1984 PGA Tour

The 1984 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 30. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Denis Watson and Tom Watson won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 8Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona Tom Watson (34)2&1100,000
Jan 15Bob Hope ClassicCalifornia John Mahaffey (7)340 (−20)72,000
Jan 22Phoenix OpenArizona Tom Purtzer (2)268 (−16)72,000
Jan 29Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia Gary Koch (4)272 (−16)72,000
Feb 5Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Hale Irwin (16)278 (−10)72,000
Feb 12Hawaiian OpenHawaii Jack Renner (3)271 (−17)90,000
Feb 19Los Angeles OpenCalifornia David Edwards (2)279 (−5)72,000
Mar 4Honda ClassicFlorida Bruce Lietzke (10)280 (−8)90,000
Mar 11Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Tom Kite (6)272 (−16)72,000
Mar 18Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Gary Koch (5)272 (−12)72,000
Mar 25USF&G ClassicLouisiana Bob Eastwood (1)272 (−16)72,000
Apr 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Fred Couples (2)277 (−11)144,000
Apr 8Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Andy Bean (9)280 (−8)72,000
Apr 15Masters TournamentGeorgia Ben Crenshaw (10)277 (−11)108,000
Apr 22Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Nick Faldo (1)270 (−14)72,000
Apr 29Houston Coca-Cola OpenTexas Corey Pavin (1)274 (−10)90,000
May 6MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Watson (35)274 (−14)72,000
May 13Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Craig Stadler (8)276 (−8)90,000
May 20Colonial National InvitationTexas Peter Jacobsen (2)270 (−10)90,000
May 27Memorial TournamentOhio Jack Nicklaus (72)280 (−8)90,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenMaryland Greg Norman (1)280 (−8)72,000
Jun 10Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Scott Simpson (2)269 (−15)90,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew York Fuzzy Zoeller (6)276 (−4)94,000
Jun 24Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Tom Kite (7)269 (−19)72,000
Jul 1Canadian OpenCanada Greg Norman (2)278 (−10)72,000
Jul 8Western OpenIllinois Tom Watson (36)280 (−8)72,000
Jul 15Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Ronnie Black (2)267 (−17)63,000
Jul 22Miller High Life QCOIllinois Scott Hoch (3)266 (−14)36,000
Jul 22British OpenScotland Seve Ballesteros (6)276 (−12)71,500
Jul 29Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Peter Jacobsen (3)269 (−15)72,000
Aug 5Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Bob Eastwood (2)280 (−8)90,000
Aug 12Buick OpenMichigan Denis Watson (1)271 (−17)72,000
Aug 19PGA ChampionshipAlabama Lee Trevino (29)273 (−15)125,000
Aug 26NEC World Series of GolfOhio Denis Watson (2)271 (−9)126,000
Sep 2B.C. OpenNew York Wayne Levi (7)275 (−9)54,000
Sep 9Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts George Archer (13)270 (−14)63,000
Sep 16Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mark O'Meara (1)272 (−16)54,000
Sep 23Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Denis Watson (3)341 (−15)162,000
Sep 30LaJet Golf ClassicTexas Curtis Strange (5)273 (−15)63,000
Oct 7Texas OpenTexas Calvin Peete (8)266 (−14)63,000
Oct 14Southern OpenGeorgia Hubert Green (18)265 (−15)54,000
Oct 21Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Larry Nelson (7)266 (−22)72,000
Oct 28Pensacola OpenFlorida Billy Kratzert (4)270 (−14)54,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Calvin Peete United States70.56
2Jack Nicklaus United States70.75
3Mark O'Meara United States70.77
4Craig Stadler United States70.78
5Tom Kite United States70.84

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Watson United States476,260203
2Mark O'Meara United States465,873321
3Andy Bean United States422,995301
4Denis Watson Zimbabwe408,562273
5Tom Kite United States348,640252

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Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States4,520,82372
2Tom Watson United States3,580,16236
3Lee Trevino United States3,037,09129
4Hale Irwin United States2,556,04316
5Raymond Floyd United States2,489,96218

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tom Watson United States
PGA Player of the YearTom Watson United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Calvin Peete United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Calvin Peete United States

References

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