1984 PGA Tour


The 1984 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 30. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Denis Watson and Tom Watson won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven 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 1984 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize
Jan 8Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona Tom Watson 2&1100,000
Jan 15Bob Hope ClassicCalifornia John Mahaffey 340 72,000
Jan 22Phoenix OpenArizona Tom Purtzer 268 72,000
Jan 29Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego OpenCalifornia Gary Koch 272 72,000
Feb 5Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Hale Irwin 278 72,000
Feb 12Hawaiian OpenHawaii Jack Renner 271 90,000
Feb 19Los Angeles OpenCalifornia David Edwards 279 72,000
Mar 4Honda ClassicFlorida Bruce Lietzke 280 90,000
Mar 11Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Tom Kite 272 72,000
Mar 18Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Gary Koch 272 72,000
Mar 25USF&G ClassicLouisiana Bob Eastwood 272 72,000
Apr 1Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Fred Couples 277 144,000
Apr 8Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Andy Bean 280 72,000
Apr 15Masters TournamentGeorgia Ben Crenshaw 277 108,000
Apr 22Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Nick Faldo 270 72,000
Apr 29Houston Coca-Cola OpenTexas Corey Pavin 274 90,000
May 6MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Watson 274 72,000
May 13Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Craig Stadler 276 90,000
May 20Colonial National InvitationTexas Peter Jacobsen 270 90,000
May 27Memorial TournamentOhio Jack Nicklaus 280 90,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenMaryland Greg Norman 280 72,000
Jun 10Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Scott Simpson 269 90,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew York Fuzzy Zoeller 276 94,000
Jun 24Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Tom Kite 269 72,000
Jul 1Canadian OpenCanada Greg Norman 278 72,000
Jul 8Western OpenIllinois Tom Watson 280 72,000
Jul 15Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Ronnie Black 267 63,000
Jul 22Miller High Life QCOIllinois Scott Hoch 266 36,000
Jul 22British OpenScotland Seve Ballesteros 276 71,500
Jul 29Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Peter Jacobsen 269 72,000
Aug 5Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Bob Eastwood 280 90,000
Aug 12Buick OpenMichigan Denis Watson 271 72,000
Aug 19PGA ChampionshipAlabama Lee Trevino 273 125,000
Aug 26NEC World Series of GolfOhio Denis Watson 271 126,000
Sep 2B.C. OpenNew York Wayne Levi 275 54,000
Sep 9Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts George Archer 270 63,000
Sep 16Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mark O'Meara 272 54,000
Sep 23Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Denis Watson 341 162,000
Sep 30LaJet Golf ClassicTexas Curtis Strange 273 63,000
Oct 7Texas OpenTexas Calvin Peete 266 63,000
Oct 14Southern OpenGeorgia Hubert Green 265 54,000
Oct 21Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Larry Nelson 266 72,000
Oct 28Pensacola OpenFlorida Billy Kratzert 270 54,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Calvin Peete70.56
2Jack Nicklaus70.75
3Mark O'Meara70.77
4Craig Stadler70.78
5Tom Kite70.84

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Tom Watson476,260203
2Mark O'Meara465,873321
3Andy Bean422,995301
4Denis Watson408,562273
5Tom Kite348,640252

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus4,520,82372
2Tom Watson3,580,16236
3Lee Trevino3,037,09129
4Hale Irwin2,556,04316
5Raymond Floyd2,489,96218

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Awards