2005 in Golf - Senior Men's Professional Golf

Senior Men's Professional Golf

Senior majors

  • 26–29 May: Senior PGA Championship - Mike Reid won a three man playoff to claim his first Champions Tour title.
  • 7–10 July: Senior Players Championship - Peter Jacobsen won his second Champions Tour event and his second senior major.
  • 21–24 July: Senior British Open - Tom Watson won his second Senior British Open and his fourth senior major.
  • 28–31 July: U.S. Senior Open - Allen Doyle won his third senior major. Doyle, who started the final round nine shots out of the lead, shot a final-round 63, a course record which tied for the lowest round ever in the U.S. Senior Open, and saw the leaders come back to him. Doyle would win by one stroke. His final-round comeback is unprecedented in the history of the senior majors; in the mainstream majors, only Paul Lawrie's comeback from 10 shots down on the final day of the 1999 Open Championship surpasses this feat.
  • 25–28 August: The Tradition - Loren Roberts defeated Dana Quigley on the second playoff hole to win his first senior major.

For a complete list of Champions Tour results see 2005 Champions Tour.

Money list winners

  • Champions Tour - Dana Quigley topped the money list for the first time with earnings of $2,170,258. Full list
  • European Seniors Tour - Sam Torrance topped the Order of Merit with earnings of €277,420.76.Full list

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