2024 European Senior Tour

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.

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
2023
2025

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
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Winner[b] Other
tours[c]
Notes
5 May Barbados Legends Barbados US$500,000   Peter Baker (6)
26 May KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship United States US$3,500,000   Richard Bland (n/a) Senior major championship
9 Jun Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy Greece 500,000   Clark Dennis (6) New tournament
16 Jun Paul Lawrie Matchplay England 300,000   Ángel Cabrera (1) New tournament
22 Jun OFX Irish Legends Ireland 400,000   Adilson da Silva (6)
1 Jul U.S. Senior Open United States US$4,000,000   Richard Bland (n/a) Senior major championship
14 Jul Swiss Seniors Open Switzerland 300,000   Jarmo Sandelin (2)
28 Jul The Senior Open Championship Scotland US$2,850,000   K. J. Choi (n/a) Senior major championship
4 Aug Staysure PGA Seniors Championship Scotland 750,000   Robert Coles (1)
18 Aug Zambia Legends Championship Zambia 350,000   Keith Horne (1) New tournament
1 Sep HSBC India Legends Championship India US$500,000   Joakim Haeggman (2) PGTI New tournament
7 Sep Legends Open de France France 350,000   Greig Hutcheon (1)
15 Sep European Legends Cup Spain 800,000   Adilson da Silva (7) New tournament
22 Sep WINSTONgolf Senior Open Germany 500,000   Van Phillips (1)
26 Oct Sergio Melpignano Senior Italian Open Italy 400,000   Thomas Gögele (1)
10 Nov Farmfoods European Senior Masters Spain 375,000   Simon Griffiths (1)
17 Nov WCM Legends Mexico Open Mexico US$450,000   Steven Alker (n/a) New tournament
8 Dec MCB Tour Championship Mauritius US$1,275,000   Peter Baker (7) Tour Championship

Order of Merit

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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]

Position Player Points
1   Adilson da Silva 3,837
2   Peter Baker 3,677
3   Scott Hend 2,927
4   Simon Griffiths 2,567
5   Joakim Haeggman 2,549

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year (Barry Lane Award)   Simon Griffiths [4]

Notes

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  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

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  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. ^ a b "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.
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