Torrance (Scot) won his third Eurpn Snr Tr Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy, with 2009 season earnings of €170,696 on the Tour. Second on the Ian Woosnam (Wales) was second with €167,316; Carl Mason (Eng) was third with €157,918.

Played as the DGM Barbados Open (March 18-20; Eurpn Snr Tr event). Second-placed Angel Franco (Paraguay) finished 4 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [Royal Westmoreland, St James, Barbados].

Played as the OKI Castellon Open Espana - Seniors Tour Championship (Nov 7-9; European Senior Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Ángel Fernández (Chile) and Katsuyoshi Tomori (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Sam Torrance (Scot), who recorded his tenth win on the Tour. [GC Mediterraneo, Castellon, Spain].

Played as the Bendinat London Seniors Masters (June 22-24). Second-placed Jose Rivero (Esp) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [London GC, Ash, Kent, England].

Played as the AIB Irish Seniors Open in association with Greenstar & Fáilte Ireland (June 2-4). Sam Torrance (Scot) beat Jerry Bruner (USA) at the second playoff hole to win back-to-back European Senior Tour events. Guillermo Encina (Chile) and Stewart Ginn (Aus) were eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Fota Island GC, Cork, Ireland].

Played as the Hassan II Trophy (Feb 24-27; unofficial limited-field event). 53-year-old Torrance (Scot) beat Raphaël Jacquelin (Fra) in a playoff. [Red course, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco].

Torrance (Scot) won his second straight Eurpn Snr Tr Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy, with 2006 season earnings of €347,525 on the Tour. Carl Mason (Eng) was second with €268,453; Jose Rivero (Spain) was third with €233,374.

Played as the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open (Sept 1-3). Second-placed Bill Longmuir (Scot) finished 1 shot behind home-country winner Sam Torrance (Scot). [East course, Dalmahoy Hotel & CC, Midlothian].

Played as the PGA Seniors Championship (50th) (Aug 25-28). Second-placed Luis Carbonetti (Arg) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Sam Torrance (Scot). [Gainsborough course, Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Leavenheath, nr Colchester, Essex].

Played as the Sharp Italian Seniors Open (May 19-21). Eamonn Darcy (Ire) finished 4 shots behind Sam Torrance (Scot), who recorded his fifth European Senior Tour win. [Venezia GC, Lido di Venezia, Veneto].

Played as the Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic (June 10-12). Second-placed David J. Russell (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Sam Torrance (Scot), who recorded his second European Senior Tour win. [La Moye GC, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands].

Played as the De Vere PGA Seniors Championship (Aug 4-7). Second-placed David J. Russell (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Sam Torrance (Scot). [Nicklaus course, Carden Park, Cheshire].

Played as the Bendinat London Seniors Masters (Sept 23-25). Second-placed David J. Russell (Eng) finished 3 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [London GC, Ash, Kent, England].

Torrance (Scot) won the Eurpn Snr Tr 2005 Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy, with earnings of €277,420 on the Tour. Carl Mason (Eng) was second with €257,113; Des Smyth (Ire) was third with €229,514.

Played as the Travis Perkins Senior Masters (Aug 13-15). Second-placed Seiji Ebihara (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Torrance (Scot). [Edinburgh course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].

Played as the Peugeot Open de France (June 25-28). Second-placed Olivier Edmond (Fra), Mathew Goggin (Aus), Massimo Florioli (Italy) and Bernhard Langer (Ger) finished 2 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [Albatros course, Golf National, Guyancourt, nr Paris].

Played as the Collingtree British Masters (Sept 14-17). Second-placed Michael Campbell (NZ) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot), who recorded his 20th European Tour win. [Collingtree Park GC, Northampton, Northants].

Played as Murphy's Irish Open. Torrance (Scot) beat Howard Clark (Eng) at the second playoff hole, where Torrance's eagle trumped Clark's birdie. Stuart Cage (Eng) was eliminated at the first playoff hole. [Mount Juliet GC, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland].

