2017 - Seniors America
The winners in the category "2017 - Seniors America" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
America
3M
Played as the 3M Championship (Aug 4-6). Goydos (USA) beat Gene Sauers (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th). [TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, nr Minneapolis-St Paul, Minn].
America
AmFam Ins
Played as the American Family Insurance Championship (June 23-25). Second-placed Scott Verplank (USA) finished 2 shots behind Fred Couples (USA), whose final round 66 (-6) clinched the win. [University Ridge GC, Madison, Wisconsin].
America
Boeing
Played as the Boeing Classic (Aug 25-27). Second-placed Jerry Smith (USA) finished 1 shot behind wire-to-wire winner Jerry Kelly (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win in his 13th start on the Tour. [Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, nr Seattle, Washington].
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Charles Schwab
Played as the Charles Schwab Cup Championship (Nov 10-12; season-ending PGA Tour Champions event and final Charles Schwab Cup playoff event). Second-placed Vijay Singh (Fiji) and Lee Janzen (USA) finished 1 shot behind 53-year-old Kevin Sutherland (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win in his 78th start on the Tour. He also scooped enough points to win the season-long Charles Schwab Cup. [Phoenix CC, Phoenix, AZ].
America
Chubb
Played as the Chubb Classic (Feb 17-19). Second-placed Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) finished 3 shots behind Fred Couples (USA), who recorded his 12th Champions Tour win. [Talon course, The Club at TwinEagles, Naples, FL].
America
Conquistadores
Played as the Tucson Conquistadores Classic (March 17-19). Second-placed Steve Stricker (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tom Lehman (USA), who recorded his tenth Champions Tour win. Stricker was making his Champions Tour debut, and won the next edition of this event a year later. [Catalina course, Tucson National Resort, Tucson, AZ].
America
Diamond Resorts
Played as the Diamond Resorts Invitational (Jan 13-15; modified stableford format; first-time on the PGA Tour Champions schedule, as an unofficial "Challenge season" pro-celebrity event). Second-placed Joe Durant (USA) finished 8 points behind Woody Austin (USA). Mark Mulder (USA, baseball star) won the celebrity division. [Tranquilo GC at Four Seasons, Orlando, FL].
America
Dick's Sporting Goods
Played as Dick's Sporting Goods Open (Aug 18-20). Second-placed Kevin Sutherland (USA) finished 1 shot behind Scott McCarron (USA), who claimed his fifth PGA Tour Champions win, and third of 2017. [En-Joie GC, Endicott, NY].
America
Dominion
Played as the Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Oct 20-22; first of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Second-placed Scott Verplank (USA) finished 1 shot behind Bernhard Langer (Ger), who claimed his sixth PGA Tour Champions win of 2017, and 35th of his career. [James River Course, The CC of Virginia, Richmond, VA].
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Toshiba Classic not played in 2017.
America
Insperity
Played as the Insperity Invitational (May 5-7). Second-placed Tommy Armour III (USA) and Kenny Perry (USA) finished 1 shot behind 51-year-old John Daly (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win after exactly a year on the Tour. [Tournament course, The Woodlands CC, nr Houston, TX].
America
PowerShares
Played as the PowerShares QQQ Championship (Oct 27-29; second of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events). Bernhard Langer (Ger) beat Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) with a birdie at the second playoff hole (par-4 18th), to record his second straight win in the Charles Schwab playoff series. [Sherwood CC, Thousand Oaks, nr LA, Calif.].
America
Bass Pro Shops
Played as the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge (Apr 21-23; 54-hole, two-man alternate shot & better-ball team event). Second-placed Jeff Sluman & Fred Funk, Corey Pavin & Duffy Waldorf and Paul Goydos & Kevin Sutherland (all USA players) finished 1 shot behind Carlos Franco (Para) & Vijay Singh (Fiji). Reduced to 36-holes due to bad weather, and both rounds played on the Top of the Rock par-3 course. [Top of the Rock, Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, Missouri].
America
Bass Pro Shops
Played as the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf at Big Cedar Lodge (Apr 21-23; 54-hole, two-man alternate shot & better-ball team event). Second-placed Jeff Sluman & Fred Funk, Corey Pavin & Duffy Waldorf and Paul Goydos & Kevin Sutherland (all USA players) finished 1 shot behind Carlos Franco (Para) & Vijay Singh (Fiji). Reduced to 36-holes due to bad weather, and both rounds played on the Top of the Rock par-3 course. [Top of the Rock, Big Cedar Lodge, Branson, Missouri].
