1991 Senior PGA Tour

The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling $18,925,000, including four majors. Mike Hill 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 1991 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 6	Infiniti Senior Tournament of Champions	California	350,000	Bruce Crampton (18)	279 (−9)	80,000
Feb 3	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	450,000	Gary Player (16)	200 (−13)	67,500
Feb 10	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	450,000	Bob Charles (16)	210 (−6)	67,500
Feb 17	Aetna Challenge	Florida	450,000	Lee Trevino (8)	205 (−11)	67,500
Mar 3	GTE West Classic	California	450,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (17)	132 (−8)	67,500
Mar 17	Vantage at The Dominion	Texas	350,000	Lee Trevino (9)	137 (−7)	52,500
Mar 24	Vintage ARCO Invitational	California	500,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (18)	206 (−10)	75,000
Apr 7	The Tradition at Desert Mountain	Arizona	800,000	Jack Nicklaus (3)	277 (−11)	120,000
Apr 21	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	500,000	Jack Nicklaus (4)	271 (−17)	85,000
Apr 28	Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic	Texas	300,000	Mike Hill (6)	203 (−13)	45,000
May 5	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	450,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (19)	204 (−12)	67,500
May 12	Murata Reunion Pro-Am	Texas	400,000	Chi Chi Rodriguez (20)	208 (−8)	60,000
May 26	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	550,000	Jim Ferree (2)	208 (−8)	82,500
Jun 2	NYNEX Commemorative	New York	400,000	Charles Coody (3)	193 (−17)	60,000
Jun 9	Mazda Presents The Senior Players Championship	Michigan	1,000,000	Jim Albus (1)	279 (−9)	150,000
Jun 16	MONY Syracuse Senior Classic	New York	400,000	Rocky Thompson (1)	199 (−17)	60,000
Jun 23	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	450,000	Orville Moody (10)	207 (−9)	67,500
Jun 30	Southwestern Bell Classic	Missouri	450,000	Jim Colbert (1)	201 (−9)	67,500
Jul 7	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	600,000	Al Geiberger (6)	203 (−10)	90,000
Jul 14	Newport Cup	Rhode Island	325,000	Larry Ziegler (1)	199 (−17)	48,750
Jul 21	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	500,000	Mike Hill (7)	200 (−16)	75,000
Jul 28	U.S. Senior Open	Michigan	500,000	Jack Nicklaus (5)	282 (+2)	110,000
Aug 4	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	450,000	George Archer (6)	204 (−12)	67,500
Aug 11	Showdown Classic	Utah	350,000	Dale Douglass (7)	209 (−7)	52,500
Aug 18	GTE Northwest Classic	Washington	400,000	Mike Hill (8)	198 (−18)	60,000
Aug 25	Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic	New Mexico	350,000	Lee Trevino (10)	200 (−16)	52,500
Sep 1	GTE North Classic	Indiana	450,000	George Archer (7)	199 (−17)	67,500
Sep 8	First of America Classic	Michigan	350,000	Harold Henning (3)	202 (−11)	52,500
Sep 15	Digital Seniors Classic	Massachusetts	400,000	Rocky Thompson (2)	205 (−11)	60,000
Sep 22	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	700,000	Mike Hill (9)	212 (−4)	105,000
Sep 29	Bank One Senior Classic	Kentucky	300,000	DeWitt Weaver (1)	207 (−9)	45,000
Oct 6	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Jim Colbert (2)	205 (−11)	202,500
Oct 13	Raley's Senior Gold Rush	California	450,000	George Archer (8)	206 (−10)	67,500
Oct 20	Transamerica Senior Golf Championship	California	500,000	Charles Coody (4)	204 (−12)	75,000
Oct 27	Security Pacific Senior Classic	California	500,000	John Brodie (1)	200 (−13)	75,000
Dec 8	First Development Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	600,000	Jim Colbert (3)	195 (−15)	90,000
Dec 15	New York Life Champions	Puerto Rico	1,000,000	Mike Hill (10)	202 (−14)	150,000

Source:^[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Lee Trevino	United States	69.50
2	George Archer	United States	69.72
3	Jim Colbert	United States	69.87
4	Bob Charles	New Zealand	69.93
5	Mike Hill	United States	69.98

Source:^[2]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Mike Hill	United States	1,065,657	32	5
2	George Archer	United States	963,455	32	3
3	Jim Colbert	United States	880,749	22	3
4	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	794,013	32	4
5	Lee Trevino	United States	723,163	28	3

Source:^[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Bob Charles	New Zealand	3,168,642	16
2	Chi Chi Rodriguez	United States	3,029,172	20
3	Miller Barber	United States	2,777,540	24
4	Bruce Crampton	Australia	2,662,039	18
5	Gary Player	South Africa	2,449,180	16

Source:^[4]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Mike Hill	United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Mike Hill	United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Lee Trevino	United States
Rookie of the Year	Jim Colbert	United States
Comeback Player of the Year	Larry Laoretti	United States

References

^ "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 26. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Scoring Average – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
^ "Career Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

External links

PGA Tour Champions official site

[1] "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 26. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

[2] "Scoring Average – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

[3] "Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

[4] "Career Money Leaders – 1991 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.

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Tournament results

Leaders

Awards

See also

References

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