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1997 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year1997
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events39
most_winsUSA Hale Irwin (9)
honor1Money list
honoree1USA Hale Irwin
honor2Player of the Year
honoree2USA Hale Irwin
honor3Rookie of the Year
honoree3USA Gil Morgan
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nextseason1998

The 1997 Senior PGA Tour was the 18th 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 1997 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 19MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000USA Hale Irwin (5)
Feb 2Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000USA Gibby Gilbert (6)
Feb 9LG ChampionshipFlorida1,000,000USA Hale Irwin (6)
Feb 16GTE ClassicFlorida900,000AUS David Graham (1)
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000USA Buddy Allin (1)
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000USA Bob Murphy (11)
Mar 30Southwestern Bell DominionTexas800,000AUS David Graham (2)
Apr 6The TraditionArizona1,200,000USA Gil Morgan (2)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 20PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000USA Hale Irwin (7)Senior major championship
Apr 27Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000USA Hale Irwin (8)
May 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000USA Jay Sigel (3)
May 11Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina900,000USA Jim Dent (11)
May 18Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000AUS Bruce Crampton (20)
May 25Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,000,000USA Bob Eastwood (1)
Jun 1Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,200,000USA Gil Morgan (3)
Jun 8BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,300,000USA Gil Morgan (4)
Jun 15du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000USA Jack Kiefer (2)
Jun 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,300,000AUS Graham Marsh (4)
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000AUS Graham Marsh (5)Senior major championship
Jul 6Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,000,000USA Jay Sigel (4)
Jul 13Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,800,000USA Larry Gilbert (3)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 20Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,350,000USA Hale Irwin (9)
Jul 27Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000ZAF Gary Player (21)Senior major championship
Jul 27Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah1,000,000USA Dave Stockton (14)
Aug 3BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000USA Hale Irwin (10)
Aug 10Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000USA Dana Quigley (1)
Aug 17First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000USA Gil Morgan (5)
Aug 24Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000USA Bruce Summerhays (1)
Aug 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000RSA Hugh Baiocchi (1)
Sep 7Bank One ClassicKentucky800,000ARG Vicente Fernández (2)
Sep 14Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000USA Hale Irwin (11)
Sep 21Comfort ClassicIndiana1,050,000AUS David Graham (3)
Sep 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000JPN Isao Aoki (7)
Oct 5Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (12)
Oct 12The TransamericaCalifornia800,000USA Dave Eichelberger (3)
Oct 19Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii850,000USA Hale Irwin (13)
Oct 26Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia900,000USA Bob Eastwood (2)
Nov 2Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000USA Gil Morgan (6)
Nov 9Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,850,000USA Gil Morgan (7)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 7Office 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 Hale Irwin2,343,364
2USA Gil Morgan2,160,562
3JPN Isao Aoki1,410,499
4USA Jay Sigel1,294,838
5AUS David Graham1,173,579

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUSA Gil Morganurl=https://www.newspapers.com/image/577369367/title=Other awardsnewspaper=North County Timespage=36 (C-10 in paper)location=Oceanside, Californiadate=11 January 1998access-date=2 December 2023via=Newspapers.comurl-access=subscription}}
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Hale Irwin
Comeback Player of the YearUSA George Archer

Notes

References

References

  1. "1998 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology". PGA Tour.
  3. "1997 Money list". PGA Tour.
  4. (10 December 1997). "No contest". The Atlanta Constitution.
  5. (11 January 1998). "Other awards". North County Times.
  6. "1997 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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