America
Mitsubishi
Played as the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Jan 19-21; PGA Tour Champions official season-opener). Second-placed Fred Couples (USA) finished 1 shot Bernhard Langer (Ger), who recorded his 30th PGA Tour Champions win. Event shortened from 54 holes to 36 due to high winds. [Hualālai course, Hualālai Resort, Big Island, Hawaii].
America
Mitsubishi
Played as the Mitsubishi Electric Classic (Apr 14-16). Second-placed Bernhard Langer (Ger) finished 4 shots behind 52-year-old Stephen Ames (T&T/Can), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win. [TPC Sugarloaf, Duluth, GA].
America
Bear Mtn
Played as the Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship (Sept 15-17). Second-placed Lee Janzen (USA) finished 1 shot behind Kelly (USA), who recorded his second PGA Tour Champions win in four weeks. [Mountain course, Bear Mtn Resort, Victoria, BC, Canada].
America
PNC
Played as the PNC Father/Son Challenge (Dec 14-17; post-season 36-hole scramble event). Second-placed David Duval & stepson Nick Karavites (USA) and Bernhard & Jason Langer (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Angel Cabrera & Angel Cabrera Jr (Arg), who became the third team to win on their debut. [Ritz-Carlton GC, Grande Lakes, Orlando, FL].
America
Principal
Played as the Principal Charity Classic (June 9-11). Second-placed Kevin Sutherland (USA) and defending champion Scott McCarron (USA) finished 1 shot behind 51-year-old Brandt Jobe (USA), who recorded his first PGA Tour Champions win. [Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa].
America
Pure Ins.
Played as the Pure Insurance Championship (Sept 22-24; formerly Nature Valley First Tee Open). Second-placed Jerry Kelly (USA) finished 3 shots behind Bernhard Langer (Ger), who claimed his fifth PGA Tour Champions title of 2017. [Pebble Beach Golf Links & Poppy Hills GC, Monterey Peninsula, CA. Final round at Pebble Beach].
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Played as the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic (Mar 31-Apr 2). Defending champion Miguel Ángel Jiménez (Esp) beat Gene Sauers (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-4 18th). [Fallen Oak GC, Saucier, nr Biloxi, MS].
America
Shaw Comms
Played as the Shaw Charity Classic (Sept 1-3). Second-placed Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Scott McCarron (USA), who recorded his fourth PGA Tour Champions win of 2017. [Canyon Meadows G&CC, Calgary, Alberta].
America
SAS Institute
Played as the SAS Championship (Oct 13-15). Second-placed Vijay Singh (Fiji) and defending champion Doug Garwood (USA) finished 3 shots behind Colin Montgomerie (Scot). [Highlands & Meadows hybrid course, Prestonwood CC, Cary, NC].
America
Allianz
Played as the Allianz Championship (Feb 10-12). Second-placed Carlos Franco (Par) and Kenny Perry (USA) finished 1 shot behind Scott McCarron (USA). [Old Course, Broken Sound Club, Boca Raton, FL].
Women’s (British) Open: the last women’s major championship of the season is hosted by Royal Porthcawl GC. It’s the first time this fabulous seaside links course has hosted the event (July 31-Aug 3).
Walker Cup: the 50th playing of this prestigious men’s amateur event sees the GB&I go head-to-head against the defending USA team at Cypress Point Club, California (Sept 6-7).
After that, all eyes turn to Bethpage State Park on Long Island, NY, where the American and defending European professional teams engage in the 45th Ryder Cup (Sept 27-29).
Lottie Woad: 21-year-old Woad burst onto the professional scene in July, with wins in the Women’s Irish Open (as an amateur) and three weeks later in the Women’s Scottish Open (as a professional). She nearly picked-up a major championship, placing third in The Evian in the same month.
Pádraig Harrington: the ever-likeable Irishman added the (British) Senior Open Championship title to his stellar array of tournament successes. His win came on Sunningdale’s spectacular Old Course. Harrington had already bagged the U.S. Senior Open title in June this year.
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.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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