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). 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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner	Score	1st prize ($)
Jan 8	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	250,000	Miller Barber (23)	280 (−8)	50,000
Feb 12	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	400,000	Larry Mowry (4)	281 (−7)	72,000
Feb 19	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	300,000	Bob Charles (9)	207 (−9)	45,000
Feb 26	Aetna Challenge	Florida	300,000	Gene Littler (8)	209 (−7)	45,000
Mar 5	Vintage Chrysler Invitational	California	370,000	Miller Barber (24)	281 (−7)	55,500
Mar 12	MONY Arizona Classic	Arizona	300,000	Bruce Crampton (14)	200 (−16)	45,000
Apr 2	Murata Seniors Reunion	Texas	300,000	Don Bies (3)	208 (−8)	45,000
Apr 16	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	Arizona	600,000	Don Bies (4)	275 (−13)	90,000
May 7	RJR at The Dominion	Texas	250,000	Larry Mowry (5)	201 (−15)	37,500
May 14	Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's Classic	Pennsylvania	400,000	Dave Hill (5)	206 (−4)	60,000
May 21	NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative	New York	300,000	Bob Charles (10)	193 (−17)	45,000
May 28	Southwestern Bell Classic	Oklahoma	300,000	Bobby Nichols (1)	209 (−7)	45,000
Jun 4	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	300,000	Homero Blancas (1)	208 (−8)	45,000
Jun 11	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	Florida	700,000	Orville Moody (8)	271 (−17)	105,000
Jun 18	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	350,000	Butch Baird (2)	183 (−9)	52,500
Jun 25	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	300,000	Jim Dent (1)	201 (−15)	45,000
Jul 2	U.S. Senior Open	Pennsylvania	450,000	Orville Moody (9)	279 (−9)	80,000
Jul 9	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	300,000	Bob Charles (11)	200 (−16)	45,000
Jul 16	Greater Grand Rapids Open	Michigan	300,000	John Paul Cain (1)	203 (−10)	45,000
Jul 23	Ameritech Senior Open	Ohio	500,000	Bruce Crampton (15)	205 (−11)	75,000
Jul 30	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	275,000	Jim Dent (2)	206 (−10)	41,500
Aug 6	Showdown Classic	Utah	350,000	Tom Shaw (1)	207 (−9)	52,500
Aug 13	Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush	California	350,000	Dave Hill (6)	207 (−9)	52,500
Aug 20	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	350,000	Al Geiberger (5)	204 (−12)	52,500
Aug 27	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	300,000	Bob Charles (12)	203 (−13)	45,000
Sep 3	RJR Bank One Classic	Kentucky	300,000	Rives McBee (1)	202 (−8)	45,000
Sep 10	GTE North Classic	Indiana	350,000	Gary Player (13)	135 (−9)	52,500
Sep 17	Crestar Classic	Virginia	350,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (13)	203 (−13)	52,500
Sep 24	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	325,000	Canceled due to Hurricane Hugo
Oct 1	Fairfield Barnett Space Coast Classic	Florida	300,000	Bob Charles (13)	203 (−13)	45,000
Oct 8	RJR Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Gary Player (14)	207 (−3)	202,500
Oct 15	Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior Classic	Texas	300,000	George Archer (1)	209 (−7)	45,000
Oct 22	Transamerica Senior Golf Championship	California	400,000	Billy Casper (9)	207 (−9)	60,000
Nov 12	General Tire Las Vegas Classic	Nevada	300,000	Charles Coody (1)	205 (−11)	45,000
Dec 2	GTE West Classic	California	350,000	Walt Zembriski (3)	197 (−13)	52,500
Dec 9	GTE Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	300,000	Don Bies (5)	132 (−12)	45,000

Source:^[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	69.78
2	Al Geiberger	United States	70.32
3	Jim Dent	United States	70.61
4	Dave Hill	United States	70.64
5	Bruce Crampton	Australia	70.65

Source:^[3]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	725,887	27	5
2	Orville Moody	United States	647,985	31	2
3	Al Geiberger	United States	527,033	26	1
4	Gary Player	South Africa	514,116	18	2
5	Dave Hill	United States	488,541	26	2

Source:^[4]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Miller Barber	United States	2,214,603	24
2	Bob Charles	New Zealand	1,910,413	13
3	Orville Moody	United States	1,862,956	9
4	Bruce Crampton	Australia	1,682,961	15
5	Gary Player	South Africa	1,604,659	14

Source:^[5]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Bob Charles	New Zealand
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bob Charles	New Zealand

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.

External links

Champions Tour official site

PGA Tour Champions seasons

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