1983 Senior PGA Tour

1983 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	March 18, 1983 (1983-03-18) – December 4, 1983 (1983-12-04)
Number of official events	16
Most wins	Don January (6)
Money list	Don January
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The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth 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 1983 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Mar 20	Greater Daytona Senior Classic	Florida	150,000	Gene Littler (1)	New tournament
May 22	Hall of Fame Tournament	North Carolina	150,000	Rod Funseth (1)	New tournament
Jun 5	Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic	Nevada	200,000	Don January (6)	New tournament
Jun 12	Senior Tournament Players Championship	Ohio	250,000	Miller Barber (7)	New tournament Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 26	Peter Jackson Champions	Canada	200,000	Don January (7)
Jul 3	Marlboro Classic	Massachusetts	150,000	Don January (8)
Jul 10	Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro Classic	New York	150,000	Gene Littler (2)
Jul 17	Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am	Rhode Island	150,000	Miller Barber (8)	Pro-Am
Jul 25	U.S. Senior Open	Minnesota	175,000	Billy Casper (3)	Senior major championship
Aug 21	Denver Post Champions of Golf	Colorado	150,000	Don January (9)
Sep 4	Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	150,000	Don January (10)	New tournament
Sep 25	World Seniors Invitational	North Carolina	152,000	Doug Sanders (1)
Oct 2	United Virginia Bank Seniors	Virginia	150,000	Miller Barber (9)	New tournament
Oct 16	Suntree Classic	Florida	135,000	Don January (11)
Oct 23	Hilton Head Seniors International	South Carolina	150,000	Miller Barber (10)
Dec 4	Boca Grove Seniors Classic	Florida	150,000	Arnold Palmer (5)	New tournament

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Don January	237,571
2	Miller Barber	231,008
3	Billy Casper	136,749
4	Gene Littler	130,002
5	Rod Funseth	120,367

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Don January	[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. "1984 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. "1983 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
4. "1983 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

External links

• Official website