1986 Senior PGA Tour explained

Year:1986
Tour:Senior PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:28
Most Wins: Bruce Crampton (7)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Bruce Crampton
Prevseason:1985
Nextseason:1987

The 1986 Senior PGA Tour was the seventh 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 1986 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 11 California 100,000 Miller Barber (18)
Feb 9 Florida 225,000 Charles Owens (1)
Feb 16 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 250,000 Gary Player (2) Senior major championship
Mar 16 Arizona 200,000 Charles Owens (2)
Mar 23 California 300,000 Dale Douglass (1)
Mar 30 California 250,000 Dale Douglass (2)
May 4 New Mexico 250,000 Gene Littler (4) New to Senior PGA Tour
May 11 Texas 250,000 Bruce Crampton (1)
May 18 Pennsylvania 200,000 Gary Player (3)
Jun 1 Colorado 250,000 Gary Player (4)
Jun 8 Texas 175,000 Don January (19) Pro-Am
Jun 22 Senior Tournament Players Championship Ohio 300,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 29 U.S. Senior Open Ohio 275,000 Dale Douglass (3) Senior major championship
Jul 13 West Virginia 200,000 Don January (20)
Jul 20 Michigan 250,000 Jim Ferree (1) New tournament
Jul 27 New York 200,000 Bruce Crampton (2)
Aug 3 New York 250,000 Lee Elder (7)
Aug 10 Massachusetts 200,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)
Aug 17 Washington 250,000 Bruce Crampton (3) New tournament
Aug 31 Kentucky 200,000 Gene Littler (5)
Sep 14 Virginia 300,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)
Sep 21 North Carolina 200,000 Bruce Crampton (4)
Oct 12 Florida 175,000 Dale Douglass (4)
Oct 19 South Carolina 200,000 Butch Baird (1)
Oct 26 Georgia 250,000 Bruce Crampton (5) New tournament
Nov 2 Arizona 300,000 Don January (21)
Nov 9 Nevada 250,000 Bruce Crampton (6) New tournament
Nov 23 Florida 200,000 Bruce Crampton (7) New tournament

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 454,299
2 399,172
3 309,760
4 299,795
5 291,190

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1987 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 5 December 2023.
  2. Web site: 2004 Champions Tour Media Guide Tournament Chronology . PGA Tour . 4 December 2023 . 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document) . April 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071856/https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf.
  3. Web site: 1986 Money list . PGA Tour . 5 December 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20140601033559/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1986.html . 1 June 2014.
  4. Web site: 1986 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 3 December 2023.