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1996 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1996
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events40
most_winsUSA Jim Colbert (5)
honor1Money list
honoree1USA Jim Colbert
honor2Player of the Year
honoree2USA Jim Colbert
honor3Rookie of the Year
honoree3ZAF John Bland
prevseason1995
nextseason1997

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.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 21Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico800,000ZAF John Bland (2)
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000USA Bob Murphy (9)
Feb 11Greater Naples IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000USA Al Geiberger (10)
Feb 18GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000USA Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 25American Express InvitationalFlorida900,000USA Hale Irwin (3)New tournament
Mar 3FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia800,000USA Walter Morgan (2)
Mar 17Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000USA Jim Colbert (14)
Mar 31SBC Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000USA Tom Weiskopf (3)
Apr 7The TraditionArizona1,000,000USA Jack Nicklaus (10)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,100,000USA Hale Irwin (4)Senior major championship
Apr 28Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000USA Jim Colbert (15)
May 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000AUS Graham Marsh (2)
May 12Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000USA Jim Colbert (16)
May 19Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000USA Bob Murphy (10)
May 26BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,200,000JPN Isao Aoki (5)
Jun 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000ZAF John Bland (3)
Jun 9Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000USA Tom Weiskopf (4)
Jun 16du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000USA Charles Coody (5)
Jun 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000USA Dale Douglass (11)
Jun 30Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000JPN Isao Aoki (6)
Jul 7U.S. Senior OpenOhio1,200,000USA Dave Stockton (12)Senior major championship
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000USA Raymond Floyd (13)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,250,000ARG Vicente Fernández (1)
Jul 28Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000SCO Brian Barnes (2)Senior major championship
Jul 28Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,100,000USA Walter Morgan (3)
Aug 4VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri800,000USA Dave Eichelberger (2)
Aug 11First of America ClassicMichigan850,000USA Dave Stockton (13)
Aug 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000ZAF John Bland (4)
Aug 25Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000USA Jim Dent (10)
Sep 1Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah800,000AUS Graham Marsh (3)
Sep 8Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,200,000USA Gibby Gilbert (5)New tournament
Sep 15Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000USA Mike Hill (18)
Sep 22Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000USA Jimmy Powell (4)
Sep 29Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000USA Jim Colbert (17)
Oct 6Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000USA Gil Morgan (1)
Oct 13The TransamericaCalifornia700,000ZAF John Bland (5)
Oct 20Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia800,000USA Jim Colbert (18)
Oct 27Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii650,000NZL Bob Charles (25)
Nov 3Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,050,000USA Lee Trevino (27)
Nov 10Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,600,000USA 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 ChallengeFlorida860,000USA 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.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Jim Colbert1,627,890
2USA Hale Irwin1,615,769
3ZAF John Bland1,357,987
4JPN Isao Aoki1,162,581
5USA Dave Stockton1,117,685

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Jim Colberturl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111750199/title=PGA announces awardsnewspaper=The Courier-Journalpage=12 (C3 in paper)location=Louisville, Kentuckydate=11 January 1997access-date=2 December 2023via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the YearZAF John Bland
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Hale Irwin
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Al Geiberger

Notes

References

References

  1. "1997 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. "1996 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. (11 January 1997). "PGA announces awards". The Courier-Journal.
  5. "1996 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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