1984 Senior PGA Tour

The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1984 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 2, 1984 (1984-01-02) – December 9, 1984 (1984-12-09)
Number of official events22
Most wins Miller Barber (4)
Money list Don January
← 1983
1985 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1984 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 8Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona306,000 Gene Littler (3)New tournament
Jan 22PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer (6)Senior major championship
Mar 25Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Don January (12)New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 8Daytona Beach Seniors Golf ClassicFlorida150,000 Orville Moody (1)
Apr 22Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Billy Casper (4)New tournament
May 6MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Orville Moody (2)New tournament
Jun 3Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada220,000 Dan Sikes (2)
Jun 17Roy Clark Senior ChallengeOklahoma200,000 Miller Barber (11)New tournament
Jun 24Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000 Arnold Palmer (7)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenNew York200,000 Miller Barber (12)Senior major championship
Jul 8Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York200,000 Miller Barber (13)
Jul 15Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000 Roberto De Vicenzo (2)Pro-Am
Jul 29Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000 Miller Barber (14)
Aug 12du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000 Don January (13)
Sep 3Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky175,000 Gay Brewer (1)
Sep 9United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia200,000 Dan Sikes (3)
Sep 16World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina150,000 Peter Thomson (1)
Sep 23Digital Middlesex ClassicMassachusetts175,000 Don January (14)
Oct 14Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida150,000 Lee Elder (1)
Oct 21Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Lee Elder (2)
Dec 2Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000 Arnold Palmer (8)
Dec 9General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida225,000 Peter Thomson (2)Senior major championship

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Don January328,597
2 Miller Barber299,099
3 Peter Thomson228,940
4 Arnold Palmer184,582
5 Orville Moody183,920

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. "1985 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. "1984 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. "1984 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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