1988 Senior PGA Tour


The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 34 official money events with purses totalling $10,370,000, including three majors. Bob Charles and Gary Player won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1988 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 17MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia100,000 Dave Hill 211 30,000
Feb 14General Foods PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida350,000 Gary Player 284 63,000
Feb 21GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida300,000 Dale Douglass 210 45,000
Feb 28Aetna ChallengeFlorida300,000 Gary Player 207 45,000
Mar 6Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia320,000 Orville Moody 263 48,000
Mar 13GTE ClassicCalifornia275,000 Harold Henning 214 41,250
Mar 20The Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona ClassicArizona225,000 Al Geiberger 199 33,750
Apr 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas250,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 208 37,500
May 8Vantage at The DominionTexas250,000 Billy Casper 205 37,500
May 15United Hospitals ClassicPennsylvania225,000 Bruce Crampton 205 33,750
May 22NYNEX/Golf Digest CommemorativeNew York300,000 Bob Charles 196 45,000
May 29Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico250,000 Bob Charles 206 41,250
Jun 5Senior Players Reunion Pro-AmTexas250,000 Orville Moody 206 37,500
Jun 12Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida400,000 Billy Casper 278 60,000
Jun 19Northville Long Island ClassicNew York350,000 Don Bies 202 52,500
Jun 26Silver Pages ClassicOklahoma250,000 Gary Player 203 37,500
Jul 4Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia350,000 Bob Charles 207 52,500
Jul 10GTE Northwest ClassicWashington300,000 Bruce Crampton 207 45,000
Jul 17Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Miller Barber 207 52,500
Jul 23Newport CupRhode Island250,000 Walt Zembriski 132 37,500
Jul 31Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts300,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 202 45,000
Aug 8U.S. Senior OpenIllinois325,000 Gary Player 288 65,000
Aug 14MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York250,000 Dave Hill 200 37,500
Aug 21Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan250,000 Orville Moody 203 37,500
Aug 28Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf ClassicKentucky250,000 Bob Charles 200 37,500
Sep 10GTE North ClassicIndiana350,000 Gary Player 201 52,500
Sep 18Crestar ClassicVirginia325,000 Arnold Palmer 203 48,750
Sep 25PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina300,000 Dave Hill 206 45,000
Oct 2Pepsi Senior ChallengeGeorgia300,000 Bob Charles 139 45,000
Oct 9Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,000,000 Walt Zembriski 278 135,000
Oct 30General Tire Las Vegas ClassicNevada250,000 Larry Mowry 204 37,500
Nov 13Fairfield Barnett ClassicFlorida225,000 Miller Barber 197 33,750
Nov 20Gus Machado Senior ClassicFlorida300,000 Lee Elder 202 45,000
Dec 4GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii300,000 Don Bies 204 45,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Bob Charles70.05
2Dave Hill70.40
3Gary Player70.41
4Harold Henning70.43
5Al Geiberger70.61

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Bob Charles533,929285
2Gary Player435,914205
3Dave Hill415,594273
4Orville Moody411,859313
5Harold Henning366,230311

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Miller Barber1,844,37422
2Don January1,537,48822
3Bruce Crampton1,239,38013
4Chi Chi Rodriguez1,229,95712
5Gene Littler1,223,1617

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Awards