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The tallies do not include wins in the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior British Open before they became senior majors. The five majors are shown in the order in which they are currently played each year. There is a complete list of results in the senior majors article. [1] The list is up to date through the 2024 season.
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 PGA Tour Champions, which was established in 1980 (as the Senior PGA Tour).
This is a list of all the golfers who have won ten or more official events on the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions (known as the Senior PGA Tour from 1980–2002 and Champions Tour from 2003–2015), the leading golf tour in the world for men aged 50 and above. The list is up to date as of October 13, 2024.
Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality , by tour and by type of major championship won ( men's , women's or senior ).
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years the only high-profile tournament for golfers over 50.The idea for a senior tour grew out of a highly successful event in 1978, the Legends of Golf at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas, which featured competition between two-member teams of some of the greatest older golfers of that day. [1]
The winners prior to 1980, the first season of the senior tour, are not considered major champions of this event by the PGA Tour Champions. The lower age limit is 50, which is the standard limit for men's senior professional golf tournaments. Like its PGA Tour counterpart, the Senior PGA Championship allows club professionals to enter.
The Senior Players Championship, stylised by the PGA Tour as The SENIOR PLAYERS Championship, is one of the five major championships on golf's PGA Tour Champions. The inaugural event was played 42 years ago in 1983 and the age minimum is 50, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the standard for men's senior professional golf tournaments.
Senior PGA Tour major championship: Apr 15: PGA Seniors' Championship: Florida: 450,000: Gary Player (16) Senior major championship: Apr 29: Murata Reunion Pro-Am: Texas: 400,000: Frank Beard (1) Pro-Am May 6: Las Vegas Senior Classic: Nevada: 450,000: Chi-Chi Rodríguez (14) May 13: Southwestern Bell Classic: Oklahoma: 450,000: Jimmy Powell (1 ...