As is customary, the journey began in Hawaii in January and it concluded in Phoenix in November when Ernie wrapped-up his season with a tied-13th place finish at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. It was his 23rd event on the 2024 PGA TOUR Champions schedule, in which he registered three wins and finished second on the Charles Schwab Cup Points List.
“I think it was probably the most competitive season I’ve been involved with since I’ve been out here on the Champions Tour,” commented Ernie. “No one really dominated, so it was a really close battle right down to the wire. I think we can expect more of the same next season. We’ll have more fresh faces coming out here in 2025, the standard of play is extremely high. As always, you’ll have to really be on your game to win.”
Some assorted statistical highlights of Ernie’s season are as follows…
- 3 wins (Principal Charity Classic, American Family Insurance Championship, Kaulig Companies Championship)
- 1 runner-up finish
- 10 top-10s
- 17 top-25s
- $2,356,976 in official prize money
- 2nd on the Charles Schwab Cup rankings
- Ernie was placed second on Tour in scoring average with 68.99 for his 72 rounds played.
- The low round of his season was a 62, 10-under par, in the first round Principal Charity Classic at Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa.
- His best aggregate score relative to par was -21 at the Principal Charity Classic.
Other selected highlights of Ernie’s year are reflected in the following performance stats…
- Driving Distance: 291 yards (12th)
- Greens in Regulation: 73.04% (6th)
- Scrambling: 67.58% (4th)
- Sand Save Percentage: 66.97% (3rd)
- Putting Average: 1.747 (11th)
- Birdie Average: 4.19 (4th)
- Par-3 Scoring Average: 2.96 (3rd)
- Par-4 Scoring Average: 3.96 (3rd)
- Par-5 Scoring Average: 4.50 (3rd)
- Consecutive Sand Saves: 11 (1st)
- Total Birdies: 302 (7th)
- Total Eagles: 11 (5th)
Ernie starts his 2025 Champions Tour season again in Hawaii at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship from January 16-18. We’ll publish details of his full playing schedule for next season on this website in due course.
