New name, familiar faces.
The field for the March 2-4 Cologuard Classic — formerly known as the Tucson Conquistadores Classic — might be the best one yet. It’s loaded with past winners, major champions and players who are still competitive on the PGA Tour.
Here are 18 players to watch at Omni Tucson National Resort in 2018. (Players are listed in alphabetical order; career earnings are for PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions only.)
BILLY ANDRADE
Age: 54
Birthplace: Bristol, Rhode Island
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Won three PGA Tour Champions events — Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, Boeing Classic, Charles Schwab Cup Championship — in 2015, his second year on tour; tied for third in 2017 Senior PGA Championship and Senior Open Championship; won four times in a 10-year span on the PGA Tour (1991 Kemper Open, 1991 Buick Classic, 1998 Bell Canadian Open, 2000 Invensys Classic); helped lead Wake Forest to the 1986 NCAA championship.
Career earnings: $16.7 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 24
Current Champions money-list rank: 34
PGA Tour Champions wins: 3
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-4
WOODY AUSTIN
Age: 54
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Won three Champions Tour events in 2016 – the Tucson Conquistadores Classic, Mitsubishi Electric Classic and Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf; won four events on the PGA Tour – the first in 1995 (Buick Open) and the most recent in 2013 (Sanderson Farms Championship); shot a 59 in the 2017 Diamond Resorts Invitational, an unofficial Champions Tour event in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
Career earnings: $20.3 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 42
Current Champions money-list rank: 29
PGA Tour Champions wins: 3
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-13
MARK CALCAVECCHIA
Age: 57
Birthplace: Laurel, Nebraska
Major championships: 1989 Open Championship
Career highlights: Has 13 career PGA Tour victories, including three Phoenix Opens (1989, ’92, ’01); had 12 top-10 finishes in 1988, 10 in ’89; won this year’s Boca Raton Championship for his fourth career Champions Tour victory (the others: 2011 Boeing Classic, 2012 Montreal Championship, 2015 Principal Charity Classic); played on four U.S. Ryder Cup teams; set a PGA Tour record with nine straight birdies at 2009 RBC Canadian Open.
Career earnings: $30.8 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 66
Current Champions money-list rank: 4
PGA Tour Champions wins: 4
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: 63
JOHN DALY
Age: 51
Birthplace: Carmichael, California
Major championships: 1991 PGA Championship; 1995 Open Championship
Career highlights: Won ’91 PGA Championship as a rookie and alternate; besides majors, has three additional PGA Tour victories (1992 B.C. Open, 1994 BellSouth Classic, 2004 Buick Invitational); named PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2004; recorded first PGA Tour Champions victory at 2017 Insperity Invitational, one year after making his tour debut; has three top-10s since that victory, including eighth at this month’s Chubb Classic.
Career earnings: $11.3 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 22
Current Champions money-list rank: 27
PGA Tour Champions wins: 1
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: N/A
MARCO DAWSON
Age: 54
Birthplace: Freising, Germany
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Recorded first PGA Tour Champions victory – and first professional victory of any kind in more than 12 years – at the 2015 Tucson Conquistadores Classic; four months later, won the Senior Open Championship, defeating Bernhard Langer by one stroke; best PGA Tour finish was second place at the 1995 Greater Milwaukee Open; had four top-10 finishes and 14 top-25s in 23 Champions Tour events last year.
Career earnings: $7.5 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 34
Current Champions money-list rank: 25
PGA Tour Champions wins: 2
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-42
JOE DURANT
Age: 53
Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Won the Chubb Classic earlier this month; won the 3M Championship in 2016, the second year in a row he finished in the top five in the Schwab Cup standings; has 37 top-10 finishes in 86 career Champions Tour starts; recorded one victory (Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf) and three second-places finishes in 2015, his first full season on the PGA Tour Champions; has four career PGA Tour victories (1998 Motorola Western Open, 2001 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, 2001 Genuity Championship, 2006 Funai Classic); named PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2001.
