1989 Senior PGA Tour

The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1989 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 5, 1989 (1989-01-05) – December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
Number of official events36[lower-alpha 1]
Most wins Bob Charles (6)
Money list Bob Charles
← 1988
1990 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1989 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 2] Notes
Jan 8MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia250,000 Miller Barber (23)
Feb 12General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida400,000 Larry Mowry (4)Senior major championship
Feb 19GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000 Bob Charles (9)
Feb 26Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000 Gene Littler (8)
Mar 5Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia370,000 Miller Barber (24)
Mar 12MONY Arizona ClassicArizona300,000 Bruce Crampton (14)
Apr 2Murata Seniors ReunionTexas300,000 Don Bies (3)
Apr 16The TraditionArizona600,000 Don Bies (4)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 7RJR at The DominionTexas250,000 Larry Mowry (5)
May 14Bell Atlantic/St. Christopher's ClassicPennsylvania400,000 Dave Hill (5)
May 21NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000 Bob Charles (10)
May 28Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma300,000 Bobby Nichols (1)
Jun 4Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000 Homero Blancas (1)
Jun 11Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida700,000 Orville Moody (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000 Butch Baird (2)
Jun 25MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York300,000 Jim Dent (1)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania450,000 Orville Moody (9)Senior major championship
Jul 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000 Bob Charles (11)
Jul 16Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan300,000 John Paul Cain (1)
Jul 23Ameritech Senior OpenOhio500,000 Bruce Crampton (15)New tournament
Jul 30Volvo Seniors' British OpenScotland£150,000 Bob Charles (12)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 30Newport CupRhode Island275,000 Jim Dent (2)
Aug 6Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Tom Shaw (1)
Aug 13Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000 Dave Hill (6)
Aug 20GTE Northwest ClassicWashington350,000 Al Geiberger (5)
Aug 27Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico300,000 Bob Charles (13)
Sep 3RJR Bank One ClassicKentucky300,000 Rives McBee (1)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000 Gary Player (14)
Sep 17Crestar ClassicVirginia350,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (13)
Sep 24PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina–Canceled[lower-alpha 4]
Oct 1Fairfield Barnett Space Coast ClassicFlorida300,000 Bob Charles (14)
Oct 8RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Gary Player (15)
Oct 15Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior ClassicTexas300,000 George Archer (1)New tournament
Oct 22Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia400,000 Billy Casper (9)New tournament
Nov 12General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada300,000 Charles Coody (1)
Dec 2GTE West ClassicCalifornia350,000 Walt Zembriski (3)
Dec 9GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000 Don Bies (5)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Bob Charles725,887
2 Orville Moody647,985
3 Al Geiberger527,033
4 Gary Player514,116
5 Dave Hill488,541

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Bob Charles[5]

Notes
  1. One further tournament was scheduled but was canceled.
  2. 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.
  3. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
  4. Canceled due to Hurricane Hugo.[3]

References
  1. "1990 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 4, 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. "Hurricane Hugo Cancels PaineWebber Tourney". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. Associated Press. September 23, 1989. p. 20. Retrieved December 4, 2023 – via Google News Archive.
  4. "1989 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  5. "1989 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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