1989 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) – December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
Number of official events36[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsNew Zealand Bob Charles (6)
Money listNew Zealand Bob Charles
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1990 →

The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 8MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia250,000United States Miller Barber (23)
Feb 12General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida400,000United States Larry Mowry (4)Senior major championship
Feb 19GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (9)
Feb 26Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000United States Gene Littler (8)
Mar 5Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia370,000United States Miller Barber (24)
Mar 12MONY Arizona ClassicArizona300,000Australia Bruce Crampton (14)
Apr 2Murata Seniors ReunionTexas300,000United States Don Bies (3)
Apr 16The TraditionArizona600,000United States Don Bies (4)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 7RJR at The DominionTexas250,000United States Larry Mowry (5)
May 14Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's ClassicPennsylvania400,000United States Dave Hill (5)
May 21NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (10)
May 28Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma300,000United States Bobby Nichols (1)
Jun 4Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000United States Homero Blancas (1)
Jun 11Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida700,000United States Orville Moody (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000United States Butch Baird (2)
Jun 25MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York300,000United States Jim Dent (1)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania450,000United States Orville Moody (9)Senior major championship
Jul 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (11)
Jul 16Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan300,000United States John Paul Cain (1)
Jul 23Ameritech Senior OpenOhio500,000Australia Bruce Crampton (15)New tournament
Jul 30Volvo Seniors' British OpenScotland£150,000New Zealand Bob Charles (12)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 30Newport CupRhode Island275,000United States Jim Dent (2)
Aug 6Showdown ClassicUtah350,000United States Tom Shaw (1)
Aug 13Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000United States Dave Hill (6)
Aug 20GTE Northwest ClassicWashington350,000United States Al Geiberger (5)
Aug 27Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (13)
Sep 3RJR Bank One ClassicKentucky300,000United States Rives McBee (1)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000South Africa Gary Player (14)
Sep 17Crestar ClassicVirginia350,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (13)
Sep 24PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina–Canceled[lower-alpha 4]
Oct 1Fairfield Barnett Space Coast ClassicFlorida300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (14)
Oct 8RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000South Africa Gary Player (15)
Oct 15Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior ClassicTexas300,000United States George Archer (1)New tournament
Oct 22Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia400,000United States Billy Casper (9)New tournament
Nov 12General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada300,000United States Charles Coody (1)
Dec 2GTE West ClassicCalifornia350,000United States Walt Zembriski (3)
Dec 9GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000United States Don Bies (5)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1New Zealand Bob Charles725,887
2United States Orville Moody647,985
3United States Al Geiberger527,033
4South Africa Gary Player514,116
5United States Dave Hill488,541

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)New Zealand Bob Charles[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ A further one tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  3. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
  4. ↑ Canceled due to Hurricane Hugo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1990 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Hurricane Hugo Cancels PaineWebber Tourney". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 23, 1989. p. 20. Retrieved December 4, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  4. ↑ "1989 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "1989 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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