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The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over.

The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2005 it had a total prize fund of €6,950,056 (£4,694,746).[1], so it is much further behind the U.S. based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European Tour is behind the PGA Tour. The highest profile seniors event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by the Champions Tour. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open, but the prize money in these events does not count towards the Order of Merit.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2006 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

Dates Tournament Host country Winner Notes
1-3 Mar Barbados Open Barbados Spain José Rivero (1)
19-21 May Italian Seniors Open Italy Scotland Sam Torrance (5)
25-28 May Senior PGA Championship United States United States Jay Haas (N/A) Champions Tour major. Unofficial money on the EST.
2-4 Jun Irish Seniors Open Republic of Ireland Scotland Sam Torrance (6)
9-11 Jun Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic Jersey Chile Guillermo Encina (1)
16-18 Jun Wales Seniors Open Wales Spain José Rivero (2)
29 Jun - 1 Jul London Senior Masters England Italy Giuseppe Cali (2)
7-9 Jul United States Senior Open United States United States Allen Doyle (N/A) Champions Tour major. Unofficial money on the EST.
27-30 Jul Senior British Open Championship Scotland United States Loren Roberts (N/A)
4-6 Aug Wentworth Senior Masters England Argentina Eduardo Romero (3)
11-13 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland Spain Juan Quiros (1)
17-19 Aug Scandinavian Senior Open Denmark Japan Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
25-28 Aug PGA Seniors Championship England Scotland Sam Torrance (7)
1-3 Sep Scottish Seniors Open Scotland Scotland Sam Torrance (8)
8-10 Sep European Senior Masters England England Carl Mason (11)
15-17 Sep English Seniors Open England -
13-15 Oct Spanish Senior Open Spain -
20-22 Oct Senior Open of Portugal Portugal -
9-11 Nov Seniors Tour Championship Bahrain -

For the latest version of the tour schedule on the European Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Order of Merit winners

Year Order of Merit leader Country Earnings (€)
2005 Sam Torrance  Scotland 277,421
2004 Carl Mason  England 354,743
2003 Carl Mason  England 350,242
2002 Seijei Ebihara  Japan 330,211
2001 Ian Stanley  Australia 287,025
2000 Noel Ratcliffe  Australia 163,167
1999 Tommy Horton  England 138,944
1998 Tommy Horton  England 127,656
1997 Tommy Horton  England 158,427
1996 Tommy Horton  England 133,195
1995 Brian Barnes  Scotland 63,620
1994 John Morgan  England 57,209
1993 Tommy Horton  England 56,935
1992 John Fourie  South Africa 47,857

Leading career money winners

The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Tour at 29 May 2006.

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1. Tommy Horton  England 1,478,499
2. Noel Ratcliffe  Australia 1,177,601
3. Carl Mason  England 973,081
4. David Oakley  United States 940,554
5. Jim Rhodes  England 936,272
6. John Morgan  England 922,880
7. Seiji Ebihara  Japan 915,425
8. Neil Coles  England 912,232
9. Denis O'Sullivan  Ireland 905,072
10. Terry Gale  Australia 902,626

There is a full list on the European Tour's website here.

See also

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