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.
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Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7)
Bruce Crampton
Bob Charles