Career earnings: $19.1 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 16
Current Champions money-list rank: 3
PGA Tour Champions wins: 3
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-33
LEE JANZEN
Age: 53
Birthplace: Austin, Minnesota
Major championships: 1993 U.S. Open; 1998 U.S. Open
Career highlights: Has two top-10s in as many events this season, including a tie for second at the Chubb Classic; has eight career PGA Tour victories; in addition to pair of U.S. Open triumphs, Janzen won the 1995 Players Championship; lone Champions tour victory came at the 2015 ACE Group Classic; played for two U.S. Ryder Cup teams; attended Florida Southern, which he led to back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships in 1985 and ’86.
Career earnings: $18.5 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 12
Current Champions money-list rank: 9
PGA Tour Champions wins: 1
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-33
JERRY KELLY
Age: 51
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Joined the Champions Tour last year and has three victories (2017 Boeing Classic, 2017 Pacific Links Bear Mountain Championship, 2018 Mistubishi Electric Championship); named 2017 Champions Tour Rookie of the Year; has three career victories on the PGA Tour (2009 Zurich Classic, 2002 Sony Open, 2002 Advil Western Open); had eight top-10s in 2002, when he earned a career high $2,946,889; has seven second-place finishes, 10 thirds and 91 top-10s in his PGA Tour career; tied for fifth in the 2007 Masters and for seventh in the ’07 U.S. Open.
Career earnings: $30.7 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 6
Current Champions money-list rank: 2
PGA Tour Champions wins: 3
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-15
BERNHARD LANGER
Age: 60
Birthplace: Anhausen, Germany
Major championships: 1985 Masters; 1993 Masters
Career highlights: 36 PGA Tour Champions victories – second most all time – include 10 majors; won seven times in 2017, including three majors (Regions Tradition, Senior Players Championship, Senior Open Championship); credited with 61 international victories in addition to PGA and Champions titles; has 26 runner-up finishes on PGA Tour Champions since 2012; Champions Tour money leader nine of the past 10 years; seven-time Champions Tour Player of the Year; 10-time member of European Ryder Cup team and captain in 2004; European Tour money leader in 1981 and ’84; European Tour Player of the Year in 1985 and ’93; member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Career earnings: $35.3 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 1
Current Champions money-list rank: 6
PGA Tour Champions wins: 36
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: 3
TOM LEHMAN
Age: 58
Birthplace: Austin, Minnesota
Major championships: 1996 Open Championship
Career highlights: In addition to ’96 Open Championship, has four career PGA Tour victories (including 2000 Phoenix Open); 10 PGA Tour Champions victories include last year’s Tucson Conquistadores Classic and 2010 Senior PGA Championship; finished atop money list and won Charles Schwab Cup in 2011, when he had three first-place finishes, two seconds and two thirds; 11 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour majors, including second place at 1994 Masters and tie for second at ’96 U.S. Open; member of three U.S. Ryder Cup teams and captain in 2006.
Career earnings: $32.2 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 18
Current Champions money-list rank: 19
PGA Tour Champions wins: 10
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: 1
BILLY MAYFAIR
Age: 51
Birthplace: Phoenix
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Won five times on the PGA Tour between 1993 and ’98, including the ’95 Tour Championship; defeated Tiger Woods in a playoff in ’98 Nissan Open, handing Woods his only playoff loss on the PGA Tour; tied for second in 2016 U.S. Senior Open, his Champions Tour debut; six top-10 finishes in majors, including a tie for third in the 2001 Open Championship; won the 1986 U.S. Amateur Public Links and ’87 U.S. Amateur; won the Haskins Award, given to the nation’s top collegiate golfer, in 1987 at Arizona State.
Career earnings: $21.9 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 11
Current Champions money-list rank: 14
PGA Tour Champions wins: 0
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-19
SCOTT McCARRON
Age: 52
Birthplace: Sacramento, California
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Six Champions Tour victories include four last year, one of which was a major (Allianz Championship, Senior Players Championship, Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Shaw Charity Classic); won three times on the PGA Tour; had 39 top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour from 1995-2011; runner-up in the 2017 Regions Tradition and 2016 Senior Open Championship; tied for 10th three times in PGA Tour majors over a two-year span (1996-97).
