2001 - Seniors America
The winners in the category "2001 - Seniors America" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
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3M
Played as the 3M Championship (Aug 10-12; formerly Burnet Classic). Second-placed Doug Tewell (USA) finished 2 shots behind first-time Senior PGA Tour winner Lietzke (USA). [TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, nr Minneapolis, Minn.].
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SBC
Played as the SBC Senior Open (July 20-22). Second-placed Jay Sigel (USA) finished 5 shots behind Quigley (USA). [Kemper Lakes GC, Kildeer, nr Chicago, Illinois].
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SBC
Played as the SBC Senior Classic (March 9-11). Second-placed José Maria Cañizares (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Colbert (USA), who recorded the last of his 20 Senior PGA Tour wins. [Valencia CC, nr Santa Clarita, California].
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FleetBoston
Played as the FleetBoston Classic (June 22-24). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Nelson (USA). [Nashawtuc CC, Concord, Massachusetts].
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BellSouth
Played as the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland (June 1-3). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 4 shots behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner Rachels (USA). [Gaylord Springs Links, Nashville, Tennessee; at the time known as Springhouse GC].
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Played as the Enterprise Rent-a-Car Match Play Championship (May 11-13). Thompson beat Vicente Fernández by 1 hole in the final. [Boone Valley GC, Augusta, nr St Louis, Missouri].
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AT&T
Played as the AT&T Canada Senior Open (Aug 24-26). Hall (USA) beat Ed Dougherty (USA) at the first playoff hole to claim his only Snr PGA Tour win. [Mississaugua G&CC, Mississauga, Ontario].
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Played as the Senior Tour Championship (Oct 25-28; Snr PGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Doug Tewell (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bob Gilder (USA), who recorded his second win on the Tour. [Gaillardia G&CC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma].
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ACE Group
Played as the ACE Group Classic (Feb 9-11). Second-placed Dana Quigley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Gil Morgan (USA), who won this event for the second time in four years. [Pelican Marsh GC, Naples, FL].
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Lightpath
Played as the Lightpath Long Island Classic (Aug 3-5). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) and Larry Nelson (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time Snr PGA Tr winner Wadkins (USA). [Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, Long Island, NY].
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State Farm
Played as the State Farm Senior Classic (July 27-29). Doyle (USA) beat Bruce Fleisher (USA) with a par at the third playoff hole. [Hayfields CC, Cockeysville, nr Baltimore, MD].
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Played as the Emerald Coast Classic (March 23-25). McCullough (USA) beat Andy North (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [The Moors GC, Milton, Florida].
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Farmers
Played as the Farmers Charity Classic (July 6-8). Second-placed Jim Ahern (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Nelson (USA). [Egypt Valley CC, Ada, nr Grand Rapids, Michigan].
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Played as the Gold Rush Classic (Sept 28-30). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) finished 1 shot behind Kite (USA). [Serrano CC, El Dorado Hills, nr Sacramento, CA].
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Georgia-Pacific
Played as the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Championship (Oct 26-28; unofficial Snr PGA Tour event for the top 16 golfers aged 60 and above; played as part of the season-ending Senior Tour Championship). Second-placed Bob Charles (NZ) finished 3 shots behind Archer (USA). [Gaillardia G&CC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma].
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TD Waterhouse
Played as the TD Waterhouse Championship (May 18-20). Second-placed Walter Morgan (USA), Dana Quigley (USA) and Hugh Baiocchi (RSA) finished 8 shot behind Ed "Doc" Dougherty (USA). [Tiffany Greens GC, Kansas City, Missouri].
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Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 2-4). 54-year-old José María Cañizares (Esp) beat Gil Morgan (USA) with a birdie at the ninth sudden-death playoff hole, to record his first and only Senior PGA Tour win. [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
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Home Depot
Played as the Home Depot Invitational (May 4-6). Second-placed John Bland (RSA) finished 3 shots behind Fleisher (USA), who won this event for the third straight year. [TPC Piper Glen, Charlotte, North Carolina].
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Hyundai
Played as the Hyundai Team Matches (Dec 6-9; unofficial post-season event involving four two-player teams from each of the LPGA, PGA and Snr PGA Tours; teams compete against other teams from their own tour). Allen Doyle (USA) & Dana Quigley (USA) beat Tom Watson (USA) & Andy North (USA) after 21 holes in the final of the Snr PGA Tour matches. [Monarch Beach Links, Dana Point, CA].
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Hyundai
Played as the Hyundai Team Matches (Dec 6-9; unofficial post-season event involving four two-player teams from each of the LPGA, PGA and Snr PGA Tours; teams compete against other teams from their own tour). Allen Doyle (USA) & Dana Quigley (USA) beat Tom Watson (USA) & Andy North (USA) after 21 holes in the final of the Snr PGA Tour matches. [Monarch Beach Links, Dana Point, CA].
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Instinet
Played as the Instinet Classic (June 15-17). Second-placed Tom Jenkins (USA) and J.C. Snead (USA) finished 2 shots behind Morgan (USA). [TPC Jasna Polana, Princeton, New Jersey].
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Kroger
Played as the Kroger Senior Classic (Aug 31-Sep 2). Thorpe (USA) beat Tom Jenkins (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Grizzly course, Golf Ctr at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio].
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Played as the Las Vegas Senior Classic (April 20-22). Second-placed Larry Nelson (USA), Doug Tewell (USA), Hale Irwin (USA), Walter Hall (USA), José Maria Cañizares (Esp) and Vicente Fernández (Arg) finished 3 shots behind Fleisher (USA). [TPC Summerlin, Las Vegas, Nevada].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Mar 30-Apr 1; unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA) & David Graham (Aus) finished 3 shots behind defending champions Jim Colbert (USA) & Andy North (USA). Reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [King & Bear course, World Golf Village, St Augustine, FL].
