1988 Senior PGA Tour

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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.

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[edit] 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 Flag of the United States Dave Hill (2) 211 (-5) 30,000
Feb 14 General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship Florida 350,000 Flag of South Africa Gary Player (8) 284 (-4) 63,000
Feb 21 GTE Suncoast Classic Florida 300,000 Flag of the United States Dale Douglass (5) 210 (-6) 45,000
Feb 28 Aetna Challenge Florida 300,000 Flag of South Africa Gary Player (9) 207 (-9) 45,000
Mar 6 Vintage Chrysler Invitational California 320,000 Flag of the United States Orville Moody (5) 263 (-25) 48,000
Mar 13 GTE Classic California 275,000 Flag of South Africa Harold Henning (2) 214 (-2) 41,250
Mar 20 The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic Arizona 225,000 Flag of the United States Al Geiberger (4) 199 (-17) 33,750
Apr 17 Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic Texas 250,000 Flag of Puerto Rico Chi Chi Rodriguez (11) 208 (-8) 37,500
May 8 Vantage at The Dominion Texas 250,000 Flag of the United States Billy Casper (7) 205 (-11) 37,500
May 15 United Hospitals Classic Pennsylvania 225,000 Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton (12) 205 (-5) 33,750
May 22 NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative New York 300,000 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles (4) 196 (-14) 45,000
May 29 Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic New Mexico 250,000 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles (5) 206 (-10) 41,250
Jun 5 Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am Texas 250,000 Flag of the United States Orville Moody (6) 206 (-10) 37,500
Jun 12 Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship Florida 400,000 Flag of the United States Billy Casper (8) 278 (-10) 60,000
Jun 19 Northville Long Island Classic New York 350,000 Flag of the United States Don Bies (1) 202 (-14) 52,500
Jun 26 Southwestern Bell Classic Oklahoma 250,000 Flag of South Africa Gary Player (10) 203 (-13) 37,500
Jul 4 Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush California 350,000 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles (6) 207 (-9) 52,500
Jul 10 GTE Northwest Classic Washington 300,000 Flag of Australia Bruce Crampton (13) 207 (-9) 45,000
Jul 18 Showdown Classic Utah 350,000 Flag of the United States Miller Barber (21) 207 (-9) 52,500
Jul 24 Newport Cup Rhode Island 250,000 Flag of the United States Walt Zembriski (1) 132 (-12) 37,500
Jul 31 Digital Seniors Classic Massachusetts 300,000 Flag of Puerto Rico Chi Chi Rodriguez (12) 202 (-14) 45,000
Aug 7 U.S. Senior Open Illinois 325,000 Flag of South Africa Gary Player (11) 288 (E) 65,000
Aug 14 MONY Syracuse Senior Classic New York 250,000 Flag of the United States Dave Hill (3) 200 (-16) 37,500
Aug 21 Greater Grand Rapids Open Michigan 250,000 Flag of the United States Orville Moody (7) 203 (-10) 37,500
Aug 28 Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic Kentucky 250,000 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles (7) 200 (-10) 37,500
Sep 10 GTE North Classic Indiana 350,000 Flag of South Africa Gary Player (12) 201 (-15) 52,500
Sep 18 Crestar Classic Virginia 325,000 Flag of the United States Arnold Palmer (10) 203 (-13) 48,750
Sep 25 PaineWebber Invitational North Carolina 300,000 Flag of the United States Dave Hill (4) 206 (-10) 45,000
Oct 2 Pepsi Senior Challenge Georgia 300,000 Flag of New Zealand Bob Charles (8) 139 (-5) 45,000
Oct 9 Vantage Championship North Carolina 1,000,000 Flag of the United States Walt Zembriski (2) 278 (-10) 135,000
Oct 30 General Tire Las Vegas Classic Nevada 250,000 Flag of the United States Larry Mowry (3) 204 (-12) 37,500
Nov 13 Fairfield Barnett Classic Florida 225,000 Flag of the United States Miller Barber (22) 197 (-19) 33,750
Nov 20 Gus Machado Senior Classic Florida 300,000 Flag of the United States Lee Elder (8) 202 (-11) 45,000
Dec 4 GTE Kaanapali Classic Hawaii 300,000 Flag of the United States Don Bies (2) 204 (-12) 45,000

[edit] Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

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

Full 1988 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

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

Full 1988 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

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

Full 1988 Career Official Money List

[edit] Awards

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

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