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1989 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season


Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1989
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season
no_of_events36
most_winsNZ Bob Charles (6)
honor1Money list
honoree1NZ Bob Charles
prevseason1988
nextseason1990

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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 8MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia250,000USA Miller Barber (23)
Feb 12General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida400,000USA Larry Mowry (4)Senior major championship
Feb 19GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000NZL Bob Charles (9)
Feb 26Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000USA Gene Littler (8)
Mar 5Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia370,000USA Miller Barber (24)
Mar 12MONY Arizona ClassicArizona300,000AUS Bruce Crampton (14)
Apr 2Murata Seniors ReunionTexas300,000USA Don Bies (3)
Apr 16The TraditionArizona600,000USA Don Bies (4)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 7RJR at The DominionTexas250,000USA Larry Mowry (5)
May 14Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's ClassicPennsylvania400,000USA Dave Hill (5)
May 21NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000NZL Bob Charles (10)
May 28Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma300,000USA Bobby Nichols (1)
Jun 4Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000USA Homero Blancas (1)
Jun 11Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida700,000USA Orville Moody (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000USA Butch Baird (2)
Jun 25MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York300,000USA Jim Dent (1)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania450,000USA Orville Moody (9)Senior major championship
Jul 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000NZL Bob Charles (11)
Jul 16Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan300,000USA John Paul Cain (1)
Jul 23Ameritech Senior OpenOhio500,000AUS Bruce Crampton (15)New tournament
Jul 30Volvo Seniors' British OpenScotland£150,000NZL Bob Charles (12)Senior major championship
Jul 30Newport CupRhode Island275,000USA Jim Dent (2)
Aug 6Showdown ClassicUtah350,000USA Tom Shaw (1)
Aug 13Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000USA Dave Hill (6)
Aug 20GTE Northwest ClassicWashington350,000USA Al Geiberger (5)
Aug 27Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico300,000NZL Bob Charles (13)
Sep 3RJR Bank One ClassicKentucky300,000USA Rives McBee (1)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000ZAF Gary Player (14)
Sep 17Crestar ClassicVirginia350,000USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez (13)
Sep 24PaineWebber InvitationalNorth CarolinaCanceled
Oct 1Fairfield Barnett Space Coast ClassicFlorida300,000NZL Bob Charles (14)
Oct 8RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000ZAF Gary Player (15)
Oct 15Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior ClassicTexas300,000USA George Archer (1)New tournament
Oct 22Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia400,000USA Billy Casper (9)New tournament
Nov 12General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada300,000USA Charles Coody (1)
Dec 2GTE West ClassicCalifornia350,000USA Walt Zembriski (3)
Dec 9GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000USA Don Bies (5)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1NZL Bob Charles725,887
2USA Orville Moody647,985
3USA Al Geiberger527,033
4ZAF Gary Player514,116
5USA Dave Hill488,541

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)NZL Bob Charles

Notes

References

References

  1. "1990 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. (September 23, 1989). "Hurricane Hugo Cancels PaineWebber Tourney". The Dispatch.
  4. "1989 Money list". PGA Tour.
  5. "1989 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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