1983 Senior PGA Tour

The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth 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 16 official money events with purses totalling $2,612,000, including two majors. Don January won the most tournaments, six. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1983 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. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Mar 20Greater Daytona Senior ClassicFlorida150,000United States Gene Littler (1)203 (−13)25,000
May 22Hall of Fame TournamentNorth Carolina150,000United States Rod Funseth (1)198 (−18)25,000
Jun 5Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada200,000United States Don January (6)208 (−8)33,500
Jun 12Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio250,000United States Miller Barber (7)278 (−10)40,000
Jun 26Peter Jackson ChampionsCanada200,000United States Don January (7)274 (−10)33,250
Jul 3Marlboro ClassicMassachusetts150,000United States Don January (8)273 (−11)25,000
Jul 10Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York150,000United States Gene Littler (2)275 (−9)25,000
Jul 17Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000United States Miller Barber (8)200 (−16)25,000
Jul 25U.S. Senior OpenMinnesota175,000United States Billy Casper (3)288 (+4)30,566
Aug 21Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado150,000United States Don January (9)271 (−17)25,000
Sep 4Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky150,000United States Don January (10)269 (−19)25,000
Sep 25World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina152,000United States Doug Sanders (1)283 (−5)25,000
Oct 2United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia150,000United States Miller Barber (9)211 (−5)25,000
Oct 16Suntree ClassicFlorida135,000United States Don January (11)274 (−14)22,500
Oct 23Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina150,000United States Miller Barber (10)281 (−7)25,000
Dec 4Boca Grove Seniors ClassicFlorida150,000United States Arnold Palmer (5)271 (−17)25,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Don January United States69.46
2Miller Barber United States70.15
3Doug Sanders United States70.44
4Billy Casper United States70.75
5Gene Littler United States70.81

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Don January United States237,571136
2Miller Barber United States231,008164
3Billy Casper United States136,749131
4Gene Littler United States130,002132
5Rod Funseth United States120,367141

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Don January United States463,39311
2Miller Barber United States421,03410
3Arnold Palmer United States258,3925
4Gene Littler United States227,6492
5Billy Casper United States224,5893

Source:[4]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Don January United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Don January United States

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 21–22. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Scoring Average – 1983 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Money Leaders – 1983 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Career Money Leaders – 1983 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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