1996 Senior PGA Tour

The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th 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 39 official money events with purses totalling $37,400,000, including four majors. Jim Colbert won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1996 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 16, 1997 (1997-01-16) – November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
Number of official events39
Most wins5 United States Jim Colbert
Money leaderUnited States Jim Colbert
Player of the YearUnited States Jim Colbert
Rookie of the YearUnited States John Bland
← 1995
1997 →

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1996 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 21Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico800,000South Africa John Bland (2)207 (−9)151,000
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000United States Bob Murphy (9)203 (−10)127,500
Feb 11Greater Naples IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000United States Al Geiberger (10)202 (−14)90,000
Feb 18GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000United States Jack Nicklaus (9)211 (−2)112,500
Feb 25American Express InvitationalFlorida900,000United States Hale Irwin (3)197 (−19)135,000
Mar 3FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Walter Morgan (2)199 (−11)120,000
Mar 17Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (14)201 (−12)150,000
Mar 31SBC Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000United States Tom Weiskopf (3)207 (−9)97,500
Apr 7The TraditionArizona1,000,000United States Jack Nicklaus (10)272 (−16)150,000
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,100,000United States Hale Irwin (4)280 (−8)198,000
Apr 28Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (15)207 (−9)150,000
May 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000Australia Graham Marsh (2)206 (−10)120,000
May 12Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000United States Jim Colbert (16)206 (−10)180,000
May 19Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000United States Bob Murphy (10)202 (−14)142,500
May 26BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,200,000Japan Isao Aoki (5)202 (−14)180,000
Jun 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000South Africa John Bland (3)208 (−8)157,500
Jun 9Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Tom Weiskopf (4)205 (−11)165,000
Jun 16du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000United States Charles Coody (5)271 (−9)165,000
Jun 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000United States Dale Douglass (11)206 (−4)135,000
Jun 30Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000Japan Isao Aoki (6)198 (−15)135,000
Jul 7U.S. Senior OpenOhio1,200,000United States Dave Stockton (12)277 (−11)212,500
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000United States Raymond Floyd (13)275 (−13)225,000
Jul 21Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,250,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (1)205 (−11)187,500
Jul 28Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,100,000United States Walter Morgan (3)205 (−11)165,000
Aug 4VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri800,000United States Dave Eichelberger (2)200 (−10)135,000
Aug 11First of America ClassicMichigan850,000United States Dave Stockton (13)206 (−10)127,500
Aug 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000South Africa John Bland (4)202 (−14)120,000
Aug 25Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000United States Jim Dent (10)204 (−12)120,000
Sep 1Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah800,000Australia Graham Marsh (3)202 (−14)120,000
Sep 8Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,200,000United States Gibby Gilbert (5)203 (−10)180,000
Sep 15Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000United States Mike Hill (18)207 (−9)90,000
Sep 22Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000United States Jimmy Powell (4)134 (−10)112,500
Sep 29Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Jim Colbert (17)204 (−9)225,000
Oct 6Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Gil Morgan (1)202 (−11)120,000
Oct 13The TransamericaCalifornia700,000South Africa John Bland (5)204 (−12)105,000
Oct 20Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Jim Colbert (18)202 (−14)120,000
Oct 27Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii650,000New Zealand Bob Charles (23)198 (−15)97,500
Nov 3Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,050,000United States Lee Trevino (27)207 (−3)157,500
Nov 10Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,600,000United States Jay Sigel (2)279 (−9)280,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin United States69.47
2Isao Aoki Japan70.04
3Raymond Floyd United States70.22
4Dave Stockton United States70.25
5Graham Marsh Australia70.34

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Jim Colbert United States1,627,890325
2Hale Irwin United States1,615,769232
3John Bland South Africa1,357,987354
4Isao Aoki Japan1,162,581262
5Dave Stockton United States1,117,685292

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Lee Trevino United States6,715,64927
2Bob Charles New Zealand6,621,20723
3Jim Colbert United States6,570,79718
4Dave Stockton United States5,781,41713
5Chi-Chi Rodríguez Puerto Rico5,696,54422

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Jim Colbert United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Jim Colbert United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Hale Irwin United States
Rookie of the YearJohn Bland South Africa
Comeback Player of the YearAl Geiberger United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 29–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1996 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1996 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1996 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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