1989 PGA Tour


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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize Notes
Jan 8MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Steve Jones 279 135,000
Jan 15Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Steve Jones 343 180,000
Jan 22Phoenix OpenArizona Mark Calcavecchia 263 126,000
Jan 29AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara 277 180,000
Feb 5Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Mark Calcavecchia 272 180,000
Feb 12Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gene Sauers 197 135,000
Feb 19Shearson Lehman Hutton OpenCalifornia Greg Twiggs 271 126,000
Feb 26Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Bill Glasson 275 234,000
Mar 5Honda ClassicFlorida Blaine McCallister 266 144,000
Mar 12Nestle InvitationalFlorida Tom Kite 278 144,000
Mar 19The Players ChampionshipFlorida Tom Kite 279 243,000
Mar 26USF&G ClassicLouisiana Tim Simpson 274 135,000
Apr 2Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Mike Sullivan 280 144,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Nick Faldo 283 200,000
Apr 9Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Jim Booros199 36,000Satellite event
Apr 16MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Payne Stewart 268 144,000
Apr 23KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Ken Green 277 180,000
Apr 30Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Scott Hoch 336 225,000
May 7GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Jodie Mudd 265 180,000
May 14Memorial TournamentOhio Bob Tway 277 160,000
May 21Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Ian Baker-Finch 270 180,000
May 28BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Scott Simpson 278 162,000
Jun 4Kemper OpenMaryland Tom Byrum 268 162,000
Jun 11Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Wayne Grady 277 180,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew York Curtis Strange 278 200,000
Jun 25Canadian OpenCanada Steve Jones 271 162,000
Jul 3Beatrice Western OpenIllinois Mark McCumber 275 180,000
Jul 9Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Paul Azinger 267 180,000
Jul 16Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mike Donald 268 153,000
Jul 23Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Curt Byrum 268 126,000
Jul 23British OpenScotland Mark Calcavecchia 275 128,000
Jul 30Buick OpenMichigan Leonard Thompson 273 180,000
Aug 6Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee John Mahaffey 272 180,000
Aug 13PGA ChampionshipIllinois Payne Stewart 276 200,000
Aug 20The InternationalColorado Greg Norman 13 180,000
Aug 27NEC World Series of GolfOhio David Frost 276 180,000
Aug 27Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Stan Utley 263 90,000Alternate event
Sep 3Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Greg Norman 269 144,000
Sep 10B.C. OpenNew York Mike Hulbert 268 90,000
Sep 17Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Blaine McCallister 271 126,000
Sep 24Southern OpenGeorgia Ted Schulz 266 72,000
Oct 1Centel ClassicFlorida Bill Britton 200 135,000
Oct 8Texas OpenTexas Donnie Hammond 258 108,000
Oct 22Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Tim Simpson 272 144,000
Oct 29Nabisco ChampionshipSouth Carolina Tom Kite 276 450,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Payne Stewart69.485
2Greg Norman69.489
3Tom Kite69.57
4Paul Azinger69.69
5Curtis Strange69.69

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Tom Kite1,395,278233
2Payne Stewart1,201,301242
3Paul Azinger951,649251
4Greg Norman835,096172
5Mark Calcavecchia807,741253

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Tom Kite5,600,69113
2Tom Watson5,160,24337
3Jack Nicklaus5,102,42073
4Curtis Strange5,015,72017
5Ben Crenshaw4,115,07414

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Awards