1983 Senior PGA Tour

The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1983 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationMarch 18, 1983 (1983-03-18) – December 4, 1983 (1983-12-04)
Number of official events16
Most wins Don January (6)
Money list Don January
← 1982
1984 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1983 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Mar 20Greater Daytona Senior ClassicFlorida150,000 Gene Littler (1)New tournament
May 22Hall of Fame TournamentNorth Carolina150,000 Rod Funseth (1)New tournament
Jun 5Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada200,000 Don January (6)New tournament
Jun 12Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio250,000 Miller Barber (7)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 26Peter Jackson ChampionsCanada200,000 Don January (7)
Jul 3Marlboro ClassicMassachusetts150,000 Don January (8)
Jul 10Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York150,000 Gene Littler (2)
Jul 17Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000 Miller Barber (8)Pro-Am
Jul 25U.S. Senior OpenMinnesota175,000 Billy Casper (3)Senior major championship
Aug 21Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado150,000 Don January (9)
Sep 4Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky150,000 Don January (10)New tournament
Sep 25World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina152,000 Doug Sanders (1)
Oct 2United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia150,000 Miller Barber (9)New tournament
Oct 16Suntree ClassicFlorida135,000 Don January (11)
Oct 23Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina150,000 Miller Barber (10)
Dec 4Boca Grove Seniors ClassicFlorida150,000 Arnold Palmer (5)New tournament

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Don January237,571
2 Miller Barber231,008
3 Billy Casper136,749
4 Gene Littler130,002
5 Rod Funseth120,367

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Don January[4]

Notes
  1. 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.

References
  1. "1984 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 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. "1983 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. "1983 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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