2012 Champions Tour

The 2012 Champions Tour was the 33rd season since the Champions Tour officially began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of 24 official money events with purses totaling $$46,700,000, including five majors. Bernhard Langer topped the end-of-season money list, winning $2,140,296. Eight golfers won two tournaments each. Fred Couples led the tour in scoring average. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2012 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. No golfer won on his Champions Tour debut this season.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner	Score	Winner's share ($)
Jan 22	Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai	Hawaii	1,800,000	Dan Forsman (3)	201 (−15)	307,000
Feb 12	Allianz Championship	Florida	1,800,000	Corey Pavin (1)	205 (−11)	270,000
Feb 19	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Kenny Perry (2)	196 (−20)	240,000
Mar 18	Toshiba Classic	California	1,750,000	Loren Roberts (13)	205 (−8)	262,500
Mar 25	Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic	Mississippi	1,600,000	Fred Couples (7)	202 (−14)	240,000
Apr 15	Encompass Insurance Pro-Am of Tampa Bay	Florida	1,600,000	Michael Allen (2)	201 (−12)	240,000
Apr 22	Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf	Georgia	2,700,000	Michael Allen (3) & David Frost (2)	187 (−29)	230,000 (each)
May 6	Insperity Championship	Texas	1,700,000	Fred Funk (7)	202 (−14)	255,000
May 27	Senior PGA Championship	Michigan	2,000,000	Roger Chapman (1)	271 (−17)	378,000
Jun 3	Principal Charity Classic	Iowa	1,750,000	Jay Haas (16)	197 (−16)	262,500
Jun 10	Regions Tradition	Alabama	2,200,000	Tom Lehman (6)	274 (−14)	335,000
Jun 24	Montreal Championship	Quebec, Canada	1,800,000	Mark Calcavecchia (2)	200 (−16)	270,000
Jul 1	Constellation Senior Players Championship	Pennsylvania	2,700,000	Joe Daley (1)	266 (−14)	405,000
Jul 8	Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach	California	1,700,000	Kirk Triplett (1)	206 (−10)	255,000
Jul 15	U.S. Senior Open	Michigan	2,600,000	Roger Chapman (2)	270 (−10)	500,000
Jul 29	The Senior Open Championship	Scotland	2,000,000	Fred Couples (8)	271 (−9)	315,600
Aug 5	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Bernhard Langer (15)	198 (−18)	262,500
Aug 19	Dick's Sporting Goods Open	New York	1,800,000	Willie Wood (1)	203 (−13)	270,000
Aug 26	Boeing Classic	Washington	2,000,000	Jay Don Blake (3)	206 (−10)	300,000
Sep 16	Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship	Hawaii	1,800,000	Willie Wood (2)	202 (−14)	270,000
Oct 7	SAS Championship	North Carolina	2,100,000	Bernhard Langer (16)	203 (−13)	315,000
Oct 14	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,600,000	Fred Funk (8)	201 (−15)	240,000
Oct 28	AT&T Championship	Texas	1,850,000	David Frost (3)	208 (−8)	277,500
Nov 4	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	Arizona	2,500,000	Tom Lehman (7)	258 (−22)	440,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Fred Couples	United States	68.52
2	Bernhard Langer	Germany	68.76
3	Tom Lehman	United States	68.92
4	Kenny Perry	United States	69.52
5	Michael Allen	United States	69.57

Source:^[1]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Bernhard Langer	Germany	2,140,296	20	2
2	Tom Lehman	United States	1,982,575	19	2
3	Michael Allen	United States	1,686,488	22	2
4	Fred Funk	United States	1,427,937	22	2
5	Jay Don Blake	United States	1,378,180	24	1

Source:^[2]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Hale Irwin	United States	26,587,272	45
2	Gil Morgan	United States	20,223,660	25
3	Tom Kite	United States	15,395,838	10
4	Dana Quigley	United States	14,836,336	11
5	Bruce Fleisher	United States	14,813,815	18

Source:^[3]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Tom Lehman	United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Bernhard Langer	Germany
Charles Schwab Cup	Tom Lehman	United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Fred Couples	United States
Rookie of the Year	Kirk Triplett	United States

References

↑ "Scoring Average – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Money Leaders – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Career Money Leaders – 2012 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

External links

Champions Tour official site

PGA Tour Champions seasons

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