Played as the Conte of Florence Italian Open. Second-placed Jose Rivero (Esp) finished 2 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [GC Le Rovedine, Opera, nr Milan, Italy].

Played as the Heineken Open (Apr 22-25). Second-placed Jay Townsend (USA) finished 3 shots behind Torrance (Scot). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [GC Osona-Montanyà, El Brull, nr Barcelona, Spain].

Played as the first (and only) Kronenbourg Open (March 25-28). Second-placed Mike Miller (Scot) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [Gardagolf CC, Soiano del Lago, nr Brescia, Lake Garda].

Played as the Honda Open (June 10-13). Torrance (Scot) beat Paul Broadhurst (Eng), Ian Woosnam (Wales) and Johan Rystrom (Swe) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Gut Kaden G&LC, Alveslohe, nr Hamburg].

Played as the Jersey European Airways Open (April 11-14). Second-placed Mark Davis (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [La Moye GC, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands].

Played as the Mercedes German Masters (Oct 4-7). Second-placed Ian Woosnam (Wales) and defending champion Bernhard Langer (Ger) finished 3 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [Stuttgarter GC Solitude, Mönsheim, nr Stuttgart].

Played as the Lancia Italian Open. Torrance (Scot) beat Jose Rivero (Esp) with a par at the sixth playoff hole. [Red course, GC Monticello, Cassina Rizzardi, nr Como].

Played as the Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open (June 28-30). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [Monte-Carlo GC, Mont Agel, La Turbie, French Riviera].

Played as the Sanyo Open (Sept 20-23). Sam Torrance (Scot) beat defending champion Des Smyth (Ire) with a par at the first playoff hole, to record his tenth European Tour win. [Real (Royal) GC El Prat, Terrassa, Barcelona].

Played as the Tunisian Open (April 12-15; European Tour season-opener). Second-placed Brian Waites (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [El Kantaoui Golf Intl, nr Sousse, Tunisia].

Played as the Benson & Hedges International Open (Aug 16-19). Second-placed Wayne Grady (Aus) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [Fulford GC, York, North Yorkshire].

Played as the Scandinavian Enterprise Open (Jun 30-Jul 3). Second-placed Craig Stadler (USA) finished 1 shot behind Torrance (Scot). [Ullna GC, Åkersberga, nr Stockholm, Sweden].

Played as the Portuguese Open (Nov 3-6; European Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Chris Moody (Eng) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Sam Torrance (Scot). [Troia Golf, Carvahal, nr Setubal, Portugal].

Played as the Portuguese Open (Nov 4-7; European Tr season-ending event). Second-placed Nick Faldo (Eng) finished 4 shots behind Sam Torrance (Scot), who recorded his fifth European Tour win. Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Penina Resort, Portimao, Algarve, Portugal].

Played as the Benson & Hedges Spanish Open. Second-placed Roger Chapman (Eng), Sandy Lyle (Scot) and Ian Woosnam (Wales) finished 8 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [North course, Real (Royal) Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo, Madrid].

Played as Carroll's Irish Open. Second-placed Nick Faldo (Eng) finished 5 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [Portmarnock GC, nr Dublin, Ireland].

Played as the Mayne Nickless Australian PGA Ch'ship. Seve Ballesteros (Esp) finished in second place behind Torrance (Scot).

Played as the Colombian Open (Abierto de Colombia). Won by Torrance (Scot). [CC of Cali, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia].

Played as the Piccadilly Medal (May 13-16; 72-hole stroke play event). Second-placed Bob Shearer (Aus) finished 2 shots behind Torrance (Scot), who recorded his first win on the European Tour. [Coventry GC, Finham, Coventry, Warwicks].

Played as the Martini International (June 9-12). Second-placed Tommy Horton (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Torrance (Scot). [Ashburnham GC, Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, S Wales].

Torrance (Scot) won the European Tour 1972 Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. Torrance finished 37th on the Tour's (points-based) Order of Merit; he won £1,731 in prize money during the season.