1986 PGA Tour

The 1986 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Bob Tway won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 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 1986 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 ($)Notes
Jan 11MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Calvin Peete (11)267 (−21)90,000
Jan 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Donnie Hammond (1)335 (−25)108,000
Jan 26Phoenix OpenArizona Hal Sutton (6)267 (−17)90,000
Feb 2Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Fuzzy Zoeller (8)205 (−11)108,000
Feb 9Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams OpenCalifornia Bob Tway (1)204 (−12)81,000
Feb 16Hawaiian OpenHawaii Corey Pavin (3)272 (−16)90,000
Feb 23Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Doug Tewell (3)270 (−14)81,000
Mar 2Honda ClassicFlorida Kenny Knox (1)287 (−1)90,000
Mar 9Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Andy Bean (10)276 (−12)90,000
Mar 16Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Dan Forsman (2)202 (−11)90,000
Mar 23USF&G ClassicLouisiana Calvin Peete (12)269 (−19)90,000
Mar 30Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida John Mahaffey (9)275 (−13)162,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sandy Lyle (2)275 (−13)90,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (73)279 (−9)144,000
Apr 13Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dan Halldorson (n/a)263 (−17)36,000Satellite event
Apr 20Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Fuzzy Zoeller (9)276 (−8)81,000
Apr 27Houston OpenTexas Curtis Strange (9)274 (−14)90,000
May 4Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Greg Norman (3)333 (−27)207,000
May 11Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Andy Bean (11)269 (−11)108,000
May 18Colonial National InvitationTexas Dan Pohl (1)205 (−5)108,000
May 25Memorial TournamentOhio Hal Sutton (7)271 (−17)100,000
Jun 1Kemper OpenMaryland Greg Norman (4)277 (−11)90,000
Jun 8Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Bob Tway (2)272 (−12)108,000
Jun 15U.S. OpenNew York Raymond Floyd (20)279 (−1)115,000
Jun 15Provident ClassicTennessee Brad Faxon (n/a*)261 (−19)54,000Unofficial event
Jun 22Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Bob Tway (3)269 (−19)90,000
Jun 29Canadian OpenCanada Bob Murphy (5)280 (−8)108,000
Jul 6Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Mac O'Grady (1)269 (−15)126,000
Jul 13Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Fuzzy Zoeller (10)274 (−10)90,000
Jul 20British OpenScotland Greg Norman (5)280 (E)105,000
Jul 20Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Mark Wiebe (2)268 (−12)72,000
Jul 27Buick OpenMichigan Ben Crenshaw (11)270 (−18)90,000
Aug 3Western OpenIllinois Tom Kite (9)286 (−2)90,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipOhio Bob Tway (4)276 (−8)140,000
Aug 17The InternationalColorado Ken Green (2)12 (Stableford)180,000
Aug 24NEC World Series of GolfOhio Dan Pohl (2)277 (−3)126,000
Aug 31Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Mike Hulbert (1)280 (−8)109,064
Sep 7B.C. OpenNew York Rick Fehr (1)267 (−17)72,000
Sep 14Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Gene Sauers (1)274 (−10)81,000
Sep 21Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Corey Pavin (4)272 (−16)72,000
Sep 28Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Mark Calcavecchia (1)275 (−13)72,000
Oct 5Southern OpenGeorgia Fred Wadsworth (1)269 (−11)63,000
Oct 12Pensacola OpenFlorida Ernie Gonzalez (1)128 (−14)40,500
Oct 19Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Raymond Floyd (21)275 (−13)90,000
Oct 26Vantage ChampionshipTexas Ben Crenshaw (12)196 (−14)180,000
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona Jim Thorpe (3)67 to 71150,000
Nov 2Tallahassee OpenFlorida Mark Hayes (n/a*)273 (−15)36,000Unofficial event

*For the Provident Classic and the Tallahassee Open, the money was official but the win was not.

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Scott Hoch United States70.08
2Bernhard Langer West Germany70.19
3Greg Norman Australia70.22
4Tom Watson United States70.28
5Payne Stewart United States70.36

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Greg Norman Australia653,296193
2Bob Tway United States652,780334
3Payne Stewart United States535,389290
4Andy Bean United States491,938272
5Dan Pohl United States463,630252

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Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States4,912,29473
2Tom Watson United States4,085,27836
3Lee Trevino United States3,264,29029
4Raymond Floyd United States3,249,45921
5Tom Kite United States2,919,4919

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Greg Norman Australia
PGA Player of the YearBob Tway United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Scott Hoch United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Scott Hoch United States

References

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