1995 Senior PGA Tour

The 1995 Senior PGA Tour was the 16th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1995 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 13, 1995 (1995-01-13) – November 12, 1995 (1995-11-12)
Number of official events39
Most wins Jim Colbert (4)
Bob Murphy (4)
Money list Jim Colbert
Player of the Year Jim Colbert
Rookie of the Year Hale Irwin
← 1994
1996 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1995 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 15Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico750,000 Jim Colbert (10)
Feb 5Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000 J. C. Snead (2)
Feb 12IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000 Bob Murphy (5)
Feb 19GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000 Dave Stockton (10)
Mar 5FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia750,000 Bruce Devlin (1)
Mar 12The Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000 Jim Albus (5)
Mar 19Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000 George Archer (16)New tournament
Apr 2The TraditionArizona1,000,000 Jack Nicklaus (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 16PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,000,000 Raymond Floyd (10)Senior major championship
Apr 30Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000 Jim Colbert (11)
May 7PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000 Bob Murphy (6)
May 14Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000 George Archer (17)
May 21Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000 Jim Colbert (12)
May 28Quicksilver ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Dave Stockton (11)
Jun 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000 Graham Marsh (1)
Jun 11BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,100,000 Jim Dent (9)
Jun 18Dallas Reunion Pro-AmTexas550,000 Tom Wargo (4)Pro-Am
Jun 25Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000 Bob Murphy (7)
Jul 2U.S. Senior OpenMaryland1,000,000 Tom Weiskopf (2)Senior major championship
Jul 9Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000 Mike Hill (17)
Jul 16Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000 J. C. Snead (3)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 23First of America ClassicMichigan700,000 Jimmy Powell (3)
Jul 30Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000 Brian Barnes (1)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 30Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois850,000 Hale Irwin (1)
Aug 6VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri900,000 Bob Murphy (8)
Aug 13Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,100,000 Raymond Floyd (11)
Aug 20Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000 Lee Trevino (25)
Aug 27Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000 Isao Aoki (4)
Sep 3Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah600,000 Tony Jacklin (2)
Sep 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington600,000 Walter Morgan (1)
Sep 17Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000 Simon Hobday (5)
Sep 24Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000 Gary Player (20)
Oct 1Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Hale Irwin (2)
Oct 8The TransamericaCalifornia650,000 Lee Trevino (26)
Oct 15Raley's Senior Gold RushCalifornia700,000 Don Bies (7)
Oct 22Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000 John Bland (1)
Oct 29Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii600,000 Bob Charles (24)
Nov 5Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,000,000 Raymond Floyd (12)New tournament
Nov 12Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,500,000 Jim Colbert (13)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 3Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000 Raymond Floyd and
son Raymond Floyd Jr.		Team event

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Jim Colbert1,444,386
2 Raymond Floyd1,419,545
3 Dave Stockton1,415,847
4 Bob Murphy1,241,524
5 Isao Aoki1,041,766

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Jim Colbert[4]
Rookie of the Year Hale Irwin[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Raymond Floyd[5][4]
Comeback Player of the Year Walter Morgan[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. "1996 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. "1995 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. "Pro golf hands out its 1995 awards". The Daily Nonpareil. Council Bluffs, Iowa. January 5, 1996. p. 13 (3B in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1995 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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