1996 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 19, 1997 (1997-01-19) – November 10, 1997 (1997-11-10)
Number of official events40
Most winsUnited States Jim Colbert (5)
Money listUnited States Jim Colbert
Player of the YearUnited States Jim Colbert
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa John Bland
← 1995
1997 →

The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th 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 1996 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 21Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico800,000South Africa John Bland (2)
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000United States Bob Murphy (9)
Feb 11Greater Naples IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000United States Al Geiberger (10)
Feb 18GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000United States Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 25American Express InvitationalFlorida900,000United States Hale Irwin (3)New tournament
Mar 3FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Walter Morgan (2)
Mar 17Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (14)
Mar 31SBC Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000United States Tom Weiskopf (3)
Apr 7The TraditionArizona1,000,000United States Jack Nicklaus (10)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,100,000United States Hale Irwin (4)Senior major championship
Apr 28Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000United States Jim Colbert (15)
May 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000Australia Graham Marsh (2)
May 12Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000United States Jim Colbert (16)
May 19Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000United States Bob Murphy (10)
May 26BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,200,000Japan Isao Aoki (5)
Jun 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000South Africa John Bland (3)
Jun 9Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000United States Tom Weiskopf (4)
Jun 16du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000United States Charles Coody (5)
Jun 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000United States Dale Douglass (11)
Jun 30Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000Japan Isao Aoki (6)
Jul 7U.S. Senior OpenOhio1,200,000United States Dave Stockton (12)Senior major championship
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000United States Raymond Floyd (13)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,250,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (1)
Jul 28Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000Scotland Brian Barnes (2)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 28Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,100,000United States Walter Morgan (3)
Aug 4VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri800,000United States Dave Eichelberger (2)
Aug 11First of America ClassicMichigan850,000United States Dave Stockton (13)
Aug 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000South Africa John Bland (4)
Aug 25Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000United States Jim Dent (10)
Sep 1Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah800,000Australia Graham Marsh (3)
Sep 8Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,200,000United States Gibby Gilbert (5)New tournament
Sep 15Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000United States Mike Hill (18)
Sep 22Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000United States Jimmy Powell (4)
Sep 29Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Jim Colbert (17)
Oct 6Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Gil Morgan (1)
Oct 13The TransamericaCalifornia700,000South Africa John Bland (5)
Oct 20Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia800,000United States Jim Colbert (18)
Oct 27Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii650,000New Zealand Bob Charles (25)
Nov 3Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,050,000United States Lee Trevino (27)
Nov 10Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,600,000United States Jay Sigel (2)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 8Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000United States Raymond Floyd and
son Raymond Floyd Jr.		Team event

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Jim Colbert1,627,890
2United States Hale Irwin1,615,769
3South Africa John Bland1,357,987
4Japan Isao Aoki1,162,581
5United States Dave Stockton1,117,685

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Jim Colbert[4]
Rookie of the YearSouth Africa John Bland[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Hale Irwin[5]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Al Geiberger[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.
  2. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ↑ "1997 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 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 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1996 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 "PGA announces awards". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. January 11, 1997. p. 12 (C3 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1996 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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