- European Seniors Tour
The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male
golf ers aged 50 and over run by thePGA European Tour .The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2007 it had a total prize fund of €8,305,947, so it is much further behind the U.S. based
Champions Tour in relative prize money than the mainEuropean Tour is behind thePGA Tour . The highest profile seniors event in Europe is theSenior British Open Championship , which is co-sanctioned by the Champions Tour. The European Tour co-sanctions theSenior PGA Championship and theU.S. Senior Open . Prize money in latter does not count towards the Order of Merit, but from 2007 the former is an official money event. [ [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0%2DEFF5%2D4C05%2DAB0F%2DFD08D947D944%7D&eventid=2007826&infosid=3&reportid=57148 Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States] "europeantour.com", 21 May 2007.]The 2008 season will feature new events in the Azores, [ [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31%2D8294%2D4C0E%2DB8B9%2DA796F6009E52%7D&newsid=515555 Seniors Tour to Visit the Azores for the First Time] "europeantour.com", 14 Dec 2007.] the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
chedule
The table below shows the 2008 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.
Leading career money winners
The table below shows the top ten career money leaders on the European Seniors Tour as of the end of the 2007 season.
There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B90BB3F4E%2D26BA%2D4DA5%2D9ACC%2DC6DD200E5034%7D here] .
References
ee also
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2007 European Seniors Tour
*2006 European Seniors Tour
*Professional golf tours External links
* [http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5CFC27FB%2D36F9%2D400E%2DAF01%2D918A6605FFF8%7D Official site]
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