1986 Senior PGA Tour

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.

1986 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 8, 1986 (1986-01-08) – November 23, 1986 (1986-11-23)
Number of official events28
Most wins Bruce Crampton (7)
Money list Bruce Crampton
← 1985
1987 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1986 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 11MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Miller Barber (18)
Feb 9Treasure Coast ClassicFlorida225,000 Charles Owens (1)
Feb 16General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida250,000 Gary Player (2)Senior major championship
Mar 16Del E. Webb Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Charles Owens (2)
Mar 23Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Dale Douglass (1)
Mar 30Johnny Mathis Seniors ClassicCalifornia250,000 Dale Douglass (2)
May 4Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000 Gene Littler (4)New to Senior PGA Tour
May 11Benson & Hedges InvitationalTexas250,000 Bruce Crampton (1)
May 18United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000 Gary Player (3)
Jun 1Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado250,000 Gary Player (4)
Jun 8Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000 Don January (19)Pro-Am
Jun 22Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio300,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio275,000 Dale Douglass (3)Senior major championship
Jul 13The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000 Don January (20)
Jul 20Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000 Jim Ferree (1)New tournament
Jul 27MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf ClassicNew York200,000 Bruce Crampton (2)
Aug 3Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York250,000 Lee Elder (7)
Aug 10Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)
Aug 17GTE Northwest ClassicWashington250,000 Bruce Crampton (3)New tournament
Aug 31Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000 Gene Littler (5)
Sep 14United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia300,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)
Sep 21PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000 Bruce Crampton (4)
Oct 12Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida175,000 Dale Douglass (4)
Oct 19Cuyahoga Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Butch Baird (1)
Oct 26Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia250,000 Bruce Crampton (5)New tournament
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000 Don January (21)
Nov 9Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada250,000 Bruce Crampton (6)New tournament
Nov 23Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior ClassicFlorida200,000 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]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bruce Crampton454,299
2 Chi-Chi Rodríguez399,172
3 Dale Douglass309,760
4 Don January299,795
5 Gary Player291,190

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Chi-Chi Rodríguez[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. "1987 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. "1986 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. "1986 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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