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The Champions Tour, a Golf tour run by the PGA TOUR , hosts 30 events annually in the United States , Canada , the United Kingdom and Mexico for male golfers 50 and older.

The tour grew out of a highly successful event in 1978 , the ''Legends of Golf'', which featured competition between two-member teams of some of the greatest older golfers of that day. It was known as the Senior PGA TOUR until 2002 . Upon eligibility, some of the greatest names in golf history have participated in the tour.

All of the events in the 2006 schedule are in the United States except for the .

Most of the tournaments are played over three rounds or 54 holes, which is one round less than regular professional Strokeplay tournaments, for example on the PGA Tour. Because of this, there are generally no "cuts" between any of the rounds. However, the five Senior Majors do have four rounds. A golfer's performances can be quite variable from one round to the next, and playing an extra round increases the likelihood that the senior majors will be won by leading players. In 2006 the Champions Tour Division Board of the PGA Tour organisation voted to allow players the option to use Golf Cart s during most events on the tour. The five Major Championships and certain other events, including pro-ams, are excluded. {Link without Title}


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The following table shows all the official money events for the 2006 season. The five Senior Majors are shown in bold. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event.


DatesTournamentState/CountryWinner
Jan 20-22 MasterCard Championship At Hualalai Hawaii Loren Roberts (2)
Jan 27-29 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii Loren Roberts (3)
Feb 17-19 The ACE Group Classic Florida Loren Roberts (4)
Feb 24-26 Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Florida Jerry Pate (1)
10-12 Mar AT&T Classic California Tom Kite (8)
17-19 Mar Toshiba Classic California Brad Bryant (1)
Mar 31 - Apr 2 Puerto Vallarta Blue Agave Golf Classic Mexico Morris Hatalsky (3)
Apr 21-23 Liberty Mutual Legends Of Golf Georgia Jay Haas (3)
Apr 28-30 FedEx Kinko's Classic Texas Jay Haas (4)
May 5-7 Regions Charity Classic Alabama
May 12-14 The Boeing Championship At Sandestin Florida
May 25-28''' Senior PGA Championship ''''''varies ( Oklahoma in 2006)'''
Jun 2-4 Allianz Championship Iowa
Jun 9-11 Bank Of America Championship Massachusetts
Jun 23-25 Commerce Bank Championship New York
Jun 30 - Jul 2 Greater Kansas City Golf Classic Kansas
Jul 6-9''' U.S. Senior Open ''''''varies ( Kansas in 2006)'''
Jul 13-16''' Senior Players Championship ''''''varies ( Michigan in 2006)'''
Jul 27-30''' Senior British Open '''''' United Kingdom '''
Aug 4-6 3M Championship Minnesota
Aug 18-20 Boeing Greater Seattle Classic Washington
Aug 24-27''' The Tradition ''''''varies ( Oregon in 2006)'''
Sep 1-3 Wal-Mart First Tee Open At Pebble Beach California
Sep 8-9 Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship Georgia
Sep 15-17 Constellation Energy Classic Maryland
Sep 29 - Oct 1 Greater Hickory Classic At Rock Barn North Carolina
Oct 6-8 SAS Championship North Carolina
Oct 13-15 Administaff Small Business Classic Texas
Oct 20-22 AT&T Championship Texas
Oct 26-29 Charles Schwab Cup Championship California



LEADING MONEY WINNERS BY YEAR



LEADING CAREER MONEY WINNERS

The table shows the top ten career money leaders on the Champions Tour at the end of the 2005 season.

11. Paul Keller 0 (Will Not Be Ligible Until 2022

There is a full list on the PGA Tour's website here . The PGA Tour also publishes a list of Champions Tour players' total career earnings on its three tours here .


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