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The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years the only high-profile tournament for golfers over 50.The idea for a senior tour grew out of a highly successful event in 1978, the Legends of Golf at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas, which featured competition between two-member teams of some of the greatest older golfers of that day. [1]
This is a list of all the golfers who have won ten or more official events on the U.S.-based PGA Tour Champions (known as the Senior PGA Tour from 1980–2002 and Champions Tour from 2003–2015), the leading golf tour in the world for men aged 50 and above. The list is up to date as of February 8, 2025. [1]
Unlike mainstream men's golf, the senior game does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The three majors recognized by the European Senior Tour are the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. and British Senior Opens. However, the Champions Tour is much more dominant in global senior golf than the PGA Tour is in mainstream men's golf.
8 strokes – Larry Nelson, 1998 Pittsburgh Senior Classic 8 strokes – Isao Aoki, 1998 BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland 8 strokes – Hale Irwin, 1998 Ameritech Senior Open. 18 holes; 5 strokes – Lee Elder, 1985 Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am 5 strokes – Bob Charles, 1988 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship
Golfers who have won a senior major golf championship as defined by the PGA Tour Champions. Through the 2024 season, there are 101 of them. Through the 2024 season, there are 101 of them. Pages in category "Winners of senior major golf championships"
The tallies do not include wins in the Senior PGA Championship and the Senior British Open before they became senior majors. The five majors are shown in the order in which they are currently played each year. There is a complete list of results in the senior majors article. [1] The list is up to date through the 2024 season.