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 →

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.

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Mar 20Greater Daytona Senior ClassicFlorida150,000United States Gene Littler (1)New tournament
May 22Hall of Fame TournamentNorth Carolina150,000United States Rod Funseth (1)New tournament
Jun 5Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf ClassicNevada200,000United States Don January (6)New tournament
Jun 12Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipOhio250,000United States Miller Barber (7)New tournament
Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 26Peter Jackson ChampionsCanada200,000United States Don January (7)
Jul 3Marlboro ClassicMassachusetts150,000United States Don January (8)
Jul 10Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro ClassicNew York150,000United States Gene Littler (2)
Jul 17Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-AmRhode Island150,000United States Miller Barber (8)Pro-Am
Jul 25U.S. Senior OpenMinnesota175,000United States Billy Casper (3)Senior major championship
Aug 21Denver Post Champions of GolfColorado150,000United States Don January (9)
Sep 4Citizens Union Senior Golf ClassicKentucky150,000United States Don January (10)New tournament
Sep 25World Seniors InvitationalNorth Carolina152,000United States Doug Sanders (1)
Oct 2United Virginia Bank SeniorsVirginia150,000United States Miller Barber (9)New tournament
Oct 16Suntree ClassicFlorida135,000United States Don January (11)
Oct 23Hilton Head Seniors InternationalSouth Carolina150,000United States Miller Barber (10)
Dec 4Boca Grove Seniors ClassicFlorida150,000United States 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 ($)
1United States Don January237,571
2United States Miller Barber231,008
3United States Billy Casper136,749
4United States Gene Littler130,002
5United States Rod Funseth120,367

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States 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. ↑ "1984 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. ↑ "1983 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "1983 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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