1986 PGA Tour


The 1986 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Bob Tway won the most tournaments, four, and there were 11 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1986 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. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize Notes
Jan 11MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Calvin Peete 267 90,000
Jan 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Donnie Hammond 335 108,000
Jan 26Phoenix OpenArizona Hal Sutton 267 90,000
Feb 2Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Fuzzy Zoeller 205 108,000
Feb 9Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams OpenCalifornia Bob Tway 204 81,000
Feb 16Hawaiian OpenHawaii Corey Pavin 272 90,000
Feb 23Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Doug Tewell 270 81,000
Mar 2Honda ClassicFlorida Kenny Knox 287 90,000
Mar 9Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Andy Bean 276 90,000
Mar 16Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Dan Forsman 202 90,000
Mar 23USF&G ClassicLouisiana Calvin Peete 269 90,000
Mar 30Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida John Mahaffey 275 162,000
Apr 6Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sandy Lyle 275 90,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 279 144,000
Apr 13Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dan Halldorson 263 36,000Satellite event
Apr 20Sea Pines HeritageSouth Carolina Fuzzy Zoeller 276 81,000
Apr 27Houston OpenTexas Curtis Strange 274 90,000
May 4Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Greg Norman 333 207,000
May 11Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Andy Bean 269 108,000
May 18Colonial National InvitationTexas Dan Pohl 205 108,000
May 25Memorial TournamentOhio Hal Sutton 271 100,000
Jun 1Kemper OpenMaryland Greg Norman 277 90,000
Jun 8Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Bob Tway 272 108,000
Jun 15U.S. OpenNew York Raymond Floyd 279 115,000
Jun 15Provident ClassicTennessee Brad Faxon 261 54,000Unofficial event
Jun 22Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Bob Tway 269 90,000
Jun 29Canadian OpenCanada Bob Murphy 280 108,000
Jul 6Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Mac O'Grady 269 126,000
Jul 13Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Fuzzy Zoeller 274 90,000
Jul 20British OpenScotland Greg Norman 280 105,000
Jul 20Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Mark Wiebe 268 72,000
Jul 27Buick OpenMichigan Ben Crenshaw 270 90,000
Aug 3Western OpenIllinois Tom Kite 286 90,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipOhio Bob Tway 276 140,000
Aug 17The InternationalColorado Ken Green 12 180,000
Aug 24NEC World Series of GolfOhio Dan Pohl 277 126,000
Aug 31Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Mike Hulbert 280 109,064
Sep 7B.C. OpenNew York Rick Fehr 267 72,000
Sep 14Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Gene Sauers 274 81,000
Sep 21Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Corey Pavin 272 72,000
Sep 28Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Mark Calcavecchia 275 72,000
Oct 5Southern OpenGeorgia Fred Wadsworth 269 63,000
Oct 12Pensacola OpenFlorida Ernie Gonzalez 128 40,500
Oct 19Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Raymond Floyd 275 90,000
Oct 26Vantage ChampionshipTexas Ben Crenshaw 196 180,000
Nov 2Seiko-Tucson Match Play ChampionshipArizona Jim Thorpe 67 to 71150,000
Nov 2Tallahassee OpenFlorida Mark Hayes 273 36,000Unofficial event

*For the Provident Classic and the Tallahassee Open, the money was official but the win was not.
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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Scott Hoch70.08
2Bernhard Langer70.19
3Greg Norman70.22
4Tom Watson70.28
5Payne Stewart70.36

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Greg Norman653,296193
2Bob Tway652,780334
3Payne Stewart535,389290
4Andy Bean491,938272
5Dan Pohl463,630252

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus4,912,29473
2Tom Watson4,085,27836
3Lee Trevino3,264,29029
4Raymond Floyd3,249,45921
5Tom Kite2,919,4919

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Awards