1986 Senior PGA Tour

The 1986 Senior PGA Tour was the seventh 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 28 official money events with purses totalling $6,450,000, including three majors. Bruce Crampton won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1986 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 8, 1986 (1986-01-08) – November 23, 1986 (1986-11-23)
Number of official events28
Most wins7 Australia Bruce Crampton
Money leaderAustralia Bruce Crampton
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Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 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 11MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000United States Miller Barber (18)282 (−6)30,000
Feb 9Treasure Coast ClassicFlorida225,000United States Charles Owens (1)202 (−14)33,750
Feb 16General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida250,000South Africa Gary Player (2)281 (−7)45,000
Mar 16Del E. Webb Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000United States Charles Owens (2)202 (−14)30,000
Mar 23The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000United States Dale Douglass (1)272 (−16)40,500
Mar 30Johnny Mathis Seniors ClassicCalifornia250,000United States Dale Douglass (2)202 (−14)37,500
May 4Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000United States Gene Littler (4)202 (−14)37,500
May 11Benson & Hedges InvitationalTexas250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (1)202 (−14)37,500
May 18United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000South Africa Gary Player (3)206 (−4)30,000
Jun 1Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado250,000South Africa Gary Player (4)208 (−8)37,500
Jun 8Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000United States Don January (19)203 (−13)26,250
Jun 22Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)206 (−10)45,000
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio275,000United States Dale Douglass (3)279 (−9)42,500
Jul 13The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000United States Don January (20)207 (−9)30,000
Jul 20Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000United States Jim Ferree (1)204 (−9)37,500
Jul 27MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf ClassicNew York200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (2)206 (−10)30,000
Aug 3Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York250,000United States Lee Elder (7)199 (−11)37,500
Aug 10Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)203 (−13)30,000
Aug 17GTE Northwest ClassicWashington250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (3)210 (−6)37,500
Aug 31Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000United States Gene Littler (5)201 (−12)30,000
Sep 14United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)202 (−14)45,000
Sep 21PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (4)279 (−9)30,021
Oct 12Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida175,000United States Dale Douglass (4)203 (−13)26,250
Oct 19Cuyahoga Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000United States Butch Baird (1)210 (−3)30,000
Oct 26Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (5)136 (−8)37,500
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000United States Don January (21)70–7175,000
Nov 9Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (6)206 (−10)37,500
Nov 23Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior ClassicFlorida200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (7)200 (−16)30,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States69.65
2Bruce Crampton Australia69.89
3Gary Player South Africa69.94
4Dale Douglass United States70.16
5Bob Charles New Zealand70.32

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Bruce Crampton Australia454,299277
2Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States399,172253
3Dale Douglass United States309,760234
4Don January United States299,795193
5Gary Player South Africa291,190173

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Don January United States1,338,79121
2Miller Barber United States1,166,97018
3Peter Thomson Australia838,53511
4Gene Littler United States749,2165
5Lee Elder United States720,1647

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Bruce Crampton Australia
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States

See also

References
  1. "1987 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1986 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1986 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1986 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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