1988 Senior PGA Tour

The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth 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 34 official money events with purses totalling $10,370,000, including three majors. Bob Charles and Gary Player won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1988 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) – December 9, 1988 (1988-12-09)
Number of official events34
Most wins5:
New Zealand Bob Charles
South Africa Gary Player
Money leaderNew Zealand Bob Charles
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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.[1]

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 17MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000United States Dave Hill (2)211 (−5)30,000
Feb 14General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida350,000South Africa Gary Player (8)284 (−4)63,000
Feb 21GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000United States Dale Douglass (5)210 (−6)45,000
Feb 28Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000South Africa Gary Player (9)207 (−9)45,000
Mar 6Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia320,000United States Orville Moody (5)263 (−25)48,000
Mar 13GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000South Africa Harold Henning (2)214 (−2)41,250
Mar 20The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona225,000United States Al Geiberger (4)199 (−17)33,750
Apr 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas250,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)208 (−8)37,500
May 8Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000United States Billy Casper (7)205 (−11)37,500
May 15United Hospitals ClassicPennsylvania225,000Australia Bruce Crampton (12)205 (−5)33,750
May 22NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (4)196 (−14)45,000
May 29Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000New Zealand Bob Charles (5)206 (−10)41,250
Jun 5Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas250,000United States Orville Moody (6)206 (−10)37,500
Jun 12Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida400,000United States Billy Casper (8)278 (−10)60,000
Jun 19Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000United States Don Bies (1)202 (−14)52,500
Jun 26Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma250,000South Africa Gary Player (10)203 (−13)37,500
Jul 4Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000New Zealand Bob Charles (6)207 (−9)52,500
Jul 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000Australia Bruce Crampton (13)207 (−9)45,000
Jul 17Showdown ClassicUtah350,000United States Miller Barber (21)207 (−9)52,500
Jul 23Newport CupRhode Island250,000United States Walt Zembriski (1)132 (−12)37,500
Jul 31Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)202 (−14)45,000
Aug 8U.S. Senior OpenIllinois325,000South Africa Gary Player (11)288 (E)65,000
Aug 14MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000United States Dave Hill (3)200 (−16)37,500
Aug 21Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000United States Orville Moody (7)203 (−10)37,500
Aug 28Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky250,000New Zealand Bob Charles (7)200 (−10)37,500
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000South Africa Gary Player (12)201 (−15)52,500
Sep 18Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000United States Arnold Palmer (10)203 (−13)48,750
Sep 25PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina300,000United States Dave Hill (4)206 (−10)45,000
Oct 2Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia300,000New Zealand Bob Charles (8)139 (−5)45,000
Oct 9Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000United States Walt Zembriski (2)278 (−10)135,000
Oct 30General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada250,000United States Larry Mowry (3)204 (−12)37,500
Nov 13Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida225,000United States Miller Barber (22)197 (−19)33,750
Nov 20Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000United States Lee Elder (8)202 (−11)45,000
Dec 4GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000United States Don Bies (2)204 (−12)45,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bob Charles New Zealand70.05
2Dave Hill United States70.40
3Gary Player South Africa70.41
4Harold Henning South Africa70.43
5Al Geiberger United States70.61

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bob Charles New Zealand533,929285
2Gary Player South Africa435,914205
3Dave Hill United States415,594273
4Orville Moody United States411,859313
5Harold Henning South Africa366,230311

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Miller Barber United States1,844,37422
2Don January United States1,537,48822
3Bruce Crampton Australia1,239,38013
4Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States1,229,95712
5Gene Littler United States1,223,1617

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bob Charles New Zealand
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Bob Charles New Zealand

See also

References
  1. "1989 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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