2004 European Seniors Tour season
Duration19 March 2004 (2004-03-19) – 24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Number of official events23
Most winsEngland Carl Mason (5)
Order of MeritEngland Carl Mason
Rookie of the YearUnited States Pete Oakley
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The 2004 European Seniors Tour was the 13th season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2004 season.[1]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
21 MarTobago Plantations Seniors ClassicTrinidad and Tobago£125,000England Carl Mason (5)
28 MarDGM Barbados OpenBarbadosUS$230,000South Africa Gavan Levenson (1)
9 MayOpen de France SeniorsFrance200,000England Bob Cameron (1)
16 MayBosch Italian Seniors OpenItaly160,000Australia Terry Gale (6)New tournament
23 MayDigicel Jamaica ClassicJamaicaUS$280,000Argentina Luis Carbonetti (1)
30 MaySenior PGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$2,000,000United States Hale Irwin (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
6 JunAIB Irish Seniors OpenIreland330,000England Carl Mason (6)
13 JunIrvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors ClassicJersey£120,000England Jim Rhodes (2)
20 JunMobile CupEngland£125,000Scotland Bill Longmuir (3)
27 JunDe Vere Northumberland Seniors ClassicEngland£150,000England Malcolm Gregson (5)
4 JulRyder Cup Wales Seniors OpenWales£500,000United States Ray Carrasco (3)
11 JulNigel Mansell Sunseeker International ClassicEngland£150,000Japan Seiji Ebihara (6)
25 JulThe Senior British Open ChampionshipNorthern IrelandUS$1,600,000United States Pete Oakley (1)Senior major championship
31 JulBad Ragaz PGA Seniors OpenSwitzerland190,000Argentina Horacio Carbonetti (2)
1 AugU.S. Senior OpenUnited StatesUS$2,600,000United States Peter Jacobsen (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
8 AugDe Vere PGA Seniors ChampionshipEngland£200,000England Carl Mason (7)
15 AugTravis Perkins Senior MastersEngland£225,000Scotland Sam Torrance (1)
29 AugCharles Church Scottish Seniors OpenEngland£150,000Scotland Bill Longmuir (4)
5 SepBovis Lend Lease European Senior MastersEngland£225,000Argentina Luis Carbonetti (2)
11 SepThe Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz
European Seniors Match Play Championship		England£100,000England Carl Mason (8)
26 SepADT English Seniors OpenEngland£150,000England Carl Mason (9)
3 OctSanremo MastersItaly200,000England Bob Cameron (2)New tournament
24 OctEstoril Seniors Tour ChampionshipPortugal240,000Scotland John Chillas (2)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the European Seniors Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winners Notes
21 Nov UBS Cup United States US$3,000,000 Team USA Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2]

PositionPlayerPrize money (€)
1England Carl Mason354,775
2United States Pete Oakley286,386
3Scotland John Chillas218,281
4Japan Seiji Ebihara202,746
5Scotland Bill Longmuir201,470

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the YearUnited States Pete Oakley[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Seniors Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Seniors Tour members.
  2. 1 2 Official win; unofficial money.

References

  1. ↑ "2004 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "'Cheers' to the European Senior Tour". Golf Business News. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Other previous winners include José Rivero (2006), Kevin Spurgeon (2005), Pete Oakley (2004)...
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