1991 Senior PGA Tour

1991 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 3, 1991 (1991-01-03) – December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)
Number of official events	38
Most wins	Mike Hill (5)
Money list	Mike Hill
Player of the Year	George Archer and Mike Hill (shared)
Rookie of the Year	Jim Colbert
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The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th 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 1991 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	Notes
Jan 6	Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions	California	350,000	Bruce Crampton (18)
Feb 3	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	450,000	Gary Player (18)
Feb 10	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	450,000	Bob Charles (17)
Feb 17	Aetna Challenge	Florida	450,000	Lee Trevino (8)
Mar 3	GTE West Classic	California	450,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (17)
Mar 17	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	350,000	Lee Trevino (9)
Mar 24	Vintage ARCO Invitational	California	500,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (18)
Apr 7	The Tradition	Arizona	800,000	Jack Nicklaus (3)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	500,000	Jack Nicklaus (4)	Senior major championship
Apr 28	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	300,000	Mike Hill (6)
May 5	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	450,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (19)
May 12	Murata Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	400,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (20)	Pro-Am
May 26	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	550,000	Jim Ferree (2)
Jun 2	NYNEX Commemorative	New York	400,000	Charles Coody (3)
Jun 9	The Senior Players Championship	Michigan	1,000,000	Jim Albus (1)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 16	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	400,000	Rocky Thompson (1)
Jun 23	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	450,000	Orville Moody (10)
Jun 30	Southwestern Bell Classic	Missouri	450,000	Jim Colbert (1)
Jul 7	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	600,000	Al Geiberger (6)
Jul 14	Seniors' British Open	England	£150,000	Bobby Verwey (n/a)	Senior major championship [b]
Jul 14	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	325,000	Larry Ziegler (1)
Jul 21	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	500,000	Mike Hill (7)
Jul 28	U.S. Senior Open	Michigan	500,000	Jack Nicklaus (5)	Senior major championship
Aug 4	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	450,000	George Archer (6)
Aug 11	Showdown Classic	Utah	350,000	Dale Douglass (7)
Aug 18	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	400,000	Mike Hill (8)
Aug 25	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	350,000	Lee Trevino (10)
Sep 1	GTE North Classic	Indiana	450,000	George Archer (7)
Sep 8	First of America Classic	Michigan	350,000	Harold Henning (3)
Sep 15	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	400,000	Rocky Thompson (2)
Sep 22	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	700,000	Mike Hill (9)	New tournament
Sep 29	Bank One Senior Classic	Kentucky	300,000	DeWitt Weaver (1)
Oct 6	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Jim Colbert (2)
Oct 13	Raley's Senior Gold Rush	California	450,000	George Archer (8)
Oct 20	Transamerica Senior Golf Championship	California	500,000	Charles Coody (4)
Oct 27	Security Pacific Senior Classic	California	500,000	John Brodie (1)
Dec 8	First Development Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	600,000	Jim Colbert (3)
Dec 15	New York Life Champions	Puerto Rico	1,000,000	Mike Hill (10)	Tour Championship

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	Mike Hill	1,065,657
2	George Archer	963,455
3	Jim Colbert	880,749
4	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	794,013
5	Lee Trevino	723,163

Awards

Award	Winner(s)	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) [c]	George Archer Mike Hill	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Jim Colbert	[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Lee Trevino	[5]
Comeback Player of the Year	Larry Laoretti	[6]

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.
3. Archer and Hill shared the Player of the Year award.

References

1. "1992 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 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 2, 2023.
3. "1991 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
4. "Golf" . The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 10, 1992. p. 29 (C5 in paper). Retrieved December 3, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "1991 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
6. "2006 Champions Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 309 (8-2 in document). Retrieved December 4, 2023.

External links

• Official website