1989 Senior PGA Tour

The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th 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 35 official money events with purses totalling $13,345,000 (not including the PaineWebber Invitational, canceled due to Hurricane Hugo),[1] including four majors. Bob Charles won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 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. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 8MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia250,000 Miller Barber (23)280 (−8)50,000
Feb 12General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida400,000 Larry Mowry (4)281 (−7)72,000
Feb 19GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000 Bob Charles (9)207 (−9)45,000
Feb 26Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000 Gene Littler (8)209 (−7)45,000
Mar 5Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia370,000 Miller Barber (24)281 (−7)55,500
Mar 12MONY Arizona ClassicArizona300,000 Bruce Crampton (14)200 (−16)45,000
Apr 2Murata Seniors ReunionTexas300,000 Don Bies (3)208 (−8)45,000
Apr 16The Tradition at Desert MountainArizona600,000 Don Bies (4)275 (−13)90,000
May 7RJR at The DominionTexas250,000 Larry Mowry (5)201 (−15)37,500
May 14Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's ClassicPennsylvania400,000 Dave Hill (5)206 (−4)60,000
May 21NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000 Bob Charles (10)193 (−17)45,000
May 28Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma300,000 Bobby Nichols (1)209 (−7)45,000
Jun 4Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000 Homero Blancas (1)208 (−8)45,000
Jun 11Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida700,000 Orville Moody (8)271 (−17)105,000
Jun 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000 Butch Baird (2)183 (−9)52,500
Jun 25MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York300,000 Jim Dent (1)201 (−15)45,000
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania450,000 Orville Moody (9)279 (−9)80,000
Jul 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000 Bob Charles (11)200 (−16)45,000
Jul 16Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan300,000 John Paul Cain (1)203 (−10)45,000
Jul 23Ameritech Senior OpenOhio500,000 Bruce Crampton (15)205 (−11)75,000
Jul 30Newport CupRhode Island275,000 Jim Dent (2)206 (−10)41,500
Aug 6Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Tom Shaw (1)207 (−9)52,500
Aug 13Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000 Dave Hill (6)207 (−9)52,500
Aug 20GTE Northwest ClassicWashington350,000 Al Geiberger (5)204 (−12)52,500
Aug 27Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico300,000 Bob Charles (12)203 (−13)45,000
Sep 3RJR Bank One ClassicKentucky300,000 Rives McBee (1)202 (−8)45,000
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000 Gary Player (13)135 (−9)52,500
Sep 17Crestar ClassicVirginia350,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (13)203 (−13)52,500
Sep 24PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina325,000Canceled due to Hurricane Hugo
Oct 1Fairfield Barnett Space Coast ClassicFlorida300,000 Bob Charles (13)203 (−13)45,000
Oct 8RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Gary Player (14)207 (−3)202,500
Oct 15Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior ClassicTexas300,000 George Archer (1)209 (−7)45,000
Oct 22Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia400,000 Billy Casper (9)207 (−9)60,000
Nov 12General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada300,000 Charles Coody (1)205 (−11)45,000
Dec 2GTE West ClassicCalifornia350,000 Walt Zembriski (3)197 (−13)52,500
Dec 9GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000 Don Bies (5)132 (−12)45,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bob Charles New Zealand69.78
2Al Geiberger United States70.32
3Jim Dent United States70.61
4Dave Hill United States70.64
5Bruce Crampton Australia70.65

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bob Charles New Zealand725,887275
2Orville Moody United States647,985312
3Al Geiberger United States527,033261
4Gary Player South Africa514,116182
5Dave Hill United States488,541262

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Miller Barber United States2,214,60324
2Bob Charles New Zealand1,910,41313
3Orville Moody United States1,862,9569
4Bruce Crampton Australia1,682,96115
5Gary Player South Africa1,604,65914

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bob Charles New Zealand
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bob Charles New Zealand

See also

References
  1. "Hurricane Hugo cancels PaineWebber tourney". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 23, 1989. p. 20.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 24–25. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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