1996 Senior PGA Tour

The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1996 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1997 (1997-01-19) – November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)
Number of official events40
Most wins Jim Colbert (5)
Money list Jim Colbert
Player of the Year Jim Colbert
Rookie of the Year John Bland
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1997 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 21Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico800,000 John Bland (2)
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000 Bob Murphy (9)
Feb 11Greater Naples IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000 Al Geiberger (10)
Feb 18GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000 Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 25American Express InvitationalFlorida900,000 Hale Irwin (3)New tournament
Mar 3FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia800,000 Walter Morgan (2)
Mar 17Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000 Jim Colbert (14)
Mar 31SBC Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000 Tom Weiskopf (3)
Apr 7The TraditionArizona1,000,000 Jack Nicklaus (10)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,100,000 Hale Irwin (4)Senior major championship
Apr 28Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000 Jim Colbert (15)
May 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000 Graham Marsh (2)
May 12Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000 Jim Colbert (16)
May 19Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000 Bob Murphy (10)
May 26BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,200,000 Isao Aoki (5)
Jun 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000 John Bland (3)
Jun 9Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Tom Weiskopf (4)
Jun 16du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000 Charles Coody (5)
Jun 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000 Dale Douglass (11)
Jun 30Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000 Isao Aoki (6)
Jul 7U.S. Senior OpenOhio1,200,000 Dave Stockton (12)Senior major championship
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000 Raymond Floyd (13)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,250,000 Vicente Fernández (1)
Jul 28Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000 Brian Barnes (2)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 28Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,100,000 Walter Morgan (3)
Aug 4VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri800,000 Dave Eichelberger (2)
Aug 11First of America ClassicMichigan850,000 Dave Stockton (13)
Aug 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000 John Bland (4)
Aug 25Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000 Jim Dent (10)
Sep 1Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah800,000 Graham Marsh (3)
Sep 8Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,200,000 Gibby Gilbert (5)New tournament
Sep 15Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000 Mike Hill (18)
Sep 22Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000 Jimmy Powell (4)
Sep 29Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Jim Colbert (17)
Oct 6Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000 Gil Morgan (1)
Oct 13The TransamericaCalifornia700,000 John Bland (5)
Oct 20Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia800,000 Jim Colbert (18)
Oct 27Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii650,000 Bob Charles (25)
Nov 3Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,050,000 Lee Trevino (27)
Nov 10Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,600,000 Jay Sigel (2)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 8Office 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 Colbert1,627,890
2 Hale Irwin1,615,769
3 John Bland1,357,987
4 Isao Aoki1,162,581
5 Dave Stockton1,117,685

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Jim Colbert[4]
Rookie of the Year John Bland[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Hale Irwin[5]
Comeback Player of the Year Al Geiberger[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. "1997 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. "1996 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. "PGA announces awards". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. January 11, 1997. p. 12 (C3 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "1996 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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