Listed below are recipients of awards for various achievements on PGA Tour Champions, a circuit operated by the U.S.-based PGA Tour for men's golfers aged 50 and over. The tour began in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, changed its name to the Champions Tour in 2003, and became PGA Tour Champions in 2016.

Charles Schwab Cup

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From 2001 through 2015, points were earned for thousands of dollars earned in top-ten finishes at tournaments. From 2008 to 2015, points were doubled at majors and the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Since 2016, the Charles Schwab Cup has used a playoff format similar to the FedEx Cup playoffs on the regular PGA Tour, though with three total events instead of four on the regular tour. Changes to the format are:[1]

  • During the regular season, points are based on dollars earned, regardless of the player's finish in a given tournament. No bonus is awarded for wins in majors.
  • The top 72 players on the money list will qualify for the first playoff event. Additionally, a "wild card" playoff berth will be awarded to a golfer who finishes in the top 10 of the last regular-season event, the SAS Championship, and is not within the top 72 after the tournament. (If more than one player outside the top 72 finishes in the top 10 at the SAS Championship, the highest finisher among these players will qualify.)
  • During the first two playoff events, points are earned as in the regular season, except the winner earns double points. The playoff field is cut to 54 after the first playoff event and 36 after the second, with the survivors advancing to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
  • Prior to the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the points totals are reset. All 36 qualifiers will have a theoretical chance to win the Charles Schwab Cup, and each golfer in the top five can win the Charles Schwab Cup by winning the final event, no matter how the rest of the field performs.

The top five win annuities. Annuities involved in ties are divided amongst the tied players.

Winners

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Season Winner Points
2023   Steve Stricker 3,986,063
2022   Steven Alker 4,173,435
2020–21   Bernhard Langer (6) 3,655,999
2019   Scott McCarron 2,534,090
2018   Bernhard Langer (5) 2,525,404
2017   Kevin Sutherland 3,280
2016   Bernhard Langer (4) 3,200
2015   Bernhard Langer (3) 3,520
2014   Bernhard Langer (2) 4,152
2013   Kenny Perry 3,273
2012   Tom Lehman (2) 3,082
2011   Tom Lehman 2,422
2010   Bernhard Langer 3,597
2009   Loren Roberts (2) 2,670
2008   Jay Haas (2) 2,556
2007   Loren Roberts 2,716
2006   Jay Haas 3,053
2005   Tom Watson (2) 2,980
2004   Hale Irwin (2) 3,427
2003   Tom Watson 4,370
2002   Hale Irwin 2,886
2001   Allen Doyle 2,382

Player and rookie of the year awards

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Season Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Comeback Player of the Year
2023   Steve Stricker No award No award
2022   Steven Alker   Pádraig Harrington
2020–21   Bernhard Langer (9)   Jim Furyk
2019   Scott McCarron   Retief Goosen
2018   Bernhard Langer (8)   Ken Tanigawa
2017   Bernhard Langer (7)   Jerry Kelly
2016   Bernhard Langer (6)   Paul Broadhurst
2015   Bernhard Langer (5)   Jerry Smith
2014   Bernhard Langer (4)   Scott Dunlap
2013   Kenny Perry   Rocco Mediate
2012   Tom Lehman (2)   Kirk Triplett
2011   Tom Lehman   Kenny Perry   Chip Beck
2010   Bernhard Langer (3)   Fred Couples   Ken Green
2009   Bernhard Langer (2)   Russ Cochran No award
2008   Bernhard Langer   Bernhard Langer
2007   Jay Haas (2)   Denis Watson   R. W. Eaks
2006   Jay Haas   Eduardo Romero   Tim Simpson
2005   Dana Quigley   Jay Haas   Peter Jacobsen
2004   Craig Stadler   Mark McNulty   Hubert Green (2)
2003   Tom Watson   Craig Stadler   Don Pooley
2002   Hale Irwin   Morris Hatalsky   Hubert Green
2001   Allen Doyle   Bob Gilder   John Schroeder
2000   Larry Nelson   Doug Tewell   Raymond Floyd
1999   Bruce Fleisher   Bruce Fleisher   Tom Jenkins
1998   Hale Irwin (2)   Joe Inman   Jim Colbert
1997   Hale Irwin   Gil Morgan   George Archer
1996   Jim Colbert (2)   John Bland   Al Geiberger
1995   Jim Colbert   Hale Irwin   Walter Morgan
1994   Lee Trevino (3)   Jay Sigel   Dave Eichelberger
1993   Dave Stockton   Bob Murphy   Jim Ferree
1992   Lee Trevino (2)   Dave Stockton   Tommy Aaron
1991   George Archer and
  Mike Hill (shared)
  Jim Colbert   Larry Laoretti
1990   Lee Trevino   Lee Trevino No award

Byron Nelson Award

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Season Winner Scoring Average
2023   Steve Stricker 67.54
2022   Steven Alker 68.27
2020–21   Jim Furyk 68.84
2019   Retief Goosen 69.14
2018   Bernhard Langer (7) 69.01
2017   Bernhard Langer (6) 68.03
2016   Bernhard Langer (5) 68.31
2015   Bernhard Langer (4) 68.69
2014   Bernhard Langer (3) 68.03
2013   Fred Couples (3) 68.64
2012   Fred Couples (2) 68.52
2011   Mark Calcavecchia 69.04
2010   Fred Couples 67.96
2009   Bernhard Langer (2) 68.92
2008   Bernhard Langer 69.65
2007   Loren Roberts (2) 69.31
2006   Loren Roberts 69.01
2005   Mark McNulty 69.41
2004   Craig Stadler 69.30
2003   Tom Watson 68.81
2002   Hale Irwin (4) 68.93
2001   Gil Morgan (2) 69.20
2000   Gil Morgan 68.83
1999   Bruce Fleisher 69.19
1998   Hale Irwin (3) 68.59
1997   Hale Irwin (2) 68.92
1996   Hale Irwin 69.47
1995   Raymond Floyd (2) 69.47
1994   Raymond Floyd 69.08
1993   Bob Charles (3) 69.59
1992   Lee Trevino (3) 69.46
1991   Lee Trevino (2) 69.50
1990   Lee Trevino 68.89
1989   Bob Charles (2) 69.78
1988   Bob Charles 70.05
1987   Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2) 70.07
1986   Chi-Chi Rodríguez 69.65
1985   Don January (5) 70.11
1984   Don January (4) 70.68
1983   Don January (3) 69.46
1982   Don January (2) 70.03
1981   Miller Barber 69.57
1980   Don January 71.00

References

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  1. ^ "Champions Tour announces 2016 schedule and format for inaugural Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs" (Press release). PGA Tour. November 11, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
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