1991 Senior PGA Tour


The 1991 Senior PGA Tour was the 12th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 37 official money events with purses totalling $18,925,000, including four majors. Mike Hill won the most tournaments, five. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 6Infiniti Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia350,000 Bruce Crampton 279 80,000
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida450,000 Gary Player 200 67,500
Feb 10GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida450,000 Bob Charles 210 67,500
Feb 17Aetna ChallengeFlorida450,000 Lee Trevino 205 67,500
Mar 3GTE West ClassicCalifornia450,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 132 67,500
Mar 17Vantage at The DominionTexas350,000 Lee Trevino 137 52,500
Mar 24Vintage ARCO InvitationalCalifornia500,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 206 75,000
Apr 7The Tradition at Desert MountainArizona800,000 Jack Nicklaus 277 120,000
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida500,000 Jack Nicklaus 271 85,000
Apr 28Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000 Mike Hill 203 45,000
May 5Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada450,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 204 67,500
May 12Murata Reunion Pro-AmTexas400,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 208 60,000
May 26Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania550,000 Jim Ferree 208 82,500
Jun 2NYNEX CommemorativeNew York400,000 Charles Coody 193 60,000
Jun 9Mazda Presents The Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000 Jim Albus 279 150,000
Jun 16MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York400,000 Rocky Thompson 199 60,000
Jun 23PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina450,000 Orville Moody 207 67,500
Jun 30Southwestern Bell ClassicMissouri450,000 Jim Colbert 201 67,500
Jul 7Kroger Senior ClassicOhio600,000 Al Geiberger 203 90,000
Jul 14Newport CupRhode Island325,000 Larry Ziegler 199 48,750
Jul 21Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois500,000 Mike Hill 200 75,000
Jul 28U.S. Senior OpenMichigan500,000 Jack Nicklaus 282 110,000
Aug 4Northville Long Island ClassicNew York450,000 George Archer 204 67,500
Aug 11Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Dale Douglass 209 52,500
Aug 18GTE Northwest ClassicWashington400,000 Mike Hill 198 60,000
Aug 25Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico350,000 Lee Trevino 200 52,500
Sep 1GTE North ClassicIndiana450,000 George Archer 199 67,500
Sep 8First of America ClassicMichigan350,000 Harold Henning 202 52,500
Sep 15Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts400,000 Rocky Thompson 205 60,000
Sep 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia700,000 Mike Hill 212 105,000
Sep 29Bank One Senior ClassicKentucky300,000 DeWitt Weaver 207 45,000
Oct 6Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Jim Colbert 205 202,500
Oct 13Raley's Senior Gold RushCalifornia450,000 George Archer 206 67,500
Oct 20Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia500,000 Charles Coody 204 75,000
Oct 27Security Pacific Senior ClassicCalifornia500,000 John Brodie 200 75,000
Dec 8First Development Kaanapali ClassicHawaii600,000 Jim Colbert 195 90,000
Dec 15New York Life ChampionsPuerto Rico1,000,000 Mike Hill 202 150,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lee Trevino69.50
2George Archer69.72
3Jim Colbert69.87
4Bob Charles69.93
5Mike Hill69.98

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Mike Hill1,065,657325
2George Archer963,455323
3Jim Colbert880,749223
4Chi Chi Rodriguez794,013324
5Lee Trevino723,163283

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Bob Charles3,168,64216
2Chi Chi Rodriguez3,029,17220
3Miller Barber2,777,54024
4Bruce Crampton2,662,03918
5Gary Player2,449,18016

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Awards