1991 Senior PGA Tour

The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th 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 37 official money events with purses totalling $18,925,000, including four majors. Mike Hill won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1991 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 3, 1991 (1991-01-03) – December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events37
Most wins5 United States Mike Hill
Money leaderUnited States Mike Hill
Player of the YearUnited States Mike Hill
Rookie of the YearUnited States Jim Colbert
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1992 →

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1991 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 6Infiniti Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia350,000Australia Bruce Crampton (18)279 (−9)80,000
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida450,000South Africa Gary Player (16)200 (−13)67,500
Feb 10GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida450,000New Zealand Bob Charles (16)210 (−6)67,500
Feb 17Aetna ChallengeFlorida450,000United States Lee Trevino (8)205 (−11)67,500
Mar 3GTE West ClassicCalifornia450,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (17)132 (−8)67,500
Mar 17Vantage at The DominionTexas350,000United States Lee Trevino (9)137 (−7)52,500
Mar 24Vintage ARCO InvitationalCalifornia500,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (18)206 (−10)75,000
Apr 7The Tradition at Desert MountainArizona800,000United States Jack Nicklaus (3)277 (−11)120,000
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida500,000United States Jack Nicklaus (4)271 (−17)85,000
Apr 28Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000United States Mike Hill (6)203 (−13)45,000
May 5Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada450,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (19)204 (−12)67,500
May 12Murata Reunion Pro-AmTexas400,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (20)208 (−8)60,000
May 26Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania550,000United States Jim Ferree (2)208 (−8)82,500
Jun 2NYNEX CommemorativeNew York400,000United States Charles Coody (3)193 (−17)60,000
Jun 9Mazda Presents The Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000United States Jim Albus (1)279 (−9)150,000
Jun 16MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York400,000United States Rocky Thompson (1)199 (−17)60,000
Jun 23PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina450,000United States Orville Moody (10)207 (−9)67,500
Jun 30Southwestern Bell ClassicMissouri450,000United States Jim Colbert (1)201 (−9)67,500
Jul 7Kroger Senior ClassicOhio600,000United States Al Geiberger (6)203 (−10)90,000
Jul 14Newport CupRhode Island325,000United States Larry Ziegler (1)199 (−17)48,750
Jul 21Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois500,000United States Mike Hill (7)200 (−16)75,000
Jul 28U.S. Senior OpenMichigan500,000United States Jack Nicklaus (5)282 (+2)110,000
Aug 4Northville Long Island ClassicNew York450,000United States George Archer (6)204 (−12)67,500
Aug 11Showdown ClassicUtah350,000United States Dale Douglass (7)209 (−7)52,500
Aug 18GTE Northwest ClassicWashington400,000United States Mike Hill (8)198 (−18)60,000
Aug 25Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico350,000United States Lee Trevino (10)200 (−16)52,500
Sep 1GTE North ClassicIndiana450,000United States George Archer (7)199 (−17)67,500
Sep 8First of America ClassicMichigan350,000South Africa Harold Henning (3)202 (−11)52,500
Sep 15Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts400,000United States Rocky Thompson (2)205 (−11)60,000
Sep 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia700,000United States Mike Hill (9)212 (−4)105,000
Sep 29Bank One Senior ClassicKentucky300,000United States DeWitt Weaver (1)207 (−9)45,000
Oct 6Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Jim Colbert (2)205 (−11)202,500
Oct 13Raley's Senior Gold RushCalifornia450,000United States George Archer (8)206 (−10)67,500
Oct 20Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia500,000United States Charles Coody (4)204 (−12)75,000
Oct 27Security Pacific Senior ClassicCalifornia500,000United States John Brodie (1)200 (−13)75,000
Dec 8First Development Kaanapali ClassicHawaii600,000United States Jim Colbert (3)195 (−15)90,000
Dec 15New York Life ChampionsPuerto Rico1,000,000United States Mike Hill (10)202 (−14)150,000

Source:[2]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lee Trevino United States69.50
2George Archer United States69.72
3Jim Colbert United States69.87
4Bob Charles New Zealand69.93
5Mike Hill United States69.98

Source:[3]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Mike Hill United States1,065,657325
2George Archer United States963,455323
3Jim Colbert United States880,749223
4Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States794,013324
5Lee Trevino United States723,163283

Source:[4]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Bob Charles New Zealand3,168,64216
2Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States3,029,17220
3Miller Barber United States2,777,54024
4Bruce Crampton Australia2,662,03918
5Gary Player South Africa2,449,18016

Source:[5]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Mike Hill United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Mike Hill United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Lee Trevino United States
Rookie of the YearJim Colbert United States
Comeback Player of the YearLarry Laoretti United States

See also

References
  1. "1992 PGA Tour Champions Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour.
  2. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Scoring Average – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  5. "Career Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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