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2004 European Seniors Tour

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

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€) 		Winner[a] Notes
21 Mar Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic Trinidad and Tobago £125,000 England Carl Mason (5)
28 Mar DGM Barbados Open Barbados US$230,000 South Africa Gavan Levenson (1)
9 May Open de France Seniors France 200,000 England Bob Cameron (1)
16 May Bosch Italian Seniors Open Italy 160,000 Australia Terry Gale (6) New tournament
23 May Digicel Jamaica Classic Jamaica US$280,000 Argentina Luis Carbonetti (1)
30 May Senior PGA Championship United States US$2,000,000 United States Hale Irwin (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
6 Jun AIB Irish Seniors Open Ireland 330,000 England Carl Mason (6)
13 Jun Irvine Whitlock Jersey Seniors Classic Jersey £120,000 England Jim Rhodes (2)
20 Jun Mobile Cup England £125,000 Scotland Bill Longmuir (3)
27 Jun De Vere Northumberland Seniors Classic England £150,000 England Malcolm Gregson (5)
4 Jul Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open Wales £500,000 United States Ray Carrasco (3)
11 Jul Nigel Mansell Sunseeker International Classic England £150,000 Japan Seiji Ebihara (6)
25 Jul The Senior British Open Championship Northern Ireland US$1,600,000 United States Pete Oakley (1) Senior major championship
31 Jul Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland 190,000 Argentina Horacio Carbonetti (2)
1 Aug U.S. Senior Open United States US$2,600,000 United States Peter Jacobsen (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
8 Aug De Vere PGA Seniors Championship England £200,000 England Carl Mason (7)
15 Aug Travis Perkins Senior Masters England £225,000 Scotland Sam Torrance (1)
29 Aug Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open England £150,000 Scotland Bill Longmuir (4)
5 Sep Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters England £225,000 Argentina Luis Carbonetti (2)
11 Sep The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz
European Seniors Match Play Championship		 England £100,000 England Carl Mason (8)
26 Sep ADT English Seniors Open England £150,000 England Carl Mason (9)
3 Oct Sanremo Masters Italy 200,000 England Bob Cameron (2) New tournament
24 Oct Estoril Seniors Tour Championship Portugal 240,000 Scotland John Chillas (2) Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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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

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

Position Player Prize money (€)
1 England Carl Mason 354,775
2 United States Pete Oakley 286,386
3 Scotland John Chillas 218,281
4 Japan Seiji Ebihara 202,746
5 Scotland Bill Longmuir 201,470

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year United States Pete Oakley [3]

Notes

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  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. ^ a b Official win; unofficial money.

References

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  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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