1984 Senior PGA Tour

The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1984 Senior PGA Tour season

Duration	January 2, 1984 (1984-01-02) – December 9, 1984 (1984-12-09)
Number of official events	22
Most wins	Miller Barber (4)
Money list	Don January
← 1983 1985 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1984 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Jan 8	Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play Championship	Arizona	306,000	Gene Littler (3)	New tournament
Jan 22	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	200,000	Arnold Palmer (6)	Senior major championship
Mar 25	Vintage Invitational	California	300,000	Don January (12)	New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 8	Daytona Beach Seniors Golf Classic	Florida	150,000	Orville Moody (1)
Apr 22	Senior PGA Tour Roundup	Arizona	200,000	Billy Casper (4)	New tournament
May 6	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	100,000	Orville Moody (2)	New tournament
Jun 3	Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic	Nevada	220,000	Dan Sikes (2)
Jun 17	Roy Clark Senior Challenge	Oklahoma	200,000	Miller Barber (11)	New tournament
Jun 24	Senior Tournament Players Championship	Ohio	240,000	Arnold Palmer (7)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 1	U.S. Senior Open	New York	200,000	Miller Barber (12)	Senior major championship
Jul 8	Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro Classic	New York	200,000	Miller Barber (13)
Jul 15	Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am	Rhode Island	150,000	Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	Pro-Am
Jul 29	Denver Post Champions of Golf	Colorado	200,000	Miller Barber (14)
Aug 12	du Maurier Champions	Canada	225,000	Don January (13)
Sep 3	Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	175,000	Gay Brewer (1)
Sep 9	United Virginia Bank Seniors	Virginia	200,000	Dan Sikes (3)
Sep 16	World Seniors Invitational	North Carolina	150,000	Peter Thomson (1)
Sep 23	Digital Middlesex Classic	Massachusetts	175,000	Don January (14)
Oct 14	Suntree Senior Classic	Florida	150,000	Lee Elder (1)
Oct 21	Hilton Head Seniors International	South Carolina	200,000	Lee Elder (2)
Dec 2	Quadel Seniors Classic	Florida	200,000	Arnold Palmer (8)
Dec 9	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	225,000	Peter Thomson (2)	Senior major championship, 1985 season senior major.

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Don January	328,597
2	Miller Barber	299,099
3	Peter Thomson	228,940
4	Arnold Palmer	184,582
5	Orville Moody	183,920

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Don January	[4]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.

References

1. "1985 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
2. "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
3. "1984 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
4. "1984 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.

External links

• Official website