1988 Senior PGA Tour

The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1988 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) – December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
Number of official events35
Most wins Gary Player (6)
Money list Bob Charles
← 1987
1989 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 17MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Dave Hill (2)
Feb 14General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida350,000 Gary Player (8)Senior major championship
Feb 21GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000 Dale Douglass (5)New tournament
Feb 28Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000 Gary Player (9)New tournament
Mar 6Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia320,000 Orville Moody (5)
Mar 13GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000 Harold Henning (2)
Mar 20Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona225,000 Al Geiberger (4)
Apr 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas250,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)New tournament
May 8Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000 Billy Casper (7)
May 15United Hospitals ClassicPennsylvania225,000 Bruce Crampton (12)
May 22NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000 Bob Charles (4)
May 29Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000 Bob Charles (5)
Jun 5Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas250,000 Orville Moody (6)Pro-Am
Jun 12Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida400,000 Billy Casper (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 19Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000 Don Bies (1)New to Senior PGA Tour
Jun 26Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma250,000 Gary Player (10)
Jul 4Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000 Bob Charles (6)
Jul 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000 Bruce Crampton (13)
Jul 17Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Miller Barber (21)
Jul 23Newport CupRhode Island250,000 Walt Zembriski (1)
Jul 24Volvo Seniors' British OpenScotland£150,000 Gary Player (11)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 31Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)
Aug 8U.S. Senior OpenIllinois325,000 Gary Player (12)Senior major championship
Aug 14MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000 Dave Hill (3)
Aug 21Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000 Orville Moody (7)
Aug 28Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky250,000 Bob Charles (7)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000 Gary Player (13)New tournament
Sep 18Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000 Arnold Palmer (10)
Sep 25PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina300,000 Dave Hill (4)
Oct 2Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia300,000 Bob Charles (8)
Oct 9Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000 Walt Zembriski (2)
Oct 30General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada250,000 Larry Mowry (3)
Nov 13Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida225,000 Miller Barber (22)
Nov 20Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000 Lee Elder (8)
Dec 4GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000 Don Bies (2)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bob Charles533,929
2 Gary Player435,914
3 Dave Hill415,594
4 Orville Moody411,859
5 Harold Henning366,230

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bob Charles[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.
  2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References
  1. "1989 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. "1988 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. "1988 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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