European Senior Tour facts for kids
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| Formerly | European Seniors Tour Staysure Tour |
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| Sport | Golf |
| Founded | 1992 |
| CEO | Phil Harrison |
| Countries | Based in Europe |
| Most titles | Order of Merit titles: Tommy Horton (5)Tournament wins: Carl Mason (25) |
| TV partner(s) | Sky Sports (UK) |
| Related competitions |
European Tour |
| Official website | https://www.legendstour.com/ |
The European Senior Tour, currently branded as the Legends Tour, 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. The tour was relaunched as the Legends Tour in 2020, after Ryan Howsam, founder and owner of Staysure, took majority ownership in a joint venture with the European Tour.
History
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.
Order of Merit winners
| Year | Winner | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Peter Baker |
4,161 |
| 2022 |  James Kingston |
2,845 |
| 2021 |  Stephen Dodd |
1,830 |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2019 | Phillip Price |
2,888 |
| Year | Winner | Prize money (€) |
| 2018 | Paul Broadhurst (2) |
547,793 |
| 2017 |  Clark Dennis |
222,055 |
| 2016 | Paul Broadhurst |
399,285 |
| 2015 |  Colin Montgomerie (2) |
679,147 |
| 2014 | Colin Montgomerie |
624,543 |
| 2013 | Paul Wesselingh |
311,644 |
| 2012 | Roger Chapman |
356,751 |
| 2011 |  Peter Fowler |
302,327 |
| 2010 |  Boonchu Ruangkit |
266,609 |
| 2009 | Sam Torrance (3) |
170,696 |
| 2008 | Ian Woosnam |
320,120 |
| 2007 | Carl Mason (3) |
412,376 |
| 2006 | Sam Torrance (2) |
347,525 |
| 2005 | Sam Torrance |
277,421 |
| 2004 | Carl Mason (2) |
354,775 |
| 2003 | Carl Mason |
350,242 |
| 2002 |  Seiji Ebihara |
330,211 |
| 2001 | Ian Stanley |
287,025 |
| 2000 | Noel Ratcliffe |
163,164 |
| 1999 | Tommy Horton (5) |
138,943 |
| Year | Winner | Prize money (£) |
| 1998 | Tommy Horton (4) |
127,656 |
| 1997 | Tommy Horton (3) |
158,427 |
| 1996 | Tommy Horton (2) |
133,195 |
| 1995 | Brian Barnes |
63,620 |
| 1994 | John Morgan |
57,209 |
| 1993 | Tommy Horton |
56,935 |
| 1992 |  John Fourie |
47,856 |
Source:
Awards
| Year | Rookie of the Year |
|---|---|
| 2023 |  Patrik Sjöland |
| 2022 |  Adilson da Silva |
| 2021 | No award |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Paul Lawrie |
| 2018 | Paul Streeter |
| 2017 | Clark Dennis |
| 2016 | Magnus Persson Atlevi |
| 2015 | Paul Broadhurst |
| 2014 |  César Monasterio |
| 2013 |  Steen Tinning |
| 2012 | Paul Wesselingh |
| 2011 | Gary Wolstenholme |
| 2010 | Boonchu Ruangkit |
| 2009 | Mike Harwood |
| 2008 | Ian Woosnam |
| 2007 |  Costantino Rocca |
| 2006 |  José Rivero |
| 2005 | Kevin Spurgeon |
| 2004 | Pete Oakley |
| 2003 | Carl Mason |
| 2002 | Steve Stull |
| 2001 |  Simon Owen |
| 2000 | Priscillo Diniz |
| 1999 | Jerry Bruner |
| 1998 |  Denis O'Sullivan |
Leading career money winners
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 |  Bernhard Langer |
2,811,071 |
| 2 | Carl Mason |
2,757,126 |
| 3 | Colin Montgomerie |
1,943,628 |
| 4 | Nick Job |
1,653,634 |
| 5 | Peter Fowler |
1,652,178 |
| 6 | Barry Lane |
1,571,534 |
| 7 | Tom Watson |
1,570,663 |
| 8 | Sam Torrance |
1,560,985 |
| 9 | Tommy Horton |
1,527,506 |
| 10 | 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
- List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins
