1985 Senior PGA Tour

The 1985 Senior PGA Tour was the sixth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 24 official money events with purses totalling $5,005,000, including two majors. Peter Thomson won the most tournaments, nine. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1985 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationFebruary 10, 1986 (1986-02-10) – November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23)
Number of official events24
Most wins9 United States Peter Thomson
Money leaderUnited States Peter Thomson
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1985 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Feb 10Sunrise Senior ClassicFlorida200,000United States Miller Barber (15)211 (−5)30,000
Mar 17The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000Australia Peter Thomson (3)280 (−7)40,000
Mar 24Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000United States Don January (15)198 (−18)30,000
Mar 31American Golf Carta Blanca Johnny Mathis ClassicCalifornia250,000Australia Peter Thomson (4)205 (−11)37,500
May 5MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000Australia Peter Thomson (5)284 (−4)30,000
May 12Dominion SeniorsTexas200,000United States Don January (16)206 (−10)30,000
May 19United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000United States Don January (17)135 (−5)30,000
Jun 2Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000United States Lee Elder (3)213 (−3)30,000
Jun 9The Champions ClassicNevada200,000Australia Peter Thomson (6)210 (−6)30,000
Jun 16Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000Australia Peter Thomson (7)204 (−12)26,000
Jun 23Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000United States Arnold Palmer (9)274 (−14)36,000
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenNevada225,000United States Miller Barber (16)285 (−3)40,199
Jul 6The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000United States Don January (18)200 (−16)30,000
Jul 21MONY Syracuse Senior's ClassicNew York200,000Australia Peter Thomson (8)204 (−9)30,000
Jul 28Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island175,000United States Lee Elder (4)133 (−11)27,000
Aug 4Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000United States Lee Elder (5)208 (−8)30,000
Aug 18du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000Australia Peter Thomson (9)203 (−13)23,794
Sep 1Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000United States Lee Elder (6)135 (−7)30,000
Sep 15United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia250,000Australia Peter Thomson (10)207 (−9)37,500
Sep 22PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000United States Miller Barber (17)277 (−11)30,000
Oct 13Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000United States Mike Fetchick (1)210 (−6)30,000
Oct 20Barnett Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida165,000Australia Peter Thomson (11)207 (−9)24,750
Oct 27Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000South Africa Harold Henning (1)4 & 375,000
Nov 23Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000South Africa Gary Player (1)205 (−11)30,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don January United States70.11
2Peter Thomson Australia70.17
3Lee Elder United States70.63
4Miller Barber United States71.10
5Gene Littler United States71.19

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Peter Thomson Australia386,724229
2Lee Elder United States307,795234
3Don January United States247,006184
4Miller Barber United States241,999223
5Gene Littler United States200,981220

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Don January United States1,038,99618
2Miller Barber United States962,13317
3Peter Thomson Australia706,81211
4Arnold Palmer United States579,9989
5Gene Littler United States559,7513

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Peter Thomson Australia
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Don January United States

See also

References
  1. "1986 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 22–23. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1985 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1985 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1985 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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