1987 PGA Tour

The 1987 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 1. The season consisted of 46 official money events. The season saw the debut of the Tour Championship, then sponsored by Nabisco, with the top 30 players fighting for a US$360,000 first prize and a total US$2.0 million purse. Paul Azinger and Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 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 1987 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 10MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Mac O'Grady (2)278 (−10)90,000
Jan 18Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Corey Pavin (5)341 (−19)162,000
Jan 25Phoenix OpenArizona Paul Azinger (1)268 (−16)108,000
Feb 1AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Johnny Miller (24)278 (−10)108,000
Feb 8Hawaiian OpenHawaii Corey Pavin (6)270 (−18)108,000
Feb 15Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams OpenCalifornia George Burns (4)266 (−22)90,000
Feb 22Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Chen Tze-chung (1)275 (−9)108,000
Mar 1Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Lanny Wadkins (16)277 (−11)180,000
Mar 8Honda ClassicFlorida Mark Calcavecchia (2)279 (−9)108,000
Mar 15Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Payne Stewart (3)264 (−20)108,000
Mar 22USF&G ClassicLouisiana Ben Crenshaw (13)268 (−20)90,000
Mar 29Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Sandy Lyle (3)274 (−14)180,000
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Scott Simpson (3)282 (−6)108,000
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia Larry Mize (2)285 (−3)162,000
Apr 12Magnolia State ClassicMississippi David Ogrin267 (−13)36,000Satellite event
Apr 19MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Davis Love III (1)271 (−13)117,000
Apr 26Big "I" Houston OpenTexas Jay Haas (6)276 (−12)108,000
May 3Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Paul Azinger (2)271 (−17)225,000
May 10Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Fred Couples (3)266 (−14)108,000
May 17Colonial National InvitationTexas Keith Clearwater (1)266 (−14)108,000
May 24Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Dave Barr (2)265 (−23)108,000
May 31Memorial TournamentOhio Don Pooley (2)272 (−16)140,000
Jun 7Kemper OpenMaryland Tom Kite (10)270 (−14)126,000
Jun 14Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York J. C. Snead (8)276 (−8)108,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenCalifornia Scott Simpson (4)277 (−3)150,000
Jun 28Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Paul Azinger (3)269 (−15)126,000
Jul 5Canadian OpenCanada Curtis Strange (10)276 (−12)108,000
Jul 12Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mark McCumber (5)267 (−17)110,160
Jul 19Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Kenny Knox (2)265 (−15)90,000
Jul 19British OpenScotland Nick Faldo (2)279 (−5)120,000
Jul 26Buick OpenMichigan Robert Wrenn (1)262 (−26)108,000
Aug 2Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Curtis Strange (11)275 (−13)130,328
Aug 9PGA ChampionshipFlorida Larry Nelson (8)287 (−1)150,000
Aug 16The InternationalColorado John Cook (3)11 (Stableford)180,000
Aug 23Beatrice Western OpenIllinois D. A. Weibring (2)207 (−9)144,000
Aug 30NEC World Series of GolfOhio Curtis Strange (12)275 (−5)144,000
Aug 30Provident ClassicTennessee John Inman (1)265 (−15)81,000Alternate event
Sep 6B.C. OpenNew York Joey Sindelar (3)266 (−18)72,000
Sep 13Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Sam Randolph (1)199 (−14)90,000
Sep 21Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Gary Hallberg (2)269 (−19)108,000
Sep 27Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Steve Pate (1)273 (−15)72,000
Oct 4Southern OpenGeorgia Ken Brown (1)266 (−14)72,000
Oct 11Pensacola OpenFlorida Doug Tewell (4)269 (−15)54,000
Oct 18Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Larry Nelson (9)268 (−20)108,000
Oct 25Seiko Tucson OpenArizona Mike Reid (1)268 (−20)108,000
Nov 1Centel ClassicFlorida Keith Clearwater (2)278 (−10)90,000
Nov 1Nabisco ChampionshipTexas Tom Watson (37)268 (−12)360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1David Frost South Africa70.09
2Paul Azinger United States70.21
3Dan Pohl United States70.25
4Ben Crenshaw United States70.35
5Tom Kite United States70.38

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Curtis Strange United States925,941273
2Paul Azinger United States822,481273
3Ben Crenshaw United States638,194241
4Scott Simpson United States621,032252
5Tom Watson United States616,351201

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Jack Nicklaus United States4,976,98073
2Tom Watson United States4,701,62937
3Tom Kite United States3,445,00710
4Raymond Floyd United States3,372,33921
5Lee Trevino United States3,315,50229

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Curtis Strange United States
PGA Player of the YearPaul Azinger United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Dan Pohl United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)David Frost United States

References
  1. "1987 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1987". PGA Tour.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1987". PGA Tour.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1987". PGA Tour.
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