SCHEDULES

2006 Champions Tour schedule | 2005 Grand Champions money list

Georgia-Pacific, the "Official Forest Products Provider for the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour" enters its eighth year as title sponsor of the Grand Champions program. In 2006, there will be six Grand Champions events.

The Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions competition is open to players 60 years of age and older who are entered in the full-field Champions Tour event. Scores posted during the first two rounds of the event (Friday and Saturday) determine the winner of this "tournament within a tournament," with the exception of the season-ending Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship, which is a three-round competition.

The Grand Champions will compete for weekly purses of $175,000, with $30,000 going to the winner at five events in 2006. Each of these Grand Champions events is preceded by a Thursday pro-am, where Georgia-Pacific guests have the opportunity to play a round of golf with legendary professionals.

Past and present Grand Champions participants include Isao Aoki, Miller Barber, Billy Casper, Bob Charles, Jim Colbert, Raymond Floyd, Mike Hill, Hale Irwin, John Jacobs, Gene Littler, Bob Murphy, Gary Player, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Jay Sigel, Dave Stockton and Lee Trevino.

Don January is the all-time leader, with 35 Grand Champions victories. Mike McCullough won the 2005 money title, with $119,267 in earnings.

Turning 60 and becoming eligible for the 2006 Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions competition are John Bland, Bob Eastwood, Vicente Fernandez and Hugh Baiocchi.

While Grand Champions earnings do not count toward the Champions Tour official money list, players also are eligible to collect official prize money based on their finishes in the regular tournament. A player has won the Grand Champions event and the regular tournament in the same week six times, most recently at the 2002 Greater Baltimore Classic, when J.C Snead snapped a seven-year winless streak.

The season-ending Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship will offer a purse of $400,000. The top-16 players on the Grand Champions money list heading into the event will be eligible to compete for the $86,000 first prize. They will be joined by two sponsor invitees.

 
2006 events
Date Tournament Winner Score Margin Money Runner-up
March 17-19 Toshiba Classic Bob Eastwood 7-under 135 First playoff hole $30,000 Graham Marsh
May 5-7 Regions Charity Classic Hale Irwin 2-under 138 Two strokes $30,000 Jay Sigel
May 12-14 The Boeing Championship at Sandestin Mike McCullough 4-under 138 One stroke $30,000 Bruce Summerhays
June 23-25 Commerce Bank Championship Tom Wargo 7-under 135 One stroke $30,000 Dave Eichelberger
Aug. 4-5 3M Championship Mike McCullough 3-under 141 First playoff hole $30,000 J.C. Snead
Sept. 9-10 Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions Championship

• 2005 Grand Champions results
• 2004 Grand Champions results
• 2003 Grand Champions results