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Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (Mar 30-Apr 1; unofficial two-man better-ball team event). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA) & David Graham (Aus) finished 3 shots behind defending champions Jim Colbert (USA) & Andy North (USA). Reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [King & Bear course, World Golf Village, St Augustine, FL].
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Played as the Mexico Senior Classic (Feb 23-25). Second-placed Jim Colbert (USA) and Bob Eastwood (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner McCullough (USA). [La Vista CC, Puebla, Mexico].
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MasterCard
Played as the MasterCard Championship (Jan 18-21; Senior PGA Tour season-opener). Second-placed Jim Thorpe (USA) finished 1 shot behind Larry Nelson (USA). [Hualālai course, Hualālai Resort, Big Island, Hawaii].
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NFL
Played as the NFL Classic (June 8-10). First-time Snr PGA Tour winner Schroeder (USA) beat Allen Doyle (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, NJ].
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Office Depot
Played as the Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (Nov 30-Dec 2; post-season 36-hole scramble event). Second-placed Hale & Steve Irwin (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champions Raymond & Robert Floyd (USA). This was Ray Floyd's fifth win in this event. [Ocean Club, Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas].
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Allianz
The inaugural Allianz Championship (Sept 7-9). Second-placed Gil Morgan (USA) finished 2 shots behind Jim Thorpe (USA). [Glen Oaks CC, West Des Moines, Iowa].
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Bruno's
Played as Bruno's Memorial Classic (April 27-29). Second-placed Stewart Ginn (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Irwin (USA). [Greystone G&CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
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Royal Caribbn
Played as the Royal Caribbean Classic (Feb 2-4; played on a modified stableford basis). Second-placed Vicente Fernandez (Arg) finished 1 point behind Nelson (USA). [Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne, nr Miami, FL; at the time known as Crandon Pk GC].
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SBC
Played as the SBC Championship (Oct 19-21). Second-placed Bob Gilder (USA) and Gary McCord (USA) finished 2 shots behind Nelson (USA). [Dominion CC, San Antonio, Texas].
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SAS Institute
Played as the inaugural SAS Championship (Sept 21-23). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) and Gary McCord (USA) finished 3 shots behind Bruce Lietzke (USA), who recorded his second Champions Tour win. [Highlands & Meadows hybrid course, Prestonwood CC, Cary, NC].
Played as the Senior Slam (Nov 10/11; unofficial Snr PGA Tour event, for the year's four senior major winners). Second-placed Tom Watson (USA; Snr PGA) finished 2 shots behind Doyle (USA; Snr Plyrs). Bruce Fleisher (USA; US Snr Open) was third and Doug Tewell (USA; The Tradition) fourth. [Slammer & Squire course, World Golf Village, St Augustine, FL].
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Siebel
Played as the inaugural Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley (March 16-18). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) and Tom Watson (USA) finished 5 shots behind Irwin (USA). [Coyote Creek GC, Morgan Hill, nr San Jose, California].
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x
Played as the Senior Skins Game (Jan 27/28; four-man Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Irwin (USA) won with a total of 7 skins worth $320,000. Second was Jack Nicklaus (USA) 10 skins worth $260,000. Third was Arnold Palmer (USA) 1 skin worth $20,000. Defending champion Gary Player (RSA) was shutout with no skins. [Gold course, Wailea GC, Maui, Hawaii].
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Verizon
Played as the Verizon Classic (Feb 16-18). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA), Gil Morgan (USA), Bobby Walzel (USA) and Raymond Floyd (USA) finished 3 shots behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner Gilder (USA). [TPC Tampa Bay, Lutz, nr Tampa, FL].
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x
Played as The Transamerica (Oct 12-14). Second-placed Raymond Floyd (USA) and Doug Tewell (USA) finished 1 shot behind Rachels (USA). [South course, Silverado Resort, Napa, California].
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Played as the Turtle Bay Championship (Oct 5-7; formerly Kaanapali Classic). Second-placed John Jacobs (Eng) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Irwin (USA). [Palmer course, Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii].
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Novell
Played as the Novell Utah Showdown (Aug 17-19). Second-placed Bruce Lietzke (USA), Jerry Pate (USA), Jesse Patino (USA) and Graham Marsh (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Veriato (USA), who recorded his only Snr PGA Tour win. [Park Meadows CC, Park City, nr Salt Lake City, Utah].
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Vantage
The 2001 Vantage Championship (Sept 14-16) was cancelled following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC. [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
Sony Open in Hawaii: played at Waialae Country Club near Honolulu, the Sony Open takes over the spotlight from The Sentry as the PGA Tour’s calendar-year opening event (Jan 15-18). The Sentry (not being played in 2026) was formerly known as the Tournament of Champions, with a field typically restricted to golfers who won a PGA Tour event in the previous calendar year.
Dubai Desert Classic: the DP World Tour’s first Rolex Series event of 2026, is contested for the 37th time (Jan 22-25). First won by Englishman Mark James in 1989, it now boasts a four-time winner, Rory McIlroy. Played on the Emirates Golf Club’s Majlis course, this once desert-surrounded course is the long-time flagship for Golf in Dubai.
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It offers two superb layouts: Le Vineuil, a five-star championship course with a rich history, and Longères, an excellent four-star course that provides a strong and enjoyable test.
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The Dutch: "It's no' just a game", as they say in Scotland, and that's certainly true at The Dutch. With 5-star services throughout, a lavishly comfortable Loch Lomond-inspired clubhouse, and a superbly designed and presented golf course, one could not ask for more from this top-end private club.
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Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
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