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 $13,345,000 (not including the PaineWebber Invitational, canceled due to Hurricane Hugo),[1] including four majors. Bob Charles won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
Source:[2]
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Average |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Charles | ![]() | 69.78 |
2 | Al Geiberger | ![]() | 70.32 |
3 | Jim Dent | ![]() | 70.61 |
4 | Dave Hill | ![]() | 70.64 |
5 | Bruce Crampton | ![]() | 70.65 |
Source:[3]
Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Charles | ![]() | 725,887 | 27 | 5 |
2 | Orville Moody | ![]() | 647,985 | 31 | 2 |
3 | Al Geiberger | ![]() | 527,033 | 26 | 1 |
4 | Gary Player | ![]() | 514,116 | 18 | 2 |
5 | Dave Hill | ![]() | 488,541 | 26 | 2 |
Source:[4]
Career Money List leaders
Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miller Barber | ![]() | 2,214,603 | 24 |
2 | Bob Charles | ![]() | 1,910,413 | 13 |
3 | Orville Moody | ![]() | 1,862,956 | 9 |
4 | Bruce Crampton | ![]() | 1,682,961 | 15 |
5 | Gary Player | ![]() | 1,604,659 | 14 |
Source:[5]
Awards
Award | Winner | Country |
---|---|---|
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) | Bob Charles | ![]() |
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) | Bob Charles | ![]() |
References
- "Hurricane Hugo cancels PaineWebber tourney". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 23, 1989. p. 20.
- "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 24–25. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- "Scoring Average – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- "Money Leaders – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- "Career Money Leaders – 1989 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.