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1988 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season


Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1988
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season
no_of_events35
most_winsZAF Gary Player (6)
honor1Money list
honoree1NZ Bob Charles
prevseason[1987](1987-senior-pga-tour)
nextseason[1989](1989-senior-pga-tour)

The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 17MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000USA Dave Hill (2)
Feb 14**General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship**Florida350,000ZAF **Gary Player** (8)Senior major championship
Feb 21GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000USA Dale Douglass (5)New tournament
Feb 28Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000ZAF Gary Player (9)New tournament
Mar 6Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia320,000USA Orville Moody (5)
Mar 13GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000ZAF Harold Henning (2)
Mar 20Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona225,000USA Al Geiberger (4)
Apr 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas250,000USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)New tournament
May 8Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000USA Billy Casper (7)
May 15United Hospitals ClassicPennsylvania225,000AUS Bruce Crampton (12)
May 22NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000NZL Bob Charles (4)
May 29Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000NZL Bob Charles (5)
Jun 5Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas250,000USA Orville Moody (6)Pro-Am
Jun 12**Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship**Florida400,000USA **Billy Casper** (8)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 19Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000USA Don Bies (1)New to Senior PGA Tour
Jun 26Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma250,000ZAF Gary Player (10)
Jul 4Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000NZL Bob Charles (6)
Jul 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000AUS Bruce Crampton (13)
Jul 17Showdown ClassicUtah350,000USA Miller Barber (21)
Jul 23Newport CupRhode Island250,000USA Walt Zembriski (1)
Jul 24**[Volvo Seniors' British Open](1988-seniors-british-open)**Scotland£150,000ZAF **Gary Player** (11)Senior major championship
Jul 31Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000USA Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)
Aug 8**U.S. Senior Open**Illinois325,000ZAF **Gary Player** (12)Senior major championship
Aug 14MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000USA Dave Hill (3)
Aug 21Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000USA Orville Moody (7)
Aug 28Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky250,000NZL Bob Charles (7)
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000ZAF Gary Player (13)New tournament
Sep 18Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000USA Arnold Palmer (10)
Sep 25PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina300,000USA Dave Hill (4)
Oct 2Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia300,000NZL Bob Charles (8)
Oct 9Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000USA Walt Zembriski (2)
Oct 30General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada250,000USA Larry Mowry (3)
Nov 13Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida225,000USA Miller Barber (22)
Nov 20Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000USA Lee Elder (8)
Dec 4GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000USA Don Bies (2)

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1NZL Bob Charles533,929
2ZAF Gary Player435,914
3USA Dave Hill415,594
4USA Orville Moody411,859
5ZAF Harold Henning366,230

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)NZL Bob Charles

Notes

References

References

  1. "1989 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. "1988 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. "1988 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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