1996 Senior PGA Tour


The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 39 official money events with purses totalling $37,400,000, including four majors. Jim Colbert 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 1996 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 21Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of ChampionsPuerto Rico800,000 John Bland 207 151,000
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000 Bob Murphy 203 127,500
Feb 11Greater Naples IntelliNet ChallengeFlorida600,000 Al Geiberger 202 90,000
Feb 18GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida750,000 Jack Nicklaus 211 112,500
Feb 25American Express InvitationalFlorida900,000 Hale Irwin 197 135,000
Mar 3FHP Health Care ClassicCalifornia800,000 Walter Morgan 199 120,000
Mar 17Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000 Jim Colbert 201 150,000
Mar 31SBC Dominion SeniorsTexas650,000 Tom Weiskopf 207 97,500
Apr 7The TraditionArizona1,000,000 Jack Nicklaus 272 150,000
Apr 21PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,100,000 Hale Irwin 280 198,000
Apr 28Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000 Jim Colbert 207 150,000
May 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina800,000 Graham Marsh 206 120,000
May 12Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,200,000 Jim Colbert 206 180,000
May 19Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000 Bob Murphy 202 142,500
May 26BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,200,000 Isao Aoki 202 180,000
Jun 2Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,050,000 John Bland 208 157,500
Jun 9Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000 Tom Weiskopf 205 165,000
Jun 16du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000 Charles Coody 271 165,000
Jun 23Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania900,000 Dale Douglass 206 135,000
Jun 30Kroger Senior ClassicOhio900,000 Isao Aoki 198 135,000
Jul 7U.S. Senior OpenOhio1,200,000 Dave Stockton 277 212,500
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,500,000 Raymond Floyd 275 225,000
Jul 21Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,250,000 Vicente Fernández 205 187,500
Jul 28Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,100,000 Walter Morgan 205 165,000
Aug 4VFW Senior ChampionshipMissouri800,000 Dave Eichelberger 200 135,000
Aug 11First of America ClassicMichigan850,000 Dave Stockton 206 127,500
Aug 18Northville Long Island ClassicNew York800,000 John Bland 202 120,000
Aug 25Bank of Boston Senior ClassicMassachusetts800,000 Jim Dent 204 120,000
Sep 1Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah800,000 Graham Marsh 202 120,000
Sep 8Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,200,000 Gibby Gilbert 203 180,000
Sep 15Bank One ClassicKentucky600,000 Mike Hill 207 90,000
Sep 22Brickyard Crossing ChampionshipIndiana750,000 Jimmy Powell 134 112,500
Sep 29Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Jim Colbert 204 225,000
Oct 6Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia800,000 Gil Morgan 202 120,000
Oct 13The TransamericaCalifornia700,000 John Bland 204 105,000
Oct 20Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia800,000 Jim Colbert 202 120,000
Oct 27Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii650,000 Bob Charles 198 97,500
Nov 3Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,050,000 Lee Trevino 207 157,500
Nov 10Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,600,000 Jay Sigel 279 280,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin69.47
2Isao Aoki70.04
3Raymond Floyd70.22
4Dave Stockton70.25
5Graham Marsh70.34

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Jim Colbert1,627,890325
2Hale Irwin1,615,769232
3John Bland1,357,987354
4Isao Aoki1,162,581262
5Dave Stockton1,117,685292

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Lee Trevino6,715,64927
2Bob Charles6,621,20723
3Jim Colbert6,570,79718
4Dave Stockton5,781,41713
5Chi Chi Rodriguez5,696,54422

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Awards