2013 Champions Tour
Year2013
TourChampions Tour
Regular seasonJanuary 18, 2013 – November 3, 2013
No of events26
Most winsKenny Perry (5)
Honor 1Charles Schwab Cup
Honoree 1Kenny Perry
Honor 2Money list
Honoree 2Bernhard Langer
Honor 3Player of the Year
Honoree 3Kenny Perry
Honor 4Rookie of the Year
Honoree 4Rocco Mediate
Prevseason2012
Nextseason2014

The 2013 Champions Tour was the 34th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2013 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner[a]Notes
Jan 20Mitsubishi Electric Championship at HualalaiHawaii1,800,000John Cook (9)
Feb 10Allianz ChampionshipFlorida1,800,000Rocco Mediate (1)
Feb 17ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000Bernhard Langer (17)
Mar 17Toshiba ClassicCalifornia1,750,000David Frost (4)
Mar 24Mississippi Gulf Resort ClassicMississippi1,600,000Michael Allen (4)
Apr 21Greater Gwinnett ChampionshipGeorgia1,800,000Bernhard Langer (18)New tournament
Apr 28Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of GolfGeorgia2,700,000Brad Faxon (2) and
Jeff Sluman (5)		Team event
May 5Insperity ChampionshipTexas1,800,000Esteban Toledo (1)
May 26Senior PGA ChampionshipMissouri2,100,000Kōki Idoki (1)Senior major championship
Jun 2Principal Charity ClassicIowa1,750,000Russ Cochran (4)
Jun 9Regions TraditionAlabama2,200,000David Frost (5)Champions Tour major championship
Jun 23Encompass ChampionshipIllinois1,800,000Craig Stadler (9)
Jun 30Constellation Senior Players ChampionshipPennsylvania2,700,000Kenny Perry (3)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 14U.S. Senior OpenNebraska2,750,000Kenny Perry (4)Senior major championship
Jul 29The Senior Open ChampionshipEngland2,000,000Mark Wiebe (4)Senior major championship
Aug 43M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000Tom Pernice Jr. (2)
Aug 18Dick's Sporting Goods OpenNew York1,800,000Bart Bryant (1)
Aug 25Boeing ClassicWashington2,000,000John Riegger (1)
Sep 1Shaw Charity ClassicCanada2,000,000Rocco Mediate (2)New tournament
Sep 8Montreal ChampionshipCanada1,600,000Esteban Toledo (2)
Sep 22Pacific Links Hawai'i ChampionshipHawaii1,800,000Mark Wiebe (5)
Sep 29Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble BeachCalifornia1,800,000Kirk Triplett (2)
Oct 13SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina2,100,000Russ Cochran (5)
Oct 20Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,600,000Michael Allen (5)
Oct 27AT&T ChampionshipTexas1,900,000Kenny Perry (5)
Nov 3Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000Fred Couples (9)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 15PNC Father-Son ChallengeFlorida1,085,000Stewart Cink and
son Connor Cink		Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Kenny Perry3,273
2Bernhard Langer2,861
3Fred Couples2,425
4David Frost2,089
5Duffy Waldorf1,673

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Bernhard Langer2,448,428
2Kenny Perry2,241,188
3David Frost1,817,234
4Fred Couples1,706,812
5Russ Cochran1,458,583

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Kenny Perry[6]
Rookie of the YearRocco Mediate[7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Fred Couples[8]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

  1. ^ "2013 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Champions Tour announces 2013 tournament schedule". PGA Tour. December 19, 2012. Archived 25 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
  3. ^ "2013 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived 22 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Couples wins Schwab as Perry takes season title". Golfweek. Associated Press. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ "2013 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived 11 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Kenny Perry senior tour's top player". ESPN. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Golf: Former Moc Rocco Mediate Named Top Rookie". Lakeland Ledger. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  8. ^ "2013 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2023.