1987 Senior PGA Tour

The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 32 official money events with purses totalling $8,905,000, including three majors. Chi Chi Rodriguez won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner	Score	1st prize ($)
Jan 10	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	100,000	Don January (22)	287 (−1)	30,000
Feb 15	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	260,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (4)	282 (−6)	47,000
Mar 15	Del E. Webb Arizona Classic	Arizona	200,000	Billy Casper (5)	201 (−15)	30,000
Mar 22	Vintage Chrysler Invitational	California	270,000	Bob Charles (1)	285 (−3)	40,500
Mar 29	GTE Classic	California	275,000	Bob Charles (2)	208 (−8)	41,250
May 3	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	250,000	Bob Charles (3)	208 (−8)	37,500
May 10	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	250,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (5)	203 (−13)	37,500
May 17	United Hospitals Senior Golf Championship	Pennsylvania	225,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (6)	202 (−8)	33,750
May 24	Silver Pages Classic	Oklahoma	250,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (7)	200 (−16)	37,500
May 31	Denver Champions of Golf	Colorado	250,000	Bruce Crampton (8)	204 (−12)	37,500
Jun 7	Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	200,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (8)	201 (−15)	30,093
Jun 14	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	Florida	400,000	Gary Player (5)	280 (−8)	60,000
Jun 28	Greater Grand Rapids Open	Michigan	250,000	Billy Casper (6)	200 (−13)	37,500
Jul 5	The Greenbrier American Express Championship	West Virginia	225,000	Bruce Crampton (9)	200 (−16)	33,750
Jul 12	U.S. Senior Open	Connecticut	300,000	Gary Player (6)	270 (−14)	47,000
Jul 19	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	250,000	Bruce Crampton (10)	197 (−19)	37,500
Aug 2	NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative	New York	250,000	Gene Littler (6)	200 (−10)	37,500
Aug 9	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	250,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (9)	198 (−18)	37,500
Aug 16	Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush	California	300,000	Orville Moody (3)	205 (−11)	45,000
Aug 23	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	300,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (10)	206 (−10)	45,000
Aug 30	Showdown Classic	Utah	300,000	Miller Barber (19)	210 (−6)	45,000
Sep 6	Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	225,000	Bruce Crampton (11)	197 (−13)	33,750
Sep 13	PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational	North Carolina	250,000	Gary Player (7)	207 (−9)	37,500
Sep 20	Crestar Classic	Virginia	325,000	Larry Mowry (1)	203 (−13)	48,750
Sep 27	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	200,000	Miller Barber (20)	202 (−14)	30,000
Oct 4	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,000,000	Al Geiberger (1)	206 (−4)	135,000
Oct 11	Pepsi Senior Challenge	Georgia	250,000	Larry Mowry (2)	203 (−13)	37,500
Oct 18	Seniors International Golf Championship	South Carolina	250,000	Al Geiberger (2)	209 (−4)	37,500
Oct 25	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	250,000	Al Geiberger (3)	203 (−13)	37,500
Nov 15	Fairfield Barnett Senior Classic	Florida	200,000	Dave Hill (1)	202 (−14)	30,000
Nov 22	Gus Machado Senior Classic	Florida	300,000	Gene Littler (7)	207 (−6)	45,000
Dec 13	GTE Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	300,000	Orville Moody (4)	132 (−12)	45,000

Source:^[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	70.07
2	Bob Charles	New Zealand	70.18
3	Gary Player	South Africa	70.39
4	Bruce Crampton	Australia	70.39
5	Miller Barber	United States	70.71

Source:^[2]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	509,145	27	7
2	Bruce Crampton	Australia	437,904	30	4
3	Bob Charles	New Zealand	389,437	27	3
4	Orville Moody	United States	355,793	28	2
5	Miller Barber	United States	347,571	31	2

Source:^[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Miller Barber	United States	1,514,541	20
2	Don January	United States	1,455,476	22
3	Gene Littler	United States	1,042,411	7
4	Peter Thomson	Australia	955,718	11
5	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	916,017	10

Source:^[4]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States

References

↑ "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 23–24. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Scoring Average – 1987 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Money Leaders – 1987 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Career Money Leaders – 1987 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

External links

Champions Tour official site

Champions Tour seasons

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