1991 Senior PGA Tour explained

Year:1991
Tour:Senior PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:38
Most Wins: Mike Hill (5)
Honor1:Money list
Honoree1: Mike Hill
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: George Archer and
Mike Hill (shared)
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Jim Colbert
Prevseason:1990
Nextseason:1992

The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th 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 1991 season.[1] [2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
WinnerNotes
Jan 6 California 350,000 Bruce Crampton (18)
Feb 3 Florida 450,000 Gary Player (18)
Feb 10 Florida 450,000 Bob Charles (17)
Feb 17 Florida 450,000 Lee Trevino (8)
Mar 3 California 450,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (17)
Mar 17 Texas 350,000 Lee Trevino (9)
Mar 24 California 500,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (18)
Apr 7 The Tradition Arizona 800,000 Jack Nicklaus (3) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21 PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 500,000 Jack Nicklaus (4) Senior major championship
Apr 28 Texas 300,000 Mike Hill (6)
May 5 Nevada 450,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (19)
May 12 Texas 400,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (20) Pro-Am
May 26 Pennsylvania 550,000 Jim Ferree (2)
Jun 2 New York 400,000 Charles Coody (3)
Jun 9 The Senior Players Championship Michigan 1,000,000 Jim Albus (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 16 New York 400,000 Rocky Thompson (1)
Jun 23 North Carolina 450,000 Orville Moody (10)
Jun 30 Missouri 450,000 Jim Colbert (1)
Jul 7 Ohio 600,000 Al Geiberger (6)
Jul 14 Seniors' British Open England £150,000 Bobby Verwey (n/a) Senior major championship
Jul 14 Rhode Island 325,000 Larry Ziegler (1)
Jul 21 Illinois 500,000 Mike Hill (7)
Jul 28 U.S. Senior Open Michigan 500,000 Jack Nicklaus (5) Senior major championship
Aug 4 New York 450,000 George Archer (6)
Aug 11 Utah 350,000 Dale Douglass (7)
Aug 18 Washington 400,000 Mike Hill (8)
Aug 25 New Mexico 350,000 Lee Trevino (10)
Sep 1 Indiana 450,000 George Archer (7)
Sep 8 Michigan 350,000 Harold Henning (3)
Sep 15 Massachusetts 400,000 Rocky Thompson (2)
Sep 22 Georgia 700,000 Mike Hill (9) New tournament
Sep 29 Kentucky 300,000 DeWitt Weaver (1)
Oct 6 North Carolina 1,500,000 Jim Colbert (2)
Oct 13 California 450,000 George Archer (8)
Oct 20 California 500,000 Charles Coody (4)
Oct 27 California 500,000 John Brodie (1)
Dec 8 Hawaii 600,000 Jim Colbert (3)
Dec 15 Puerto Rico 1,000,000 Mike Hill (10) Tour Championship

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 1,065,657
2 963,455
3 880,749
4 794,013
5 723,163

Awards

AwardWinner(s)
[4]
[5]
[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1992 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide . PGA Tour . 2 December 2023.
  2. Web site: 2004 Champions Tour Media Guide Tournament Chronology . PGA Tour . 2 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: 1991 Money list . PGA Tour . 2 December 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20150924092730/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1991.html . 24 September 2015.
  4. News: Golf . The Fresno Bee . 29 (C5 in paper) . Fresno, California . 10 January 1992 . 3 December 2023 . Newspapers.com . subscription.
  5. Web site: 1991 Scoring average . PGA Tour . 3 December 2023.
  6. Web site: 2006 Champions Tour Media Guide . 309 (8-2 in document) . PGA Tour . 4 December 2023.