Year: | 1988 |
Tour: | Senior PGA Tour |
Regular Season: | – |
No Of Events: | 35 |
Most Wins: | Gary Player (6) |
Honor1: | Money list |
Honoree1: | Bob Charles |
Prevseason: | 1987 |
Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[1] [2]
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (US$) | Winner | Notes | |
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Jan 17 | California | 100,000 | Dave Hill (2) | |||
Feb 14 | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 350,000 | Gary Player (8) | Senior major championship | |
Feb 21 | Florida | 300,000 | Dale Douglass (5) | New tournament | ||
Feb 28 | Florida | 300,000 | Gary Player (9) | New tournament | ||
Mar 6 | California | 320,000 | Orville Moody (5) | |||
Mar 13 | California | 275,000 | Harold Henning (2) | |||
Mar 20 | Arizona | 225,000 | Al Geiberger (4) | |||
Apr 17 | Texas | 250,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11) | New tournament | ||
May 8 | Texas | 250,000 | Billy Casper (7) | |||
May 15 | Pennsylvania | 225,000 | Bruce Crampton (12) | |||
May 22 | New York | 300,000 | Bob Charles (4) | |||
May 29 | New Mexico | 250,000 | Bob Charles (5) | |||
Jun 5 | Texas | 250,000 | Orville Moody (6) | Pro-Am | ||
Jun 12 | Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship | Florida | 400,000 | Billy Casper (8) | Senior PGA Tour major championship | |
Jun 19 | New York | 350,000 | Don Bies (1) | New to Senior PGA Tour | ||
Jun 26 | Oklahoma | 250,000 | Gary Player (10) | |||
Jul 4 | California | 350,000 | Bob Charles (6) | |||
Jul 10 | Washington | 300,000 | Bruce Crampton (13) | |||
Jul 17 | Utah | 350,000 | Miller Barber (21) | |||
Jul 23 | Rhode Island | 250,000 | Walt Zembriski (1) | |||
Jul 24 | Volvo Seniors' British Open | Scotland | £150,000 | Gary Player (11) | Senior major championship | |
Jul 31 | Massachusetts | 300,000 | Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12) | |||
Aug 8 | U.S. Senior Open | Illinois | 325,000 | Gary Player (12) | Senior major championship | |
Aug 14 | New York | 250,000 | Dave Hill (3) | |||
Aug 21 | Michigan | 250,000 | Orville Moody (7) | |||
Aug 28 | Kentucky | 250,000 | Bob Charles (7) | |||
Sep 10 | Indiana | 350,000 | Gary Player (13) | New tournament | ||
Sep 18 | Virginia | 325,000 | Arnold Palmer (10) | |||
Sep 25 | North Carolina | 300,000 | Dave Hill (4) | |||
Oct 2 | Georgia | 300,000 | Bob Charles (8) | |||
Oct 9 | North Carolina | 1,000,000 | Walt Zembriski (2) | |||
Oct 30 | Nevada | 250,000 | Larry Mowry (3) | |||
Nov 13 | Florida | 225,000 | Miller Barber (22) | |||
Nov 20 | Florida | 300,000 | Lee Elder (8) | |||
Dec 4 | Hawaii | 300,000 | Don Bies (2) |
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 533,929 | ||
2 | 435,914 | ||
3 | 415,594 | ||
4 | 411,859 | ||
5 | 366,230 |