1986 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 8, 1986 (1986-01-08) – November 23, 1986 (1986-11-23)
Number of official events28
Most winsAustralia Bruce Crampton (7)
Money listAustralia Bruce Crampton
← 1985
1987 →

The 1986 Senior PGA Tour was the seventh season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1986 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 11MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000United States Miller Barber (18)
Feb 9Treasure Coast ClassicFlorida225,000United States Charles Owens (1)
Feb 16General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida250,000South Africa Gary Player (2)Senior major championship
Mar 16Del E. Webb Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000United States Charles Owens (2)
Mar 23Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000United States Dale Douglass (1)
Mar 30Johnny Mathis Seniors ClassicCalifornia250,000United States Dale Douglass (2)
May 4Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000United States Gene Littler (4)New to Senior PGA Tour
May 11Benson & Hedges InvitationalTexas250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (1)
May 18United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000South Africa Gary Player (3)
Jun 1Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado250,000South Africa Gary Player (4)
Jun 8Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000United States Don January (19)Pro-Am
Jun 22Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio275,000United States Dale Douglass (3)Senior major championship
Jul 13The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000United States Don January (20)
Jul 20Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000United States Jim Ferree (1)New tournament
Jul 27MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf ClassicNew York200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (2)
Aug 3Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York250,000United States Lee Elder (7)
Aug 10Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)
Aug 17GTE Northwest ClassicWashington250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (3)New tournament
Aug 31Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000United States Gene Littler (5)
Sep 14United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia300,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)
Sep 21PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (4)
Oct 12Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida175,000United States Dale Douglass (4)
Oct 19Cuyahoga Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000United States Butch Baird (1)
Oct 26Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (5)New tournament
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000United States Don January (21)
Nov 9Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada250,000Australia Bruce Crampton (6)New tournament
Nov 23Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior ClassicFlorida200,000Australia Bruce Crampton (7)New tournament

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Bruce Crampton454,299
2United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez399,172
3United States Dale Douglass309,760
4United States Don January299,795
5South Africa Gary Player291,190

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.

References

  1. ↑ "1987 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1986 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "1986 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
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