The 1986 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Bob Tway won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 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. Majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 11 | MONY Tournament of Champions | California |  Calvin Peete (11) | 267 (−21) | 90,000 |
| Jan 19 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | California | Donnie Hammond (1) | 335 (−25) | 108,000 |
| Jan 26 | Phoenix Open | Arizona | Hal Sutton (6) | 267 (−17) | 90,000 |
| Feb 2 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | California | Fuzzy Zoeller (8) | 205 (−11) | 108,000 |
| Feb 9 | Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open | California | Bob Tway (1) | 204 (−12) | 81,000 |
| Feb 16 | Hawaiian Open | Hawaii | Corey Pavin (3) | 272 (−16) | 90,000 |
| Feb 23 | Los Angeles Open | California | Doug Tewell (3) | 270 (−14) | 81,000 |
| Mar 2 | Honda Classic | Florida | Kenny Knox (1) | 287 (−1) | 90,000 |
| Mar 9 | Doral-Eastern Open | Florida | Andy Bean (10) | 276 (−12) | 90,000 |
| Mar 16 | Hertz Bay Hill Classic | Florida | Dan Forsman (2) | 202 (−11) | 90,000 |
| Mar 23 | USF&G Classic | Louisiana | Calvin Peete (12) | 269 (−19) | 90,000 |
| Mar 30 | Tournament Players Championship | Florida | John Mahaffey (9) | 275 (−13) | 162,000 |
| Apr 6 | Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina |  Sandy Lyle (2) | 275 (−13) | 90,000 |
| Apr 13 | Masters Tournament | Georgia | Jack Nicklaus (73) | 279 (−9) | 144,000 |
| Apr 20 | Sea Pines Heritage | South Carolina | Fuzzy Zoeller (9) | 276 (−8) | 81,000 |
| Apr 27 | Houston Open | Texas | Curtis Strange (9) | 274 (−14) | 90,000 |
| May 4 | Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational | Nevada |  Greg Norman (3) | 333 (−27) | 207,000 |
| May 11 | Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Texas | Andy Bean (11) | 269 (−11) | 108,000 |
| May 18 | Colonial National Invitation | Texas | Dan Pohl (1) | 205 (−5) | 108,000 |
| May 25 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio | Hal Sutton (7) | 271 (−17) | 100,000 |
| Jun 1 | Kemper Open | Maryland | Greg Norman (4) | 277 (−11) | 90,000 |
| Jun 8 | Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic | New York | Bob Tway (2) | 272 (−12) | 108,000 |
| Jun 15 | U.S. Open | New York | Raymond Floyd (20) | 279 (−1) | 115,000 |
| Jun 15 | Provident Classic | Tennessee | Brad Faxon (n/a*) | 261 (−19) | 54,000 |
| Jun 22 | Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic | Georgia | Bob Tway (3) | 269 (−19) | 90,000 |
| Jun 29 | Canadian Open | Canada | Bob Murphy (5) | 280 (−8) | 108,000 |
| Jul 6 | Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open | Connecticut | Mac O'Grady (1) | 269 (−15) | 126,000 |
| Jul 13 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | Virginia | Fuzzy Zoeller (10) | 274 (−10) | 90,000 |
| Jul 20 | British Open | Scotland | Greg Norman (5) | 280 (E) | 105,000 |
| Jul 20 | Hardee's Golf Classic | Illinois | Mark Wiebe (2) | 268 (−12) | 72,000 |
| Jul 27 | Buick Open | Michigan | Ben Crenshaw (11) | 270 (−18) | 90,000 |
| Aug 3 | Western Open | Illinois | Tom Kite (9) | 286 (−2) | 90,000 |
| Aug 11 | PGA Championship | Ohio | Bob Tway (4) | 276 (−8) | 140,000 |
| Aug 17 | The International | Colorado | Ken Green (2) | 12 (Stableford) | 180,000 |
| Aug 24 | NEC World Series of Golf | Ohio | Dan Pohl (2) | 277 (−3) | 126,000 |
| Aug 31 | Federal Express St. Jude Classic | Tennessee | Mike Hulbert (1) | 280 (−8) | 109,064 |
| Sep 7 | B.C. Open | New York | Rick Fehr (1) | 267 (−17) | 72,000 |
| Sep 14 | Bank of Boston Classic | Massachusetts | Gene Sauers (1) | 274 (−10) | 81,000 |
| Sep 21 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Corey Pavin (4) | 272 (−16) | 72,000 |
| Sep 28 | Southwest Golf Classic | Texas | Mark Calcavecchia (1) | 275 (−13) | 72,000 |
| Oct 5 | Southern Open | Georgia | Fred Wadsworth (1) | 269 (−11) | 63,000 |
| Oct 12 | Pensacola Open | Florida | Ernie Gonzalez (1) | 128 (−14) | 40,500 |
| Oct 19 | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | Florida | Raymond Floyd (21) | 275 (−13) | 90,000 |
| Oct 26 | Vantage Championship | Texas | Ben Crenshaw (12) | 196 (−14) | 180,000 |
| Nov 2 | Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship | Arizona | Jim Thorpe (3) | 67 to 71 | 150,000 |
| Nov 2 | Tallahassee Open | Florida | Mark Hayes (n/a*) | 273 (−15) | 36,000 |
*For the Provident Classic and the Tallahassee Open, the money was official but the win was not.
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
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Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 4,912,294 | 73 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | United States | 4,085,278 | 36 |
| 3 | Lee Trevino | United States | 3,264,290 | 29 |
| 4 | Raymond Floyd | United States | 3,249,459 | 21 |
| 5 | Tom Kite | United States | 2,919,491 | 9 |
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