The 1989 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Steve Jones and Tom Kite won the most tournaments, three, and there were nine 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 1989 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 8 | MONY Tournament of Champions | California |  Steve Jones (2) | 279 (−9) | 135,000 |
| Jan 15 | Bob Hope Chrysler Classic | California | Steve Jones (3) | 343 (−17) | 180,000 |
| Jan 22 | Phoenix Open | Arizona | Mark Calcavecchia (4) | 263 (−21) | 126,000 |
| Jan 29 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | California | Mark O'Meara (4) | 277 (−11) | 180,000 |
| Feb 5 | Nissan Los Angeles Open | California | Mark Calcavecchia (5) | 272 (−12) | 180,000 |
| Feb 12 | Hawaiian Open | Hawaii | Gene Sauers (2) | 197 (−19) | 135,000 |
| Feb 19 | Shearson Lehman Hutton Open | California | Greg Twiggs (1) | 271 (−17) | 126,000 |
| Feb 26 | Doral-Ryder Open | Florida | Bill Glasson (4) | 275 (−13) | 234,000 |
| Mar 5 | Honda Classic | Florida | Blaine McCallister (2) | 266 (−22) | 144,000 |
| Mar 12 | Nestle Invitational | Florida | Tom Kite (11) | 278 (−6) | 144,000 |
| Mar 19 | The Players Championship | Florida | Tom Kite (12) | 279 (−9) | 243,000 |
| Mar 26 | USF&G Classic | Louisiana | Tim Simpson (2) | 274 (−14) | 135,000 |
| Apr 2 | Independent Insurance Agent Open | Texas | Mike Sullivan (2) | 280 (−8) | 144,000 |
| Apr 9 | Masters Tournament | Georgia |  Nick Faldo (3) | 283 (−5) | 200,000 |
| Apr 16 | MCI Heritage Golf Classic | South Carolina | Payne Stewart (4) | 268 (−16) | 144,000 |
| Apr 23 | KMart Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina | Ken Green (5) | 277 (−11) | 180,000 |
| Apr 30 | Las Vegas Invitational | Nevada | Scott Hoch (4) | 336 (−24) | 225,000 |
| May 7 | GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Texas | Jodie Mudd (2) | 265 (−15) | 180,000 |
| May 14 | Memorial Tournament | Ohio | Bob Tway (5) | 277 (−11) | 160,000 |
| May 21 | Southwestern Bell Colonial | Texas |  Ian Baker-Finch (1) | 270 (−10) | 180,000 |
| May 28 | BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic | Georgia | Scott Simpson (5) | 278 (−10) | 162,000 |
| Jun 4 | Kemper Open | Maryland | Tom Byrum (1) | 268 (−16) | 162,000 |
| Jun 11 | Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic | New York | Wayne Grady (1) | 277 (−7) | 180,000 |
| Jun 18 | U.S. Open | New York | Curtis Strange (17) | 278 (−2) | 200,000 |
| Jun 25 | Canadian Open | Canada | Steve Jones (4) | 271 (−17) | 162,000 |
| Jul 3 | Beatrice Western Open | Illinois | Mark McCumber (7) | 275 (−13) | 180,000 |
| Jul 9 | Canon Greater Hartford Open | Connecticut | Paul Azinger (5) | 267 (−17) | 180,000 |
| Jul 16 | Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic | Virginia | Mike Donald (1) | 268 (−16) | 153,000 |
| Jul 23 | Hardee's Golf Classic | Illinois | Curt Byrum (1) | 268 (−12) | 126,000 |
| Jul 23 | British Open | Scotland | Mark Calcavecchia (6) | 275 (−13) | 128,000 |
| Jul 30 | Buick Open | Michigan | Leonard Thompson (3) | 273 (−15) | 180,000 |
| Aug 6 | Federal Express St. Jude Classic | Tennessee | John Mahaffey (10) | 272 (−12) | 180,000 |
| Aug 13 | PGA Championship | Illinois | Payne Stewart (5) | 276 (−12) | 200,000 |
| Aug 20 | The International | Colorado | Greg Norman (7) | 13 (Stableford) | 180,000 |
| Aug 27 | NEC World Series of Golf | Ohio | .svg.png) David Frost (3) | 276 (−4) | 180,000 |
| Aug 27 | Chattanooga Classic | Tennessee | Stan Utley (1) | 263 (−17) | 90,000 |
| Sep 3 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Greg Norman (8) | 269 (−19) | 144,000 |
| Sep 10 | B.C. Open | New York | Mike Hulbert (2) | 268 (−16) | 90,000 |
| Sep 17 | Bank of Boston Classic | Massachusetts | Blaine McCallister (3) | 271 (−13) | 126,000 |
| Sep 24 | Southern Open | Georgia | Ted Schulz (1) | 266 (−14) | 72,000 |
| Oct 1 | Centel Classic | Florida | Bill Britton (1) | 200 (−16) | 135,000 |
| Oct 8 | Texas Open | Texas | Donnie Hammond (2) | 258 (−22) | 108,000 |
| Oct 22[1] | Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic | Florida | Tim Simpson (3) | 272 (−16) | 144,000 |
| Oct 29 | Nabisco Championship | South Carolina | Tom Kite (13) | 276 (−8) | 450,000 |
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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 |
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| 1 | Tom Kite | United States | 5,600,691 | 13 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | United States | 5,160,243 | 37 |
| 3 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 5,102,420 | 73 |
| 4 | Curtis Strange | United States | 5,015,720 | 17 |
| 5 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 4,115,074 | 14 |
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