The European Senior Tour, currently titled as the Staysure Legends Tour for sponsorship reasons, 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 YearWinnerPoints2025 Scott Hend 4,7812024 Adilson da Silva 3,8372023 Peter Baker 4,1612022 James Kingston 2,8452021 Stephen Dodd 1,8302020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2019 Phillip Price 2,888YearWinnerPrize money (€)2018 Paul Broadhurst (2) 547,793 2017 Clark Dennis 222,0552016 Paul Broadhurst 399,2852015 Colin Montgomerie (2) 679,1472014 Colin Montgomerie 624,5432013 Paul Wesselingh 311,6442012 Roger Chapman 356,7512011 Peter Fowler 302,3272010 Boonchu Ruangkit 266,6092009 Sam Torrance (3) 170,6962008 Ian Woosnam 320,1202007 Carl Mason (3) 412,3762006 Sam Torrance (2) 347,5252005 Sam Torrance 277,4212004 Carl Mason (2) 354,7752003 Carl Mason 350,2422002 Seiji Ebihara 330,2112001 Ian Stanley 287,0252000 Noel Ratcliffe 163,1641999 Tommy Horton (5) 138,943YearWinnerPrize money (£)1998 Tommy Horton (4) 127,6561997 Tommy Horton (3) 158,4271996 Tommy Horton (2) 133,1951995 Brian Barnes 63,6201994 John Morgan 57,2091993 Tommy Horton 56,9351992 John Fourie 47,856
Multiple winners RankPlayerWinsYears won1 Tommy Horton 5 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999T2 Carl Mason 3 2003, 2004, 2007 Sam Torrance 2005, 2006, 2009T4 Paul Broadhurst 2 2016, 2018 Colin Montgomerie 2014, 2015 Source:
Awards YearRookie of the Year2025 Darren Fichardt2024 Simon Griffiths2023 Patrik Sjöland2022 Adilson da Silva2021 No award2020 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 2,811,0712 Carl Mason 2,757,1263 Colin Montgomerie 1,943,6284 Nick Job 1,653,6345 Peter Fowler 1,652,1786 Barry Lane 1,571,5347 Tom Watson 1,570,663 8 Sam Torrance 1,560,9859 Tommy Horton 1,527,50610 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
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