1986 Senior PGA Tour


The 1986 Senior PGA Tour was the seventh season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 28 official money events with purses totalling $6,450,000, including three majors. Bruce Crampton won the most tournaments, seven. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 11MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Miller Barber 282 30,000
Feb 9Treasure Coast ClassicFlorida225,000 Charles Owens 202 33,750
Feb 16General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida250,000 Gary Player 281 45,000
Mar 16Del E. Webb Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000 Charles Owens 202 30,000
Mar 23The Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000 Dale Douglass 272 40,500
Mar 30Johnny Mathis Seniors ClassicCalifornia250,000 Dale Douglass 202 37,500
May 4Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000 Gene Littler 202 37,500
May 11Benson & Hedges InvitationalTexas250,000 Bruce Crampton 202 37,500
May 18United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000 Gary Player 206 30,000
Jun 1Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado250,000 Gary Player 208 37,500
Jun 8Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000 Don January 203 26,250
Jun 22Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio300,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 206 45,000
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio275,000 Dale Douglass 279 42,500
Jul 13The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000 Don January 207 30,000
Jul 20Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000 Jim Ferree 204 37,500
Jul 27MONY Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf ClassicNew York200,000 Bruce Crampton 206 30,000
Aug 3Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York250,000 Lee Elder 199 37,500
Aug 10Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 203 30,000
Aug 17GTE Northwest ClassicWashington250,000 Bruce Crampton 210 37,500
Aug 31Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000 Gene Littler 201 30,000
Sep 14United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia300,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 202 45,000
Sep 21PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000 Bruce Crampton 279 30,021
Oct 12Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida175,000 Dale Douglass 203 26,250
Oct 19Cuyahoga Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000 Butch Baird 210 30,000
Oct 26Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia250,000 Bruce Crampton 136 37,500
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000 Don January 70–7175,000
Nov 9Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada250,000 Bruce Crampton 206 37,500
Nov 23Shearson-Lehman Brothers Senior ClassicFlorida200,000 Bruce Crampton 200 30,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Chi Chi Rodriguez69.65
2Bruce Crampton69.89
3Gary Player69.94
4Dale Douglass70.16
5Bob Charles70.32

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Bruce Crampton454,299277
2Chi Chi Rodriguez399,172253
3Dale Douglass309,760234
4Don January299,795193
5Gary Player291,190173

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Don January1,338,79121
2Miller Barber1,166,97018
3Peter Thomson838,53511
4Gene Littler749,2165
5Lee Elder720,1647

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Awards