1984 Senior PGA Tour

The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 22 official money events with purses totalling $4,366,000, including four majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, four. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 8Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona306,000 Gene Littler (3)1 up100,000
Jan 22PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer (6)282 (−6)35,000
Mar 25The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Don January (12)280 (−7)50,000
Apr 8Daytona Beach Seniors Golf ClassicFlorida150,000 Orville Moody (1)213 (−3)22,500
Apr 22Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Billy Casper (4)202 (−14)30,000
May 6MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Orville Moody (2)288 (E)30,000
Jun 3Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada220,000 Dan Sikes (2)210 (−6)33,750
Jun 17Roy Clark Senior ChallengeOklahoma200,000 Miller Barber (11)212 (−1)30,000
Jun 24Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000 Arnold Palmer (7)276 (−8)36,000
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenNew York200,000 Miller Barber (12)286 (−2)36,448
Jul 8Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York200,000 Miller Barber (13)206 (−7)30,000
Jul 15Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000 Roberto De Vicenzo (2)206 (−10)22,500
Jul 29Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000 Miller Barber (14)208 (−8)30,000
Aug 12du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000 Don January (13)194 (−19)33,750
Sep 3Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky175,000 Gay Brewer (1)204 (−9)26,050
Sep 9United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia200,000 Dan Sikes (3)207 (−9)30,060
Sep 16World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina150,000 Peter Thomson (1)281 (−7)25,000
Sep 23Digital Middlesex ClassicMassachusetts175,000 Don January (14)209 (−7)26,000
Oct 14Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida150,000 Lee Elder (1)200 (−16)22,500
Oct 21Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Lee Elder (2)203 (−13)30,000
Dec 2Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer (8)205 (−11)30,060
Dec 9General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida225,000 Peter Thomson (2)286 (−2)40,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don January United States70.68
2Miller Barber United States71.13
3Peter Thomson Australia71.59
4Arnold Palmer United States71.80
5Dan Sikes United States71.86

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Don January United States328,597173
2Miller Barber United States299,099224
3Peter Thomson Australia228,940202
4Arnold Palmer United States184,582133
5Orville Moody United States183,920212

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Don January United States791,99014
2Miller Barber United States720,13414
3Arnold Palmer United States442,9748
4Billy Casper United States395,3864
5Gene Littler United States358,7703

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Don January United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Don January United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 22. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1984 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1984 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1984 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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