2024 European Senior Tour

2024 European Senior Tour season
Duration3 May 2024 (2024-05-03) – 8 December 2024 (2024-12-08)
Number of official events18
Most winsEngland Peter Baker (2)[a]
Brazil Adilson da Silva (2)
Order of MeritBrazil Adilson da Silva
Rookie of the YearEngland Simon Griffiths
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The 2024 European Senior Tour, titled as the 2024 Legends Tour, was the 32nd season of the European Senior Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2024 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)
Winner[b] Other
tours[c]
Notes
5 MayBarbados LegendsBarbadosUS$500,000England Peter Baker (6)
26 MayKitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipUnited StatesUS$3,500,000England Richard Bland (n/a)Senior major championship
9 JunCosta Navarino Legends Tour TrophyGreece500,000United States Clark Dennis (6)New tournament
16 JunPaul Lawrie MatchplayEngland300,000Argentina Ángel Cabrera (1)New tournament
22 JunOFX Irish LegendsIreland400,000Brazil Adilson da Silva (6)
1 JulU.S. Senior OpenUnited StatesUS$4,000,000England Richard Bland (n/a)Senior major championship
14 JulSwiss Seniors OpenSwitzerland300,000Sweden Jarmo Sandelin (2)
28 JulThe Senior Open ChampionshipScotlandUS$2,850,000South Korea K. J. Choi (n/a)Senior major championship
4 AugStaysure PGA Seniors ChampionshipScotland750,000England Robert Coles (1)
18 AugZambia Legends ChampionshipZambia350,000South Africa Keith Horne (1)New tournament
1 SepHSBC India Legends ChampionshipIndiaUS$500,000Sweden Joakim Haeggman (2)PGTINew tournament
7 SepLegends Open de FranceFrance350,000Scotland Greig Hutcheon (1)
15 SepEuropean Legends CupSpain800,000Brazil Adilson da Silva (7)New tournament
22 SepWINSTONgolf Senior OpenGermany500,000England Van Phillips (1)
26 OctSergio Melpignano Senior Italian OpenItaly400,000Germany Thomas Gögele (1)
10 NovFarmfoods European Senior MastersSpain375,000England Simon Griffiths (1)
17 NovWCM Legends Mexico OpenMexicoUS$450,000New Zealand Steven Alker (n/a)New tournament
8 DecMCB Tour ChampionshipMauritiusUS$1,275,000England Peter Baker (7)Tour Championship

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was titled as the MCB Road to Mauritius and was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

PositionPlayerPoints
1Brazil Adilson da Silva3,837
2England Peter Baker3,677
3Australia Scott Hend2,927
4England Simon Griffiths2,567
5Sweden Joakim Haeggman2,549

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year (Barry Lane Award)England Simon Griffiths[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Richard Bland also won two events, but was not a European Senior Tour member.
  2. ↑ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Senior Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Senior Tour members.
  3. ↑ PGTI − Professional Golf Tour of India.

References

  1. ↑ "2024 Tournament schedule". Legends Tour. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Legends Tour hits new landmark with biggest schedule and record €18million prizepool". European Tour. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "2024 MCB Road to Mauritius". Legends Tour. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Baker's delight in Mauritius". Compleat Golfer. 8 December 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024. Adilson da Silva maintained his position at the top of the Order of Merit to take home the John Jacobs trophy... All was not lost for Griffiths who won Rookie of the Year, taking home the Barry Lane trophy.