1989 Senior PGA Tour

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
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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.

Schedule

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

Money list

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

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

Awards

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

Notes

  1. ^ One further 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

  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.