1987 Senior PGA Tour


The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 32 official money events with purses totalling $8,905,000, including three majors. Chi Chi Rodriguez won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 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
Jan 10MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Don January 287 30,000
Feb 15General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida260,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 282 47,000
Mar 15Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona200,000 Billy Casper 201 30,000
Mar 22Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia270,000 Bob Charles 285 40,500
Mar 29GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000 Bob Charles 208 41,250
May 3Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000 Bob Charles 208 37,500
May 10Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 203 37,500
May 17United Hospitals Senior Golf ChampionshipPennsylvania225,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 202 33,750
May 24Silver Pages ClassicOklahoma250,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 200 37,500
May 31Denver Champions of GolfColorado250,000 Bruce Crampton 204 37,500
Jun 7Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas200,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 201 30,093
Jun 14Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida400,000 Gary Player 280 60,000
Jun 28Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000 Billy Casper 200 37,500
Jul 5The Greenbrier American Express ChampionshipWest Virginia225,000 Bruce Crampton 200 33,750
Jul 12U.S. Senior OpenConnecticut300,000 Gary Player 270 47,000
Jul 19MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000 Bruce Crampton 197 37,500
Aug 2NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York250,000 Gene Littler 200 37,500
Aug 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts250,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 198 37,500
Aug 16Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia300,000 Orville Moody 205 45,000
Aug 23GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 206 45,000
Aug 30Showdown ClassicUtah300,000 Miller Barber 210 45,000
Sep 6Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky225,000 Bruce Crampton 197 33,750
Sep 13PaineWebber World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina250,000 Gary Player 207 37,500
Sep 20Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000 Larry Mowry 203 48,750
Sep 27Newport CupRhode Island200,000 Miller Barber 202 30,000
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000 Al Geiberger 206 135,000
Oct 11Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia250,000 Larry Mowry 203 37,500
Oct 18Seniors International Golf ChampionshipSouth Carolina250,000 Al Geiberger 209 37,500
Oct 25Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada250,000 Al Geiberger 203 37,500
Nov 15Fairfield Barnett Senior ClassicFlorida200,000 Dave Hill 202 30,000
Nov 22Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000 Gene Littler 207 45,000
Dec 13GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000 Orville Moody 132 45,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Chi Chi Rodriguez70.07
2Bob Charles70.18
3Gary Player70.39
4Bruce Crampton70.39
5Miller Barber70.71

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Chi Chi Rodriguez509,145277
2Bruce Crampton437,904304
3Bob Charles389,437273
4Orville Moody355,793282
5Miller Barber347,571312

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Miller Barber1,514,54120
2Don January1,455,47622
3Gene Littler1,042,4117
4Peter Thomson955,71811
5Chi Chi Rodriguez916,01710

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Awards