1980 Senior PGA Tour


The 1980 Senior PGA Tour was the first season of the Senior PGA Tour. The season consisted of only four official money events with purses totalling $475,000, including two majors. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1980 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. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jun 22Atlantic City Senior InternationalNew Jersey125,000 Don January 208 20,000
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenNew York100,000 Roberto De Vicenzo 285 20,000
Nov 16Suntree ClassicFlorida125,000 Charlie Sifford 279 20,000
Dec 7PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida125,000 Arnold Palmer 289 20,000

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Leaders

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Don January44,10031
2Charlie Sifford34,92941
3Art Wall20,82930
4Roberto DeVicenzo20,00011
4Arnold Palmer20,00011

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Awards