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Longest and Oldest Tournaments (Including 2005)<br />

Oldest Tournaments on the Champions Tour<br />

Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship (67 years – since 1937 with four years “No Event Played”)<br />

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (29 years – since 1978)<br />

U.S. Senior Open (27 years – since 1980)<br />

Bank of America Championship (26 years – since 1981)<br />

Ford Senior Players Championship (23 years – since 1983)<br />

Longest Running Sponsors on the Champions Tour<br />

Liberty Mutual Group (Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, 27 years – since 1980)<br />

Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America Championship, 14 years – since 1993)<br />

Ford Motor Company (Ford Senior Players Championship, 14 years – since 1993)<br />

<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.com Champions Tour 2006 Guide<br />

Longest Span in One Metropolitan Area<br />

Boston, MA (Bank of America Championship, 26 years – since 1981)<br />

San Antonio, TX (AT&T Championship, 22 years – since 1985)<br />

Naples, FL (The ACE Group Classic), 19 years – since 1988)<br />

Tampa, FL (Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, 19 years – since 1988)<br />

Long Island, NY (Commerce Bank Championship, 19 years – since 1988)<br />

Longest Span at One Club<br />

Nashawtuc Country Club, Concord, MA (Bank of America Championship,<br />

23 years – since 1984)<br />

Tournament Players Club of Michigan, Dearborn, MI (Ford Senior Players<br />

Championship, 16 years – since 1991)<br />

Tournament Players Club of Tampa Bay, Lutz, FL (Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am,<br />

15 years – since 1992)<br />

How the Defending Champions Fared in 2005<br />

Event Winner Defender (2005 Finish)<br />

MasterCard Championship Dana Quigley Fuzzy Zoeller (T10)<br />

Turtle Bay Championship Hale Irwin Hale Irwin (1)<br />

The ACE Group Classic Mark James Craig Stadler (T36)<br />

Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am Hale Irwin Mark McNulty (T2)<br />

SBC Classic Des Smyth Gil Morgan (T53)<br />

Toshiba Senior Classic Mark Johnson Tom Purtzer (T15)<br />

Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Des Smyth Hale Irwin (36th)<br />

FedEx Kinko’s Classic Jim Thorpe Larry Nelson (T25)<br />

Blue Angels Classic Jim Thorpe Tom Jenkins (T3)<br />

Bruno’s Memorial Classic D.A. Weibring Bruce Fleisher (T8)<br />

Senior <strong>PGA</strong> Championship Mike Reid Hale Irwin (T46)<br />

Allianz Championship Tom Jenkins D.A. Weibring (2)<br />

Bayer Advantage Classic Dana Quigley Allen Doyle (T28)<br />

Bank of America Championship Mark McNulty Craig Stadler (T12)<br />

Event Winner Defender (2005 Finish)<br />

Commerce Bank Championship Ron Streck Jim Thorpe (T25)<br />

Ford Senior Players Championship Peter Jacobsen Craig Stadler (T30)<br />

Senior British Open Tom Watson Pete Oakley (MC)<br />

U.S. Senior Open Allen Doyle Peter Jacobsen (T26)<br />

3M Championship Tom Purtzer Tom Kite (T5)<br />

Boeing Greater Seattle Classic David Eger New event<br />

JELD-WEN Tradition Loren Roberts Craig Stadler (T23)<br />

Wal-Mart First Tee Open at PB Hale Irwin Craig Stadler (T2)<br />

Constellation Energy Classic Bob Gilder Wayne Levi (T20)<br />

SAS Championship Hale Irwin Craig Stadler (4)<br />

Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn Jay Haas Doug Tewell (T40)<br />

Administaff Small Business Classic Mark McNulty Larry Nelson (T56)<br />

SBC Championship Jay Haas Mark McNulty (T11)<br />

Charles Schwab Cup Championship Tom Watson Mark McNulty (4)<br />

SECTION 5 ALL-TIME RECORDS<br />

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