1985 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationFebruary 8, 1986 (1986-02-08) – November 23, 1985 (1985-11-23)
Number of official events24
Most winsUnited States Peter Thomson (9)
Money listUnited States Peter Thomson
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1986 →

The 1985 Senior PGA Tour was the sixth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1985 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Feb 10Sunrise Senior ClassicFlorida200,000United States Miller Barber (15)New tournament
Mar 17Vintage InvitationalCalifornia300,000Australia Peter Thomson (3)
Mar 24Senior PGA Tour RoundupArizona200,000United States Don January (15)
Mar 31American Golf Carta Blanca Johnny Mathis ClassicCalifornia250,000Australia Peter Thomson (4)New tournament
May 5MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000Australia Peter Thomson (5)
May 12Dominion SeniorsTexas200,000United States Don January (16)New tournament
May 19United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania200,000United States Don January (17)New tournament
Jun 2Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado200,000United States Lee Elder (3)
Jun 9The Champions ClassicNevada200,000Australia Peter Thomson (6)
Jun 16Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas175,000Australia Peter Thomson (7)New tournament
Pro-Am
Jun 23Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio240,000United States Arnold Palmer (9)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenNevada225,000United States Miller Barber (16)Senior major championship
Jul 6The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia200,000United States Don January (18)New tournament
Jul 21MONY Syracuse Senior's ClassicNew York200,000Australia Peter Thomson (8)
Jul 28Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island175,000United States Lee Elder (4)Pro-Am
Aug 4Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts200,000United States Lee Elder (5)
Aug 18du Maurier ChampionsCanada225,000Australia Peter Thomson (9)
Sep 1Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky200,000United States Lee Elder (6)
Sep 15United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia250,000Australia Peter Thomson (10)
Sep 22PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina200,000United States Miller Barber (17)
Oct 13Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina200,000United States Mike Fetchick (1)
Oct 20Barnett Suntree Senior ClassicFlorida165,000Australia Peter Thomson (11)
Oct 27Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play ChampionshipArizona300,000South Africa Harold Henning (1)
Nov 23Quadel Seniors ClassicFlorida200,000South Africa Gary Player (1)

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1Australia Peter Thomson386,724
2United States Lee Elder307,795
3United States Don January247,006
4United States Miller Barber241,999
5United States Gene Littler200,981

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Don January[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.

References

  1. ↑ "1986 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1985 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "1985 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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