2006 European Seniors Tour

The 2006 European Seniors Tour was the 15th season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged fifty and above operated by the PGA European Tour. Scotland's Sam Torrance retained his Order of Merit title, despite a late charge by the 2003 and 2004 Order of Merit winner Carl Mason.

Tournament results

The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.

DateTournamentHost countryWinnerNotes
3 Mar DGM Barbados Open Barbados José Rivero (1)
21 May Sharp Italian Seniors Open Italy Sam Torrance (5)
28 May U.S. Senior PGA Championship United States Jay Haas (n/a) Champions Tour major.
Unofficial money on the EST.
4 Jun AIB Irish Seniors Open Republic of Ireland Sam Torrance (6)
11 Jun Irvine Whitlock Seniors Classic Jersey Guillermo Encina (1)
18 Jun Firstplus Wales Seniors Open Wales José Rivero (2)
1 Jul Bendinat London Seniors Masters England Giuseppe Calì (2)
9 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States Allen Doyle (n/a) Champions Tour major.
Unofficial money on the EST.
30 Jul Senior British Open Championship Scotland Loren Roberts (n/a) Senior major
6 Aug Wentworth Senior Masters England Eduardo Romero (2)
13 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland Juan Quirós (1)
19 Aug Scandinavian Senior Open Denmark Katsuyoshi Tomori (1)
28 Aug PGA Seniors Championship England Sam Torrance (7)
3 Sep Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open Scotland Sam Torrance (8)
10 Sep European Senior Masters England Carl Mason (12)
17 Sep English Seniors Open England Carl Mason (13)
15 Oct OKI Castellón Open de España Senior Spain Gordon J. Brand (1)
22 Oct Estoril Seniors Open of Portugal Portugal Carl Mason (14)
11 Nov Arcapita Seniors Tour Championship Bahrain Gordon J. Brand (2)

For the tour schedule on the European Seniors Tour's website, including links to full results, click here.

Leading money winners

PositionPlayerCountryPrize money (euro)
1Sam Torrance Scotland347,525
2Carl Mason England268,453
3José Rivero Spain233,374
4Gordon J. Brand England196,002
5Stewart Ginn Australia178,260
6Juan Quirós Spain159,071
7Horacio Carbonetti Argentina147,655
8David J Russell England140,784
9Guiseppi Calì Italy138,242
10Luis Carbonetti Argentina136,375

There is a complete list on the official site here.

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