1991 Senior PGA Tour

The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1991 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 3, 1991 (1991-01-03) – December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events38
Most wins Mike Hill (5)
Money list Mike Hill
Player of the Year George Archer and
Mike Hill (shared)
Rookie of the Year Jim Colbert
← 1990
1992 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1991 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 6Infiniti Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia350,000 Bruce Crampton (18)
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida450,000 Gary Player (18)
Feb 10GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida450,000 Bob Charles (17)
Feb 17Aetna ChallengeFlorida450,000 Lee Trevino (8)
Mar 3GTE West ClassicCalifornia450,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (17)
Mar 17Vantage at The DominionTexas350,000 Lee Trevino (9)
Mar 24Vintage ARCO InvitationalCalifornia500,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (18)
Apr 7The TraditionArizona800,000 Jack Nicklaus (3)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida500,000 Jack Nicklaus (4)Senior major championship
Apr 28Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000 Mike Hill (6)
May 5Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada450,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (19)
May 12Murata Reunion Pro-AmTexas400,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (20)Pro-Am
May 26Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania550,000 Jim Ferree (2)
Jun 2NYNEX CommemorativeNew York400,000 Charles Coody (3)
Jun 9The Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000 Jim Albus (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 16MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York400,000 Rocky Thompson (1)
Jun 23PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina450,000 Orville Moody (10)
Jun 30Southwestern Bell ClassicMissouri450,000 Jim Colbert (1)
Jul 7Kroger Senior ClassicOhio600,000 Al Geiberger (6)
Jul 14Seniors' British OpenEngland£150,000 Bobby Verwey (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 14Newport CupRhode Island325,000 Larry Ziegler (1)
Jul 21Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois500,000 Mike Hill (7)
Jul 28U.S. Senior OpenMichigan500,000 Jack Nicklaus (5)Senior major championship
Aug 4Northville Long Island ClassicNew York450,000 George Archer (6)
Aug 11Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Dale Douglass (7)
Aug 18GTE Northwest ClassicWashington400,000 Mike Hill (8)
Aug 25Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico350,000 Lee Trevino (10)
Sep 1GTE North ClassicIndiana450,000 George Archer (7)
Sep 8First of America ClassicMichigan350,000 Harold Henning (3)
Sep 15Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts400,000 Rocky Thompson (2)
Sep 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia700,000 Mike Hill (9)New tournament
Sep 29Bank One Senior ClassicKentucky300,000 DeWitt Weaver (1)
Oct 6Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Jim Colbert (2)
Oct 13Raley's Senior Gold RushCalifornia450,000 George Archer (8)
Oct 20Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia500,000 Charles Coody (4)
Oct 27Security Pacific Senior ClassicCalifornia500,000 John Brodie (1)
Dec 8First Development Kaanapali ClassicHawaii600,000 Jim Colbert (3)
Dec 15New York Life ChampionsPuerto Rico1,000,000 Mike Hill (10)Tour Championship

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Mike Hill1,065,657
2 George Archer963,455
3 Jim Colbert880,749
4 Chi-Chi Rodríguez794,013
5 Lee Trevino723,163

Awards
AwardWinner(s)Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)[lower-alpha 3] George Archer
Mike Hill		[4]
Rookie of the Year Jim Colbert[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Lee Trevino[5]
Comeback Player of the Year Larry Laoretti[6]

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.
  3. Archer and Hill shared the Player of the Year award.

References
  1. "1992 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 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 2, 2023.
  3. "1991 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. "Golf". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 10, 1992. p. 29 (C5 in paper). Retrieved December 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1991 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  6. "2006 Champions Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 309 (8-2 in document). Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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