1989 PGA Tour

The 1989 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Steve Jones and Tom Kite won the most tournaments, three, and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament resultsEdit

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st prize ($) Notes
Jan 8 MONY Tournament of Champions California   Steve Jones (2) 279 (−9) 135,000
Jan 15 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California   Steve Jones (3) 343 (−17) 180,000
Jan 22 Phoenix Open Arizona   Mark Calcavecchia (4) 263 (−21) 126,000
Jan 29 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California   Mark O'Meara (4) 277 (−11) 180,000
Feb 5 Nissan Los Angeles Open California   Mark Calcavecchia (5) 272 (−12) 180,000
Feb 12 Hawaiian Open Hawaii   Gene Sauers (2) 197 (−19) 135,000
Feb 19 Shearson Lehman Hutton Open California   Greg Twiggs (1) 271 (−17) 126,000
Feb 26 Doral-Ryder Open Florida   Bill Glasson (4) 275 (−13) 234,000
Mar 5 Honda Classic Florida   Blaine McCallister (2) 266 (−22) 144,000
Mar 12 Nestle Invitational Florida   Tom Kite (11) 278 (−6) 144,000
Mar 19 The Players Championship Florida   Tom Kite (12) 279 (−9) 243,000
Mar 26 USF&G Classic Louisiana   Tim Simpson (2) 274 (−14) 135,000
Apr 2 Independent Insurance Agent Open Texas   Mike Sullivan (2) 280 (−8) 144,000
Apr 9 Masters Tournament Georgia   Nick Faldo (3) 283 (−5) 200,000
Apr 9 Magnolia State Classic Mississippi   Jim Booros 199 (−11) 36,000 Satellite event
Apr 16 MCI Heritage Golf Classic South Carolina   Payne Stewart (4) 268 (−16) 144,000
Apr 23 KMart Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina   Ken Green (5) 277 (−11) 180,000
Apr 30 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada   Scott Hoch (4) 336 (−24) 225,000
May 7 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas   Jodie Mudd (2) 265 (−15) 180,000
May 14 Memorial Tournament Ohio   Bob Tway (5) 277 (−11) 160,000
May 21 Southwestern Bell Colonial Texas   Ian Baker-Finch (1) 270 (−10) 180,000
May 28 BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic Georgia   Scott Simpson (5) 278 (−10) 162,000
Jun 4 Kemper Open Maryland   Tom Byrum (1) 268 (−16) 162,000
Jun 11 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic New York   Wayne Grady (1) 277 (−7) 180,000
Jun 18 U.S. Open New York   Curtis Strange (17) 278 (−2) 200,000
Jun 25 Canadian Open Canada   Steve Jones (4) 271 (−17) 162,000
Jul 3 Beatrice Western Open Illinois   Mark McCumber (7) 275 (−13) 180,000
Jul 9 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut   Paul Azinger (5) 267 (−17) 180,000
Jul 16 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Virginia   Mike Donald (1) 268 (−16) 153,000
Jul 23 Hardee's Golf Classic Illinois   Curt Byrum (1) 268 (−12) 126,000
Jul 23 British Open Scotland   Mark Calcavecchia (6) 275 (−13) 128,000
Jul 30 Buick Open Michigan   Leonard Thompson (3) 273 (−15) 180,000
Aug 6 Federal Express St. Jude Classic Tennessee   John Mahaffey (10) 272 (−12) 180,000
Aug 13 PGA Championship Illinois   Payne Stewart (5) 276 (−12) 200,000
Aug 20 The International Colorado   Greg Norman (7) 13 (Stableford) 180,000
Aug 27 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio   David Frost (3) 276 (−4) 180,000
Aug 27 Chattanooga Classic Tennessee   Stan Utley (1) 263 (−17) 90,000 Alternate event
Sep 3 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin   Greg Norman (8) 269 (−19) 144,000
Sep 10 B.C. Open New York   Mike Hulbert (2) 268 (−16) 90,000
Sep 17 Bank of Boston Classic Massachusetts   Blaine McCallister (3) 271 (−13) 126,000
Sep 24 Southern Open Georgia   Ted Schulz (1) 266 (−14) 72,000
Oct 1 Centel Classic Florida   Bill Britton (1) 200 (−16) 135,000
Oct 8 Texas Open Texas   Donnie Hammond (2) 258 (−22) 108,000
Oct 22 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida   Tim Simpson (3) 272 (−16) 144,000
Oct 29 Nabisco Championship South Carolina   Tom Kite (13) 276 (−8) 450,000

Source:[1]

LeadersEdit

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 Payne Stewart   United States 69.485
2 Greg Norman   Australia 69.489
3 Tom Kite   United States 69.57
4 Paul Azinger   United States 69.69
5 Curtis Strange   United States 69.69

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 Tom Kite   United States 1,395,278 23 3
2 Payne Stewart   United States 1,201,301 24 2
3 Paul Azinger   United States 951,649 25 1
4 Greg Norman   Australia 835,096 17 2
5 Mark Calcavecchia   United States 807,741 25 3

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Tom Kite   United States 5,600,691 13
2 Tom Watson   United States 5,160,243 37
3 Jack Nicklaus   United States 5,102,420 73
4 Curtis Strange   United States 5,015,720 17
5 Ben Crenshaw   United States 4,115,074 14

Source:[4]

AwardsEdit

Award Winner Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Tom Kite   United States
PGA Player of the Year Tom Kite   United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Greg Norman   Australia
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Payne Stewart   United States

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "1989 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. ^ "Scoring Average – 1989". PGA Tour.
  3. ^ "Money Leaders – 1989". PGA Tour.
  4. ^ "Career Money Leaders – 1989". PGA Tour.

External linksEdit

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