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European Senior Tour

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Legends Tour
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 European Senior Tour
Legends Tour logo
FormerlyEuropean Seniors Tour
Staysure Tour
SportGolf
Founded1992
CEOPhil Harrison
CountriesBased in Europe[a]
Most titlesOrder of Merit titles:
England Tommy Horton (5)
Tournament wins:
England Carl Mason (25)
TV partner(s)Sky Sports (UK)
Related
competitions
European Tour
Official websitehttps://www.legendstour.com/

The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour,[1] is a professional golf tour for male golfers aged 50 and over, run by the PGA European Tour. The tour was titled as the Staysure Tour for the 2018 and 2019 seasons after UK-based insurance company Staysure became the first title sponsors of the senior tour in December 2017.[2] The tour was relaunched as the Legends Tour[3][4] in 2020, after Ryan Howsam, founder and owner of Staysure, took majority ownership in a joint venture with the European Tour.

History

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The Tour was founded in 1992 after calls from 60 leading professionals five years after the first Senior Open Championship in 1987. The highest profile event in Europe is the Senior British Open Championship, which is co-sanctioned by PGA Tour Champions and was played on the Old Course at St Andrews for the first time in 2018. The European Tour co-sanctions the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open. Prize money in the latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but since 2007 the former has been an official money event.[5]

Order of Merit winners

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Year Winner Points
2023 England Peter Baker 4,161
2022 South Africa James Kingston 2,845
2021 Wales Stephen Dodd 1,830
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Wales Phillip Price 2,888
Year Winner Prize money ()
2018 England Paul Broadhurst (2) 547,793
2017 United States Clark Dennis 222,055
2016 England Paul Broadhurst 399,285
2015 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (2) 679,147
2014 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 624,543
2013 England Paul Wesselingh 311,644
2012 England Roger Chapman 356,751
2011 Australia Peter Fowler 302,327
2010 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit 266,609
2009 Scotland Sam Torrance (3) 170,696
2008 Wales Ian Woosnam 320,120
2007 England Carl Mason (3) 412,376
2006 Scotland Sam Torrance (2) 347,525
2005 Scotland Sam Torrance 277,421
2004 England Carl Mason (2) 354,775
2003 England Carl Mason 350,242
2002 Japan Seiji Ebihara 330,211
2001 Australia Ian Stanley 287,025
2000 Australia Noel Ratcliffe 163,164
1999 England Tommy Horton (5) 138,943
Year Winner Prize money (£)
1998 England Tommy Horton (4) 127,656
1997 England Tommy Horton (3) 158,427
1996 England Tommy Horton (2) 133,195
1995 Scotland Brian Barnes 63,620
1994 England John Morgan 57,209
1993 England Tommy Horton 56,935
1992 South Africa John Fourie 47,856

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Awards

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Year Rookie of the Year
2023 Sweden Patrik Sjöland
2022 Brazil Adilson da Silva
2021 No award
2020
2019 Scotland Paul Lawrie
2018 England Paul Streeter
2017 United States Clark Dennis
2016 Sweden Magnus Persson Atlevi
2015 England Paul Broadhurst
2014 Argentina César Monasterio
2013 Denmark Steen Tinning
2012 England Paul Wesselingh
2011 England Gary Wolstenholme
2010 Thailand Boonchu Ruangkit
2009 Australia Mike Harwood
2008 Wales Ian Woosnam
2007 Italy Costantino Rocca
2006 Spain José Rivero
2005 England Kevin Spurgeon
2004 United States Pete Oakley
2003 England Carl Mason
2002 United States Steve Stull
2001 New Zealand Simon Owen
2000 Brazil Priscillo Diniz
1999 United States Jerry Bruner
1998 Republic of Ireland Denis O'Sullivan

Leading career money winners

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The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Senior Tour as of the end of the 2018 season.

Rank Player Prize money ()
1 Germany Bernhard Langer 2,811,071
2 England Carl Mason 2,757,126
3 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 1,943,628
4 England Nick Job 1,653,634
5 Australia Peter Fowler 1,652,178
6 England Barry Lane 1,571,534
7 United States Tom Watson 1,570,663
8 Scotland Sam Torrance 1,560,985
9 England Tommy Horton 1,527,506
10 Scotland Bill Longmuir 1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Schedules have also included events in Asia, Africa, Australasia and North America.

References

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  1. ^ "Ground-breaking joint venture creates new Legends Tour". European Tour. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". European Tour. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Legends Tour Website - Ryan Howsam – the businessman with a vision". www.legendstour.com. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Staysure Tour to become Legends Tour in unique agreement". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
  6. ^ "John Jacobs Trophy Winners". European Tour. 12 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017.
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