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Golf tour season
The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth 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 1987 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Location
PurseUS$ )
Winner[ a]
Notes
Jan 10
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions California
100,000
Don January (22)
Feb 15
General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship Florida
260,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez Senior major championship
Mar 15
Del E. Webb Arizona Classic Arizona
200,000
Billy Casper (5)
Mar 22
Vintage Chrysler Invitational California
270,000
Bob Charles (1)
Mar 29
GTE Classic California
275,000
Bob Charles (2)New tournament
May 3
Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic New Mexico
250,000
Bob Charles (3)
May 10
Vantage at The Dominion Texas
250,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (5)
May 17
United Hospitals Senior Golf Championship Pennsylvania
225,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (6)
May 24
Silver Pages Classic Oklahoma
250,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7)New tournament
May 31
Denver Champions of Golf Colorado
250,000
Bruce Crampton (8)
Jun 7
Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am Texas
200,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (8)Pro-Am
Jun 14
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship Florida
400,000
Gary Player Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 28
Greater Grand Rapids Open Michigan
250,000
Billy Casper (6)
Jul 5
The Greenbrier American Express Championship West Virginia
225,000
Bruce Crampton (9)
Jul 12
U.S. Senior Open Connecticut
300,000
Gary Player Senior major championship
Jul 19
MONY Syracuse Senior Classic New York
250,000
Bruce Crampton (10)
Jul 26
Seniors' British Open Scotland
£150,000
Neil Coles New tournamentSenior major championship [ b]
Aug 2
NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative New York
250,000
Gene Littler (6)
Aug 9
Digital Seniors Classic Massachusetts
250,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (9)
Aug 16
Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush California
300,000
Orville Moody (3)New tournament
Aug 23
GTE Northwest Classic Washington
300,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (10)
Aug 30
Showdown Classic Utah
300,000
Miller Barber (19)
Sep 6
Bank One Senior Golf Classic Kentucky
225,000
Bruce Crampton (11)
Sep 13
PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational North Carolina
250,000
Gary Player (7)
Sep 20
Crestar Classic Virginia
325,000
Larry Mowry (1)
Sep 27
Newport Cup Rhode Island
200,000
Miller Barber (20)New tournament
Oct 4
Vantage Championship North Carolina
1,000,000
Al Geiberger (1)New tournament
Oct 11
Pepsi Senior Challenge Georgia
250,000
Larry Mowry (2)
Oct 18
Seniors International Golf Championship South Carolina
250,000
Al Geiberger (2)
Oct 25
Las Vegas Senior Classic Nevada
250,000
Al Geiberger (3)
Nov 15
Fairfield Barnett Senior Classic Florida
200,000
Dave Hill (1)
Nov 22
Gus Machado Senior Classic Florida
300,000
Gene Littler (7)New tournament
Dec 13
GTE Kaanapali Classic Hawaii
300,000
Orville Moody (4)New tournament
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3]
^ 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.
^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7)
Bruce Crampton
Bob Charles