1988 Senior PGA Tour

1988 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 14, 1988 (1988-01-14) – December 4, 1988 (1988-12-04)
Number of official events	35
Most wins	Gary Player (6)
Money list	Bob Charles
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The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth 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 1988 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Jan 17	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	100,000	Dave Hill (2)
Feb 14	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	350,000	Gary Player (8)	Senior major championship
Feb 21	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	300,000	Dale Douglass (5)	New tournament
Feb 28	Aetna Challenge	Florida	300,000	Gary Player (9)	New tournament
Mar 6	Vintage Chrysler Invitational	California	320,000	Orville Moody (5)
Mar 13	GTE Classic	California	275,000	Harold Henning (2)
Mar 20	Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic	Arizona	225,000	Al Geiberger (4)
Apr 17	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	250,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)	New tournament
May 8	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	250,000	Billy Casper (7)
May 15	United Hospitals Classic	Pennsylvania	225,000	Bruce Crampton (12)
May 22	NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative	New York	300,000	Bob Charles (4)
May 29	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	250,000	Bob Charles (5)
Jun 5	Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	250,000	Orville Moody (6)	Pro-Am
Jun 12	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	Florida	400,000	Billy Casper (8)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 19	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	350,000	Don Bies (1)	New to Senior PGA Tour
Jun 26	Southwestern Bell Classic	Oklahoma	250,000	Gary Player (10)
Jul 4	Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush	California	350,000	Bob Charles (6)
Jul 10	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	300,000	Bruce Crampton (13)
Jul 17	Showdown Classic	Utah	350,000	Miller Barber (21)
Jul 23	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	250,000	Walt Zembriski (1)
Jul 24	Volvo Seniors' British Open	Scotland	£150,000	Gary Player (11)	Senior major championship [lower-alpha 2]
Jul 31	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	300,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)
Aug 8	U.S. Senior Open	Illinois	325,000	Gary Player (12)	Senior major championship
Aug 14	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	250,000	Dave Hill (3)
Aug 21	Greater Grand Rapids Open	Michigan	250,000	Orville Moody (7)
Aug 28	Bank One Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	250,000	Bob Charles (7)
Sep 10	GTE North Classic	Indiana	350,000	Gary Player (13)	New tournament
Sep 18	Crestar Classic	Virginia	325,000	Arnold Palmer (10)
Sep 25	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	300,000	Dave Hill (4)
Oct 2	Pepsi Senior Challenge	Georgia	300,000	Bob Charles (8)
Oct 9	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,000,000	Walt Zembriski (2)
Oct 30	General Tire Las Vegas Classic	Nevada	250,000	Larry Mowry (3)
Nov 13	Fairfield Barnett Classic	Florida	225,000	Miller Barber (22)
Nov 20	Gus Machado Senior Classic	Florida	300,000	Lee Elder (8)
Dec 4	GTE Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	300,000	Don Bies (2)

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	Bob Charles	533,929
2	Gary Player	435,914
3	Dave Hill	415,594
4	Orville Moody	411,859
5	Harold Henning	366,230

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bob Charles	[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.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

1. "1989 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. "1988 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
4. "1988 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.

External links

• Official website