Year: | 1987 |
Tour: | Senior PGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 33 |
Most Wins: | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Chi-Chi Rodríguez |
Prevseason: | 1986 |
Nextseason: | 1988 |
The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 1987 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (US$) | Winner | Notes | |
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Jan 10 | California | 100,000 | Don January (22) | |||
Feb 15 | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 260,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (4) | Senior major championship | |
Mar 15 | Arizona | 200,000 | Billy Casper (5) | |||
Mar 22 | California | 270,000 | Bob Charles (1) | |||
Mar 29 | California | 275,000 | Bob Charles (2) | New tournament | ||
May 3 | New Mexico | 250,000 | Bob Charles (3) | |||
May 10 | Texas | 250,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (5) | |||
May 17 | Pennsylvania | 225,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (6) | |||
May 24 | Oklahoma | 250,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7) | New tournament | ||
May 31 | Colorado | 250,000 | Bruce Crampton (8) | |||
Jun 7 | Texas | 200,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8) | Pro-Am | ||
Jun 14 | Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship | Florida | 400,000 | Gary Player (5) | Senior PGA Tour major championship | |
Jun 28 | Michigan | 250,000 | Billy Casper (6) | |||
Jul 5 | West Virginia | 225,000 | Bruce Crampton (9) | |||
Jul 12 | U.S. Senior Open | Connecticut | 300,000 | Gary Player (6) | Senior major championship | |
Jul 19 | New York | 250,000 | Bruce Crampton (10) | |||
Jul 26 | Seniors' British Open | Scotland | £150,000 | Neil Coles (n/a) | New tournament Senior major championship | |
Aug 2 | New York | 250,000 | Gene Littler (6) | |||
Aug 9 | Massachusetts | 250,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (9) | |||
Aug 16 | California | 300,000 | Orville Moody (3) | New tournament | ||
Aug 23 | Washington | 300,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (10) | |||
Aug 30 | Utah | 300,000 | Miller Barber (19) | |||
Sep 6 | Kentucky | 225,000 | Bruce Crampton (11) | |||
Sep 13 | North Carolina | 250,000 | Gary Player (7) | |||
Sep 20 | Virginia | 325,000 | Larry Mowry (1) | |||
Sep 27 | Rhode Island | 200,000 | Miller Barber (20) | New tournament | ||
Oct 4 | North Carolina | 1,000,000 | Al Geiberger (1) | New tournament | ||
Oct 11 | Georgia | 250,000 | Larry Mowry (2) | |||
Oct 18 | South Carolina | 250,000 | Al Geiberger (2) | |||
Oct 25 | Nevada | 250,000 | Al Geiberger (3) | |||
Nov 15 | Florida | 200,000 | Dave Hill (1) | |||
Nov 22 | Florida | 300,000 | Gene Littler (7) | New tournament | ||
Dec 13 | Hawaii | 300,000 | Orville Moody (4) | New tournament |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 509,145 | ||
2 | 437,904 | ||
3 | 389,437 | ||
4 | 355,793 | ||
5 | 347,571 |