1991 Ben Hogan Tour

1991 Ben Hogan Tour season

Duration	February 1, 1991 (1991-02-01) – October 20, 1991 (1991-10-20)
Number of official events	30
Most wins	Tom Lehman (3)
Money list	Tom Lehman
Player of the Year	Tom Lehman
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The 1991 Ben Hogan Tour was the second season of the Ben Hogan Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1991 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Feb 3	Ben Hogan Bakersfield Open	California	100,000	Olin Browne (1)
Feb 10	Ben Hogan Yuma Open	Arizona	100,000	P. H. Horgan III (1)
Mar 3	Ben Hogan South Texas Open	Texas	100,000	Roger Salazar (1)
Mar 10	Ben Hogan Shreveport Open	Louisiana	125,000	Jeff Coston (1)	New tournament
Mar 17	Ben Hogan Gulf Coast Classic	Mississippi	125,000	Tom Lehman (2)
Mar 24	Ben Hogan Panama City Beach Classic	Florida	100,000	Bruce Zabriski (1)
Mar 30	Ben Hogan Gateway Open	Florida	100,000	Gary McCord (1)
Apr 7	Ben Hogan Lake City Classic	Florida	125,000	Don Reese (1)
Apr 21	Ben Hogan Pensacola Open	Florida	100,000	Stephen Ames (1)
Apr 28	Ben Hogan Macon Open	Georgia	100,000	P. H. Horgan III (2)
May 5	Ben Hogan South Carolina Classic	South Carolina	125,000	Tom Lehman (3)	New tournament
May 19	Ben Hogan Knoxville Open	Tennessee	100,000	Frank Conner (1)
May 26	Ben Hogan Elizabethtown Open	Kentucky	100,000	Ricky Smallridge (2)
Jun 2	Ben Hogan Quicksilver Open	Pennsylvania	200,000	Lon Hinkle (1)
Jun 9	Ben Hogan Cleveland Open	Ohio	125,000	Jeff Gallagher (1)
Jun 23	Ben Hogan Fort Wayne Open	Indiana	100,000	Bob Friend (1)
Jun 30	Ben Hogan New England Classic	Maine	100,000	Steve Haskins (1)
Jul 7	Ben Hogan Connecticut Open	Connecticut	100,000	Mike Holland (1)
Jul 21	Ben Hogan Hawkeye Open	Iowa	125,000	Olin Browne (2)	New tournament
Jul 28	Ben Hogan Wichita Charity Classic	Kansas	125,000	Eric Hoos (1)
Aug 4	Ben Hogan Dakota Dunes Open	South Dakota	125,000	Jeff Woodland (1)
Aug 11	Ben Hogan Tulsa Open	Oklahoma	125,000	Frank Conner (2)	New tournament
Aug 18	Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open	Missouri	125,000	Rick Dalpos (1)
Aug 25	Ben Hogan Texarkana Open	Arkansas	125,000	Jerry Anderson (1)
Sep 8	Ben Hogan Reno Open	Nevada	100,000	John Flannery (1)
Sep 15	Ben Hogan Boise Open	Idaho	125,000	Russell Beiersdorf (1)
Sep 22	Ben Hogan Utah Classic	Utah	100,000	Ted Tryba (2)
Sep 29	Ben Hogan El Paso Open	Texas	125,000	Rick Todd (1)
Oct 13	Ben Hogan Santa Rosa Open	California	100,000	Tom Lehman (4)
Oct 20	Ben Hogan Tri-Cities Open	Washington	125,000	Kelly Gibson (1)	New tournament

Money list

For full rankings, see 1991 Ben Hogan Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[2] [3]} The top five players on the money list earned status to play on the 1992 PGA Tour. ^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Tom Lehman	141,934
2	Olin Browne	106,406
3	P. H. Horgan III	84,432
4	Jerry Anderson	77,919
5	Frank Conner	77,450

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year	Tom Lehman	[5]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Ben Hogan Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Ben Hogan Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Ben Hogan Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

References

1. "Web.com Tour chronology". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
2. "1991 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
3. Bock, Hal (December 15, 1991). "Even the obscure in sports made big money in '91". Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. p. 19 (18-B in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023– via Google News Archive. The leading money winner on the Ben Hogan Tour, a sort of bullpen for PGA wannabes, was Tom Lehman, who earned $141,934 playing its 54-hole events last summer.
4. "Web.com Tour past players gaining exempt PGA Tour status". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
5. "Lehman sinks 30-footer to win". The Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Associated Press. May 28, 1995. p. 126 (3C in paper). Retrieved September 3, 2023– via Google News Archive. In 1991, Lehman, who plays out of Scottsdale, Ariz., was selected by his peers as the Player of the Year on the Ben Hogan Tour, where he won three times.

External links

• Official website