1982 Senior PGA Tour


The 1982 Senior PGA Tour was the third season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 11 official money events with purses totalling $1,597,500, including two majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1982 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
Apr 4Michelob Senior ClassicFlorida125,000 Don January 278 20,000
Jun 13Marlboro ClassicMassachusetts150,000 Arnold Palmer 276 25,000
Jun 27Peter Jackson ChampionsCanada200,000 Bob Goalby 273 32,500
Jul 11U.S. Senior OpenOregon150,000 Miller Barber 282 28,648
Aug 15Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado150,000 Arnold Palmer 275 25,000
Aug 22Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro Golf ClassicNew York150,000 Bill Collins 285 25,000
Aug 28Shootout at Jeremy RanchUtah150,000 Billy Casper 279 25,000
Sep 19Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island125,000 Billy Casper 206 22,500
Oct 17Suntree ClassicFlorida135,000 Miller Barber 264 22,500
Oct 24Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina112,500 Miller Barber
Dan Sikes
138 15,000
Dec 5PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida150,000 Don January 288 25,000

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Leaders

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Miller Barber106,890103
2Don January99,50882
3Bob Goalby94,540101
4Arnold Palmer73,84872
5Billy Casper71,97982

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Awards