Career earnings: $17.3 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 2
Current Champions money-list rank: 8
PGA Tour Champions wins: 6
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-26
COLIN MONTGOMERIE
Age: 54
Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: First three PGA Tour Champions victories were majors (2014 U.S. Senior Open Championship; 2014 and ’15 Senior PGA Championships); won two of final four events he played in 2017 (Japan Airlines Championship, SAS Championship) and finished second in this year’s debut (Mitsubishi Electric Championship); credited with 41 international victories; runner-up in five PGA Tour majors, including three U.S. Opens; member of eight European Ryder Cup teams and served as captain in 2010; part of six victorious Ryder Cup squads (20-9-7 individual record, including 6-0-2 in singles); member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Career earnings: $12.5 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 8
Current Champions money-list rank: 5
PGA Tour Champions wins: 6
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: N/A
JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL
Age: 52
Birthplace: Fuenterrabia, Spain
Major championships: 1994 Masters; 1999 Masters
Career highlights: In addition to two Masters titles, has four career PGA Tour victories (1990 and ’94 NEC World Series of Golf, 1991 The International, 2002 Buick Invitational); has 13 top-10 finishes in majors, including second in the 1991 Masters, third in the ’92 Open Championship and tied for third in the ’05 Open Championship; credited with 23 international victories; seven-time Ryder Cup participant (overall record: 18-8-5) and 2012 team captain.
Career earnings: $12.4 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 59
Current Champions money-list rank: 73
PGA Tour Champions wins: 0
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: N/A
VIJAY SINGH
Age: 54
Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji
Major championships: 1998 PGA Championship; 2000 Masters; 2004 PGA Championship
Career highlights: Has 34 career PGA Tour victories; No. 1 in World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and ’05; won nine PGA Tour events in ’04, when he was named the tour’s Player of the Year; finished in the top eight in the Masters five years in a row (2002-06); credited with 22 international victories; won first Champions Tour event at last year’s Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, where he teamed with Carlos Franco; eight-time Presidents Cup participant; inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006.
Career earnings: $72.8 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 9
Current Champions money-list rank: 33
PGA Tour Champions wins: 1
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: N/A
STEVE STRICKER
Age: 51
Birthplace: Edgerton, Wisconsin
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Finished second in the 2017 Tucson Conquistadores Classic, his Champions Tour debut; has two second-place finishes and three thirds in seven Champions Tour starts; has 12 PGA Tour victories; wins include the 2011 Memorial Tournament and the 2001 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship; finished fourth in 2016 Open Championship, his 13th top-10 in a major; three-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team; five-time member of the U.S. Presidents Cup team and served as captain last year; won the 2012 Payne Stewart Award.
Career earnings: $44.1 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 37
Current Champions money-list rank: 17
PGA Tour Champions wins: 0
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: 2
KEVIN SUTHERLAND
Age: 53
Birthplace: Sacramento, California
Major championships: N/A
Career highlights: Earned his first career Champions Tour victory in the 2017 Charles Schwab Cup Championship; has one PGA Tour victory, at the 2002 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship; has 39 top-10 finishes in 81 career starts on the Champions Tour, including a career-high 15 last year; eight runner-up finishes in past three seasons; two-time All-American at Fresno State after starting his career there as a walk-on; at 2014 Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, became the first Champions Tour player to shoot a 59.
Career earnings: $20.7 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 3
Current Champions money-list rank: 18
PGA Tour Champions wins: 1
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-7
DAVID TOMS
Age: 51
Birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana
Major championships: 2001 PGA Championship
Career highlights: Has 12 additional PGA Tour victories, including the 2005 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship; has 10 top-10 finishes in majors; ranked as high as fifth in World Golf Rankings in 2002 and ’03; member of three Ryder Cup teams and four Presidents Cup squads; joined Champions Tour in 2017 and had seven top-10 finishes; has finished third, fourth and tied for second in three events this year.
Career earnings: $43 million
2017 PGA Tour Champions money-list rank: 17
Current Champions money-list rank: 1
PGA Tour Champions wins: 0
Last year at Tucson Conquistadores Classic: T-15
