The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth 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 34 official money events with purses totalling $10,370,000, including three majors. Bob Charles and Gary Player won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) | Winner | Score | 1st prize ($) |
|---|
| Jan 17 | MONY Senior Tournament of Champions | California | 100,000 |  Dave Hill (2) | 211 (−5) | 30,000 |
| Feb 14 | General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 350,000 | .svg.png) Gary Player (8) | 284 (−4) | 63,000 |
| Feb 21 | GTE Suncoast Classic | Florida | 300,000 | Dale Douglass (5) | 210 (−6) | 45,000 |
| Feb 28 | Aetna Challenge | Florida | 300,000 | Gary Player (9) | 207 (−9) | 45,000 |
| Mar 6 | Vintage Chrysler Invitational | California | 320,000 | Orville Moody (5) | 263 (−25) | 48,000 |
| Mar 13 | GTE Classic | California | 275,000 | Harold Henning (2) | 214 (−2) | 41,250 |
| Mar 20 | The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic | Arizona | 225,000 | Al Geiberger (4) | 199 (−17) | 33,750 |
| Apr 17 | Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic | Texas | 250,000 | Chi Chi Rodriguez (11) | 208 (−8) | 37,500 |
| May 8 | Vantage at The Dominion | Texas | 250,000 | Billy Casper (7) | 205 (−11) | 37,500 |
| May 15 | United Hospitals Classic | Pennsylvania | 225,000 |  Bruce Crampton (12) | 205 (−5) | 33,750 |
| May 22 | NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative | New York | 300,000 |  Bob Charles (4) | 196 (−14) | 45,000 |
| May 29 | Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic | New Mexico | 250,000 | Bob Charles (5) | 206 (−10) | 41,250 |
| Jun 5 | Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am | Texas | 250,000 | Orville Moody (6) | 206 (−10) | 37,500 |
| Jun 12 | Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship | Florida | 400,000 | Billy Casper (8) | 278 (−10) | 60,000 |
| Jun 19 | Northville Long Island Classic | New York | 350,000 | Don Bies (1) | 202 (−14) | 52,500 |
| Jun 26 | Silver Pages Classic | Oklahoma | 250,000 | Gary Player (10) | 203 (−13) | 37,500 |
| Jul 4 | Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush | California | 350,000 | Bob Charles (6) | 207 (−9) | 52,500 |
| Jul 10 | GTE Northwest Classic | Washington | 300,000 | Bruce Crampton (13) | 207 (−9) | 45,000 |
| Jul 17 | Showdown Classic | Utah | 350,000 | Miller Barber (21) | 207 (−9) | 52,500 |
| Jul 23 | Newport Cup | Rhode Island | 250,000 | Walt Zembriski (1) | 132 (−12) | 37,500 |
| Jul 31 | Digital Seniors Classic | Massachusetts | 300,000 | Chi Chi Rodriguez (12) | 202 (−14) | 45,000 |
| Aug 8 | U.S. Senior Open | Illinois | 325,000 | Gary Player (11) | 288 (E) | 65,000 |
| Aug 14 | MONY Syracuse Senior Classic | New York | 250,000 | Dave Hill (3) | 200 (−16) | 37,500 |
| Aug 21 | Greater Grand Rapids Open | Michigan | 250,000 | Orville Moody (7) | 203 (−10) | 37,500 |
| Aug 28 | Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic | Kentucky | 250,000 | Bob Charles (7) | 200 (−10) | 37,500 |
| Sep 10 | GTE North Classic | Indiana | 350,000 | Gary Player (12) | 201 (−15) | 52,500 |
| Sep 18 | Crestar Classic | Virginia | 325,000 | Arnold Palmer (10) | 203 (−13) | 48,750 |
| Sep 25 | PaineWebber Invitational | North Carolina | 300,000 | Dave Hill (4) | 206 (−10) | 45,000 |
| Oct 2 | Pepsi Senior Challenge | Georgia | 300,000 | Bob Charles (8) | 139 (−5) | 45,000 |
| Oct 9 | Vantage Championship | North Carolina | 1,000,000 | Walt Zembriski (2) | 278 (−10) | 135,000 |
| Oct 30 | General Tire Las Vegas Classic | Nevada | 250,000 | Larry Mowry (3) | 204 (−12) | 37,500 |
| Nov 13 | Fairfield Barnett Classic | Florida | 225,000 | Miller Barber (22) | 197 (−19) | 33,750 |
| Nov 20 | Gus Machado Senior Classic | Florida | 300,000 | Lee Elder (8) | 202 (−11) | 45,000 |
| Dec 4 | GTE Kaanapali Classic | Hawaii | 300,000 | Don Bies (2) | 204 (−12) | 45,000 |
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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 | Miller Barber | United States | 1,844,374 | 22 |
| 2 | Don January | United States | 1,537,488 | 22 |
| 3 | Bruce Crampton | Australia | 1,239,380 | 13 |
| 4 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | United States | 1,229,957 | 12 |
| 5 | Gene Littler | United States | 1,223,161 | 7 |
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