The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1989 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) – December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
Number of official events36[a]
Most winsNew Zealand Bob Charles (6)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles
1988
1990

Schedule edit

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[b] Notes
Jan 8 MONY Senior Tournament of Champions California 250,000   Miller Barber (23)
Feb 12 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 400,000   Larry Mowry (4) Senior major championship
Feb 19 GTE Suncoast Classic Florida 300,000   Bob Charles (9)
Feb 26 Aetna Challenge Florida 300,000   Gene Littler (8)
Mar 5 Vintage Chrysler Invitational California 370,000   Miller Barber (24)
Mar 12 MONY Arizona Classic Arizona 300,000   Bruce Crampton (14)
Apr 2 Murata Seniors Reunion Texas 300,000   Don Bies (3)
Apr 16 The Tradition Arizona 600,000   Don Bies (4) New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 7 RJR at The Dominion Texas 250,000   Larry Mowry (5)
May 14 Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's Classic Pennsylvania 400,000   Dave Hill (5)
May 21 NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative New York 300,000   Bob Charles (10)
May 28 Southwestern Bell Classic Oklahoma 300,000   Bobby Nichols (1)
Jun 4 Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic Texas 300,000   Homero Blancas (1)
Jun 11 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship Florida 700,000   Orville Moody (8) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 18 Northville Long Island Classic New York 350,000   Butch Baird (2)
Jun 25 MONY Syracuse Senior Classic New York 300,000   Jim Dent (1)
Jul 2 U.S. Senior Open Pennsylvania 450,000   Orville Moody (9) Senior major championship
Jul 9 Digital Seniors Classic Massachusetts 300,000   Bob Charles (11)
Jul 16 Greater Grand Rapids Open Michigan 300,000   John Paul Cain (1)
Jul 23 Ameritech Senior Open Ohio 500,000   Bruce Crampton (15) New tournament
Jul 30 Volvo Seniors' British Open Scotland £150,000   Bob Charles (12) Senior major championship[c]
Jul 30 Newport Cup Rhode Island 275,000   Jim Dent (2)
Aug 6 Showdown Classic Utah 350,000   Tom Shaw (1)
Aug 13 Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush California 350,000   Dave Hill (6)
Aug 20 GTE Northwest Classic Washington 350,000   Al Geiberger (5)
Aug 27 Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic New Mexico 300,000   Bob Charles (13)
Sep 3 RJR Bank One Classic Kentucky 300,000   Rives McBee (1)
Sep 10 GTE North Classic Indiana 350,000   Gary Player (14)
Sep 17 Crestar Classic Virginia 350,000   Chi-Chi Rodríguez (13)
Sep 24 PaineWebber Invitational North Carolina Canceled[d]
Oct 1 Fairfield Barnett Space Coast Classic Florida 300,000   Bob Charles (14)
Oct 8 RJR Championship North Carolina 1,500,000   Gary Player (15)
Oct 15 Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior Classic Texas 300,000   George Archer (1) New tournament
Oct 22 Transamerica Senior Golf Championship California 400,000   Billy Casper (9) New tournament
Nov 12 General Tire Las Vegas Classic Nevada 300,000   Charles Coody (1)
Dec 2 GTE West Classic California 350,000   Walt Zembriski (3)
Dec 9 GTE Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 300,000   Don Bies (5)

Money list edit

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Bob Charles 725,887
2   Orville Moody 647,985
3   Al Geiberger 527,033
4   Gary Player 514,116
5   Dave Hill 488,541

Awards edit

Award Winner Ref.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)   Bob Charles [5]

Notes edit

  1. ^ A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  3. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
  4. ^ Canceled due to Hurricane Hugo.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "1990 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hurricane Hugo Cancels PaineWebber Tourney". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 23, 1989. p. 20. Retrieved December 4, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ^ "1989 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "1989 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

External links edit