1991 PGA Tour

The 1991 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks, Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, and Ian Woosnam won the most tournaments, two, and there were 14 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 1991 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 6Infiniti Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Kite (15)272 (−16)800,000144,000
Jan 13Northern Telecom OpenArizona Phil Mickelson (amateur,1)272 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Jan 20United Hawaiian OpenHawaii Lanny Wadkins (20)270 (−18)1,100,000198,000
Jan 27Phoenix OpenArizona Nolan Henke (2)268 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Feb 3AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Paul Azinger (7)274 (−14)1,100,000198,000
Feb 10Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Corey Pavin (8)331 (−29)1,100,000198,000
Feb 17Shearson Lehman Brothers OpenCalifornia Jay Don Blake (1)268 (−20)1,000,000180,000
Feb 24Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Ted Schulz (2)272 (−12)1,000,000180,000
Mar 4Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Rocco Mediate (1)276 (−12)1,400,000252,000
Mar 10Honda ClassicFlorida Steve Pate (4)279 (−9)1,000,000180,000
Mar 17Nestle InvitationalFlorida Andrew Magee (2)203 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Mar 24USF&G ClassicLouisiana Ian Woosnam (1)275 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Mar 31The Players ChampionshipFlorida Steve Elkington (2)276 (−12)1,600,000288,000
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Ian Woosnam (2)277 (−11)1,350,000243,000
Apr 21MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Davis Love III (3)271 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Apr 28KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Mark Brooks (2)275 (−13)1,250,000225,000
May 5GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Nick Price (2)270 (−10)1,100,000198,000
May 12BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Corey Pavin (9)272 (−16)1,000,000180,000
May 19Memorial TournamentOhio Kenny Perry (1)273 (−15)1,200,000216,000
May 26Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Tom Purtzer (4)267 (−13)1,200,000216,000
Jun 2Kemper OpenMaryland Billy Andrade (1)263 (−21)1,000,000180,000
Jun 9Buick ClassicNew York Billy Andrade (2)273 (−11)1,000,000180,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenMinnesota Payne Stewart (8)282 (−6)1,300,000235,000
Jun 23Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mike Hulbert (3)266 (−18)1,000,000180,000
Jun 30Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Fred Couples (5)269 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Jul 7Centel Western OpenIllinois Russ Cochran (1)275 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Jul 14New England ClassicMassachusetts Bruce Fleisher (1)268 (−16)1,000,000180,000
Jul 21Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Dillard Pruitt (1)260 (−20)700,000126,000
Jul 21British OpenEngland Ian Baker-Finch (2)272 (−8)1,512,000151,200
Jul 28Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Billy Ray Brown (1)271 (−9)1,000,000180,000
Aug 4Buick OpenMichigan Brad Faxon (1)271 (−17)1,000,000180,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipIndiana John Daly (1)276 (−12)1,350,000230,000
Aug 18The InternationalColorado José María Olazábal (2)10 (Stableford)1,100,000198,000
Aug 25NEC World Series of GolfOhio Tom Purtzer (5)279 (−1)1,200,000216,000
Sep 1Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mark Brooks (3)270 (−18)1,000,000180,000
Sep 8Canadian OpenCanada Nick Price (3)273 (−15)1,000,000180,000
Sep 15Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois D. A. Weibring (3)267 (−13)1,000,000180,000
Sep 22B.C. OpenNew York Fred Couples (6)269 (−15)800,000144,000
Sep 29Buick Southern OpenGeorgia David Peoples (1)276 (−12)700,000126,000
Oct 6H.E.B. Texas OpenTexas Blaine McCallister (4)269 (−11)900,000162,000
Oct 13Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Andrew Magee (3)329 (−31)1,500,000270,000
Oct 19Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Mark O'Meara (7)267 (−21)1,000,000180,000
Oct 26Independent Insurance Agent Open[1]Texas Fulton Allem (1)273 (−15)800,000144,000
Nov 3The Tour ChampionshipNorth Carolina Craig Stadler (9)279 (−5)2,000,000360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Fred Couples United States69.59
2Corey Pavin United States69.63
3Bruce Lietzke United States69.80
4Ian Baker-Finch Australia69.92
5Tom Watson United States69.96

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Corey Pavin United States979,430252
2Craig Stadler United States827,628211
3Fred Couples United States791,749212
4Tom Purtzer United States750,568252
5Andrew Magee United States750,082282

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Tom Kite United States6,655,47415
2Tom Watson United States5,729,10837
3Curtis Strange United States5,629,22517
4Jack Nicklaus United States5,294,26173
5Lanny Wadkins United States5,265,87620

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Corey Pavin United States
PGA Player of the YearCorey Pavin United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Fred Couples United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Fred Couples United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Fred Couples United States
Rookie of the YearJohn Daly United States
Comeback Player of the YearBruce Fleisher
D. A. Weibring		 United States
 United States

References
  1. Rescheduled to October after original April 4−7 tourney was rained out.
  2. "1991 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1991". PGA Tour.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1991". PGA Tour.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1991". PGA Tour.
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