1988 Senior PGA Tour

The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 34 official money events with purses totalling $10,370,000, including three majors. Bob Charles and Gary Player won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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 17	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	100,000	Dave Hill (2)	211 (−5)	30,000
Feb 14	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	350,000	Gary Player (8)	284 (−4)	63,000
Feb 21	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	300,000	Dale Douglass (5)	210 (−6)	45,000
Feb 28	Aetna Challenge	Florida	300,000	Gary Player (9)	207 (−9)	45,000
Mar 6	Vintage Chrysler Invitational	California	320,000	Orville Moody (5)	263 (−25)	48,000
Mar 13	GTE Classic	California	275,000	Harold Henning (2)	214 (−2)	41,250
Mar 20	The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic	Arizona	225,000	Al Geiberger (4)	199 (−17)	33,750
Apr 17	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	250,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (11)	208 (−8)	37,500
May 8	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	250,000	Billy Casper (7)	205 (−11)	37,500
May 15	United Hospitals Classic	Pennsylvania	225,000	Bruce Crampton (12)	205 (−5)	33,750
May 22	NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative	New York	300,000	Bob Charles (4)	196 (−14)	45,000
May 29	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	250,000	Bob Charles (5)	206 (−10)	41,250
Jun 5	Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	250,000	Orville Moody (6)	206 (−10)	37,500
Jun 12	Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship	Florida	400,000	Billy Casper (8)	278 (−10)	60,000
Jun 19	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	350,000	Don Bies (1)	202 (−14)	52,500
Jun 26	Silver Pages Classic	Oklahoma	250,000	Gary Player (10)	203 (−13)	37,500
Jul 4	Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush	California	350,000	Bob Charles (6)	207 (−9)	52,500
Jul 10	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	300,000	Bruce Crampton (13)	207 (−9)	45,000
Jul 17	Showdown Classic	Utah	350,000	Miller Barber (21)	207 (−9)	52,500
Jul 23	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	250,000	Walt Zembriski (1)	132 (−12)	37,500
Jul 31	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	300,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (12)	202 (−14)	45,000
Aug 8	U.S. Senior Open	Illinois	325,000	Gary Player (11)	288 (E)	65,000
Aug 14	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	250,000	Dave Hill (3)	200 (−16)	37,500
Aug 21	Greater Grand Rapids Open	Michigan	250,000	Orville Moody (7)	203 (−10)	37,500
Aug 28	Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	250,000	Bob Charles (7)	200 (−10)	37,500
Sep 10	GTE North Classic	Indiana	350,000	Gary Player (12)	201 (−15)	52,500
Sep 18	Crestar Classic	Virginia	325,000	Arnold Palmer (10)	203 (−13)	48,750
Sep 25	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	300,000	Dave Hill (4)	206 (−10)	45,000
Oct 2	Pepsi Senior Challenge	Georgia	300,000	Bob Charles (8)	139 (−5)	45,000
Oct 9	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,000,000	Walt Zembriski (2)	278 (−10)	135,000
Oct 30	General Tire Las Vegas Classic	Nevada	250,000	Larry Mowry (3)	204 (−12)	37,500
Nov 13	Fairfield Barnett Classic	Florida	225,000	Miller Barber (22)	197 (−19)	33,750
Nov 20	Gus Machado Senior Classic	Florida	300,000	Lee Elder (8)	202 (−11)	45,000
Dec 4	GTE Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	300,000	Don Bies (2)	204 (−12)	45,000

Source:^[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	70.05
2	Dave Hill	United States	70.40
3	Gary Player	South Africa	70.41
4	Harold Henning	South Africa	70.43
5	Al Geiberger	United States	70.61

Source:^[2]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	533,929	28	5
2	Gary Player	South Africa	435,914	20	5
3	Dave Hill	United States	415,594	27	3
4	Orville Moody	United States	411,859	31	3
5	Harold Henning	South Africa	366,230	31	1

Source:^[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Miller Barber	United States	1,844,374	22
2	Don January	United States	1,537,488	22
3	Bruce Crampton	Australia	1,239,380	13
4	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	1,229,957	12
5	Gene Littler	United States	1,223,161	7

Source:^[4]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Bob Charles	New Zealand
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Bob Charles	New Zealand

References

↑ "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 24. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Scoring Average – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Money Leaders – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
↑ "Career Money Leaders – 1988 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

External links

Champions Tour official site

Champions Tour seasons

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