1992 Senior PGA Tour

1992 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 9, 1992 (1992-01-09) – December 13, 1992 (1992-12-13)
Number of official events	37
Most wins	Lee Trevino (5)
Money list	Lee Trevino
Player of the Year	Lee Trevino
Rookie of the Year	Dave Stockton
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The 1992 Senior PGA Tour was the 13th 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 1992 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [a]	Notes
Jan 12	Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions	California	350,000	Al Geiberger (7)
Feb 2	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	500,000	Don Massengale (2)
Feb 9	Aetna Challenge	Florida	450,000	Jimmy Powell (2)
Feb 16	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	450,000	Jim Colbert (4)
Mar 8	GTE West Classic	California	450,000	Bruce Crampton (19)
Mar 15	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	400,000	Lee Trevino (11)
Mar 22	Vintage ARCO Invitational	California	500,000	Mike Hill (11)
Apr 5	The Tradition	Arizona	800,000	Lee Trevino (12)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 19	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	700,000	Lee Trevino (13)	Senior major championship
May 3	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	450,000	Lee Trevino (14)
May 10	Murata Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	400,000	George Archer (9)	Pro-Am
May 17	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	350,000	Mike Hill (12)
May 24	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	550,000	Lee Trevino (15)
May 31	NYNEX Commemorative	New York	400,000	Dale Douglass (8)
Jun 7	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	450,000	Don Bies (6)
Jun 14	The Senior Players Championship	Michigan	1,000,000	Dave Stockton (1)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 28	Southwestern Bell Classic	Missouri	450,000	Gibby Gilbert (1)
Jul 5	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	600,000	Gibby Gilbert (2)
Jul 12	U.S. Senior Open	Pennsylvania	700,000	Larry Laoretti (1)	Senior major championship
Jul 19	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	500,000	Dale Douglass (9)
Jul 26	Senior British Open	England	£200,000	John Fourie (n/a)	Senior major championship [b]
Jul 26	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	400,000	Jim Dent (7)
Aug 2	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	450,000	George Archer (10)
Aug 9	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	500,000	Mike Hill (13)
Aug 16	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	700,000	George Archer (11)	New tournament
Aug 23	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	450,000	Mike Joyce (1)
Aug 30	Franklin Showdown Classic	Utah	400,000	Orville Moody (11)
Sep 6	First of America Classic	Michigan	400,000	Gibby Gilbert (3)
Sep 13	Bank One Senior Classic	Kentucky	500,000	Terry Dill (1)
Sep 20	GTE North Classic	Indiana	450,000	Raymond Floyd (1)
Sep 27	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	800,000	Isao Aoki (1)
Oct 4	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Jim Colbert (5)
Oct 11	Raley's Senior Gold Rush	California	500,000	Bob Charles (18)
Oct 18	Transamerica Senior Golf Championship	California	500,000	Bob Charles (19)
Oct 25	Ralphs Senior Classic	California	600,000	Raymond Floyd (2)
Nov 1	Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	500,000	Tommy Aaron (1)
Nov 8	Ko Olina Senior Invitational	Hawaii	500,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (21)	New tournament
Dec 13	Senior Tour Championship	Puerto Rico	1,000,000	Raymond Floyd (3)	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	Lee Trevino	1,027,002
2	George Archer	860,175
3	Jim Colbert	825,768
4	Mike Hill	802,423
5	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	711,095

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Lee Trevino	[4]
Rookie of the Year	Dave Stockton	[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Lee Trevino	[5] [4]
Comeback Player of the Year	Tommy Aaron	[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. "1993 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. "1992 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
4. "Golf" . The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 8, 1993. p. 39 (D7 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "1992 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.

External links

• Official website