1991 PGA Tour


The 1991 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks, Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, and Ian Woosnam won the most tournaments, two, and there were 14 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 1991 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Jan 6Infiniti Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Tom Kite 272 800,000144,000
Jan 13Northern Telecom OpenArizona Phil Mickelson 272 1,000,000180,000
Jan 20United Hawaiian OpenHawaii Lanny Wadkins 270 1,100,000198,000
Jan 27Phoenix OpenArizona Nolan Henke 268 1,000,000180,000
Feb 3AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Paul Azinger 274 1,100,000198,000
Feb 10Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Corey Pavin 331 1,100,000198,000
Feb 17Shearson Lehman Brothers OpenCalifornia Jay Don Blake 268 1,000,000180,000
Feb 24Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Ted Schulz 272 1,000,000180,000
Mar 4Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Rocco Mediate 276 1,400,000252,000
Mar 10Honda ClassicFlorida Steve Pate 279 1,000,000180,000
Mar 17Nestle InvitationalFlorida Andrew Magee 203 1,000,000180,000
Mar 24USF&G ClassicLouisiana Ian Woosnam 275 1,000,000180,000
Mar 31The Players ChampionshipFlorida Steve Elkington 276 1,600,000288,000
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Ian Woosnam 277 1,350,000243,000
Apr 21MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Davis Love III 271 1,000,000180,000
Apr 28KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Mark Brooks 275 1,250,000225,000
May 5GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Nick Price 270 1,100,000198,000
May 12BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Corey Pavin 272 1,000,000180,000
May 19Memorial TournamentOhio Kenny Perry 273 1,200,000216,000
May 26Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Tom Purtzer 267 1,200,000216,000
Jun 2Kemper OpenMaryland Billy Andrade 263 1,000,000180,000
Jun 9Buick ClassicNew York Billy Andrade 273 1,000,000180,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenMinnesota Payne Stewart 282 1,300,000235,000
Jun 23Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mike Hulbert 266 1,000,000180,000
Jun 30Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Fred Couples 269 1,000,000180,000
Jul 7Centel Western OpenIllinois Russ Cochran 275 1,000,000180,000
Jul 14New England ClassicMassachusetts Bruce Fleisher 268 1,000,000180,000
Jul 21Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Dillard Pruitt 260 700,000126,000
Jul 21British OpenEngland Ian Baker-Finch 272 1,512,000151,200
Jul 28Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Billy Ray Brown 271 1,000,000180,000
Aug 4Buick OpenMichigan Brad Faxon 271 1,000,000180,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipIndiana John Daly 276 1,350,000230,000
Aug 18The InternationalColorado José María Olazábal 10 1,100,000198,000
Aug 25NEC World Series of GolfOhio Tom Purtzer 279 1,200,000216,000
Sep 1Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Mark Brooks 270 1,000,000180,000
Sep 8Canadian OpenCanada Nick Price 273 1,000,000180,000
Sep 15Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois D. A. Weibring 267 1,000,000180,000
Sep 22B.C. OpenNew York Fred Couples 269 800,000144,000
Sep 29Buick Southern OpenGeorgia David Peoples 276 700,000126,000
Oct 6H.E.B. Texas OpenTexas Blaine McCallister 269 900,000162,000
Oct 13Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Andrew Magee 329 1,500,000270,000
Oct 19Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Mark O'Meara 267 1,000,000180,000
Oct 26Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Fulton Allem 273 800,000144,000
Nov 3The Tour ChampionshipNorth Carolina Craig Stadler 279 2,000,000360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Fred Couples69.59
2Corey Pavin69.63
3Bruce Lietzke69.80
4Ian Baker-Finch69.92
5Tom Watson69.96

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Corey Pavin979,430252
2Craig Stadler827,628211
3Fred Couples791,749212
4Tom Purtzer750,568252
5Andrew Magee750,082282

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Tom Kite6,655,47415
2Tom Watson5,729,10837
3Curtis Strange5,629,22517
4Jack Nicklaus5,294,26173
5Lanny Wadkins5,265,87620

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Awards