driving distance (1988-present)
301.5 yards — Steve Thomas, 2009
  • Driving accuracy (1988-present)
84.2% — John Bland
John Bland
John Louis Bland is a South African professional golfer who has won more than thirty professional tournaments around the world....

, 2005
  • Total driving (1991-present)
13 — Larry Gilbert
Larry Gilbert
Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Sr. was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1997 Senior Players Championship, one of the major championships on the Senior PGA Tour....

, 1993
  • Greens in regulation (1988-present)
78.0% — Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

, 2000
  • Putting (1988-present)
1.700 — Hale Irwin
Hale Irwin
Hale S. Irwin is an American professional golfer. He is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens and was one of the world's leading golfers for much of the 1970s and 1980s. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.Irwin was born in Joplin, Missouri, but was...

, 1998
  • Sand saves (1988-present)
69.64% — Ron Streck
Ron Streck
Ronald Raymond Streck is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour, and is a current player on the Champions Tour....

, 2008
  • All-around (1988-present)
22 — Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex". He won six major championships over the course of his career.-Early life:...

, 1990

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