1997 Senior PGA Tour

The 1997 Senior PGA Tour was the 18th 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 38 official money events with purses totalling $41,750,000, including four majors. Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, nine. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

1997 PGA Tour Champions season
DurationJanuary 16, 1997 (1997-01-16) – November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
Number of official events38
Most wins9 United States Hale Irwin
Money leaderUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Gil Morgan
← 1996
1998 →

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 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 19MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (5)209 (−7)186,000
Feb 2Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000United States Gibby Gilbert (6)202 (−9)127,500
Feb 9LG ChampionshipFlorida1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (6)201 (−15)150,000
Feb 16GTE ClassicFlorida900,000Australia David Graham (1)204 (−9)135,000
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Buddy Allin (1)205 (−11)180,000
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Bob Murphy (11)207 (−6)150,000
Mar 30Southwestern Bell DominionTexas800,000Australia David Graham (2)206 (−10)120,000
Apr 6The TraditionArizona1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (2)266 (−22)180,000
Apr 20PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000United States Hale Irwin (7)274 (−14)216,000
Apr 27Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (8)207 (−6)150,000
May 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000United States Jay Sigel (3)205 (−11)172,500
May 11The Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina900,000United States Jim Dent (11)208 (−8)135,000
May 18Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000Australia Bruce Crampton (20)210 (−6)142,500
May 25Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,000,000United States Bob Eastwood (1)135 (−5)150,000
Jun 1Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (3)210 (−6)180,000
Jun 8BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,300,000United States Gil Morgan (4)202 (−14)195,000
Jun 15du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000United States Jack Kiefer (2)269 (−15)165,000
Jun 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,300,000Australia Graham Marsh (4)205 (−11)195,000
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000Australia Graham Marsh (5)280 (−8)232,500
Jul 6Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,000,000United States Jay Sigel (4)195 (−18)150,000
Jul 13Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,800,000United States Larry Gilbert (3)274 (−14)270,000
Jul 20Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,350,000United States Hale Irwin (9)199 (−17)202,500
Jul 27Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah1,000,000United States Dave Stockton (14)201 (−15)150,000
Aug 3BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (10)203 (−13)150,000
Aug 10Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000United States Dana Quigley (1)204 (−12)150,000
Aug 17First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (5)207 (−9)150,000
Aug 24Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000United States Bruce Summerhays (1)199 (−11)150,000
Aug 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (1)206 (−10)165,000
Sep 7Bank One ClassicKentucky800,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (2)203 (−13)120,000
Sep 14Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (11)200 (−16)195,000
Sep 21Comfort ClassicIndiana1,050,000Australia David Graham (3)200 (−16)157,500
Sep 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000Japan Isao Aoki (7)196 (−14)165,000
Oct 5Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (12)195 (−18)225,000
Oct 12The TransamericaCalifornia800,000United States Dave Eichelberger (3)205 (−11)120,000
Oct 19Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii850,000United States Hale Irwin (13)200 (−13)127,500
Oct 26Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia900,000United States Bob Eastwood (2)204 (−12)135,000
Nov 2Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (6)198 (−15)150,000
Nov 9Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,850,000United States Gil Morgan (7)272 (−16)328,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin United States68.92
2Gil Morgan United States69.29
3Isao Aoki Japan70.03
4Jay Sigel United States70.37
5John Bland South Africa70.39

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Hale Irwin United States2,343,364239
2Gil Morgan United States2,160,562256
3Isao Aoki Japan1,410,499281
4Jay Sigel United States1,294,838312
5David Graham Australia1,173,579303

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Lee Trevino United States7,449,56127
2Bob Charles New Zealand7,244,67523
3Jim Colbert United States7,126,79718
4Dave Stockton United States6,636,02914
5Mike Hill United States6,336,90518

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Hale Irwin United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Hale Irwin United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Hale Irwin United States
Rookie of the YearGil Morgan United States
Comeback Player of the YearGeorge Archer United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 30–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1997 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1997 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1997 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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