1983 Senior PGA Tour

The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

1983 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationMarch 18, 1983 (1983-03-18) – December 4, 1983 (1983-12-04)
Number of official events16
Most winsUnited States Don January (6)
Money listUnited States Don January
1982
1984

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1983 season.[1][2]

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)
Winner[a]Notes
Mar 20Greater Daytona Senior ClassicFlorida150,000 Gene Littler (1)New tournament
May 22Hall of Fame TournamentNorth Carolina150,000 Rod Funseth (1)New tournament
Jun 5Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada200,000 Don January (6)New tournament
Jun 12Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio250,000 Miller Barber (7)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 26Peter Jackson ChampionsCanada200,000 Don January (7)
Jul 3Marlboro ClassicMassachusetts150,000 Don January (8)
Jul 10Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York150,000 Gene Littler (2)
Jul 17Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000 Miller Barber (8)Pro-Am
Jul 25U.S. Senior OpenMinnesota175,000 Billy Casper (3)Senior major championship
Aug 21Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado150,000 Don January (9)
Sep 4Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky150,000 Don January (10)New tournament
Sep 25World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina152,000 Doug Sanders (1)
Oct 2United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia150,000 Miller Barber (9)New tournament
Oct 16Suntree ClassicFlorida135,000 Don January (11)
Oct 23Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina150,000 Miller Barber (10)
Dec 4Boca Grove Seniors ClassicFlorida150,000 Arnold Palmer (5)New tournament

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Don January237,571
2 Miller Barber231,008
3 Billy Casper136,749
4 Gene Littler130,002
5 Rod Funseth120,367

Awards

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

Notes

References