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European Senior Tour

Professional golf tour for men aged 50 and over

Summary

Professional golf tour for men aged 50 and over

FieldValue
titleLegends Tour
current_season2025 European Senior Tour
logoStaysureTourLogo.png
pixels250px
captionLegends Tour logo
formerlyEuropean Seniors Tour
Staysure Tour
sportGolf
founded1992
countriesBased in Europe
most_champsOrder of Merit titles:
ENG Tommy Horton (5)
Tournament wins:
ENG Carl Mason (25)
websitehttps://www.legendstour.com/
ceoPhil Harrison
TVSky Sports (UK)
related_compsEuropean Tour

Staysure Tour ENG Tommy Horton (5) Tournament wins: ENG Carl Mason (25) 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. The headquarters are based at Wentworth Golf Club, UK.

In 2025, the tour will play across four continents with a 20-event calendar, which will take place between February and December. Total prize fund for the year will be €20 million.

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

YearWinnerPointsYearWinnerPrize money (€)YearWinnerPrize money (£)
2025AUS Scott Hend4,781
2024BRA Adilson da Silva3,837
2023ENG Peter Baker4,161
2022ZAF James Kingston2,845
2021WAL Stephen Dodd1,830
2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019WAL Phillip Price2,888
2018ENG Paul Broadhurst (2)547,793
2017USA Clark Dennis222,055
2016ENG Paul Broadhurst399,285
2015SCO Colin Montgomerie (2)679,147
2014SCO Colin Montgomerie624,543
2013ENG Paul Wesselingh311,644
2012ENG Roger Chapman356,751
2011AUS Peter Fowler302,327
2010THA Boonchu Ruangkit266,609
2009SCO Sam Torrance (3)170,696
2008WAL Ian Woosnam320,120
2007ENG Carl Mason (3)412,376
2006SCO Sam Torrance (2)347,525
2005SCO Sam Torrance277,421
2004ENG Carl Mason (2)354,775
2003ENG Carl Mason350,242
2002JPN Seiji Ebihara330,211
2001AUS Ian Stanley287,025
2000AUS Noel Ratcliffe163,164
1999ENG Tommy Horton (5)138,943
1998ENG Tommy Horton (4)127,656
1997ENG Tommy Horton (3)158,427
1996ENG Tommy Horton (2)133,195
1995SCO Brian Barnes63,620
1994ENG John Morgan57,209
1993ENG Tommy Horton56,935
1992ZAF John Fourie47,856

Multiple winners

RankPlayerWinsYears won
1ENG Tommy Horton51993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
T2ENG Carl Mason32003, 2004, 2007
SCO Sam Torrance2005, 2006, 2009
T4ENG Paul Broadhurst22016, 2018
SCO Colin Montgomerie2014, 2015

Source:

Awards

YearRookie of the Year
2025ZAF Darren Fichardt
2024ENG Simon Griffiths
2023SWE Patrik Sjöland
2022BRA Adilson da Silva
2021No award
2020
2019SCO Paul Lawrie
2018ENG Paul Streeter
2017USA Clark Dennis
2016SWE Magnus Persson Atlevi
2015ENG Paul Broadhurst
2014ARG César Monasterio
2013DEN Steen Tinning
2012ENG Paul Wesselingh
2011ENG Gary Wolstenholme
2010THA Boonchu Ruangkit
2009AUS Mike Harwood
2008WAL Ian Woosnam
2007ITA Costantino Rocca
2006ESP José Rivero
2005ENG Kevin Spurgeon
2004USA Pete Oakley
2003ENG Carl Mason
2002USA Steve Stull
2001NZL Simon Owen
2000BRA Priscillo Diniz
1999USA Jerry Bruner
1998IRL 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.

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1DEU Bernhard Langer2,811,071
2ENG Carl Mason2,757,126
3SCO Colin Montgomerie1,943,628
4ENG Nick Job1,653,634
5AUS Peter Fowler1,652,178
6ENG Barry Lane1,571,534
7USA Tom Watson1,570,663
8SCO Sam Torrance1,560,985
9ENG Tommy Horton1,527,506
10SCO Bill Longmuir1,472,192

There is a full list that is updated after each tournament on the European Tour's website here.

Notes

References

References

  1. (1 September 2020). "Ground-breaking joint venture creates new Legends Tour". European Tour.
  2. (7 December 2017). "Staysure to become first title sponsor of the European Senior Tour". European Tour.
  3. "Legends Tour Website - Ryan Howsam – the businessman with a vision".
  4. "Staysure Tour to become Legends Tour in unique agreement".
  5. (2025-09-02). "Legends Tour 2025 Schedule".
  6. (21 May 2007). "Strong Seniors contingent head to the United States". PGA European Tour.
  7. (12 December 2016). "John Jacobs Trophy Winners". European Tour.
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