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Golf tour season
The 1988 Senior PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Senior PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.
The following table lists official events during the 1988 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Location
PurseUS$ )
Winner[ a]
Notes
Jan 17
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions California
100,000
Dave Hill (2)
Feb 14
General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship Florida
350,000
Gary Player Senior major championship
Feb 21
GTE Suncoast Classic Florida
300,000
Dale Douglass (5)New tournament
Feb 28
Aetna Challenge Florida
300,000
Gary Player (9)New tournament
Mar 6
Vintage Chrysler Invitational California
320,000
Orville Moody (5)
Mar 13
GTE Classic California
275,000
Harold Henning (2)
Mar 20
Pointe/Del E. Webb Arizona Classic Arizona
225,000
Al Geiberger (4)
Apr 17
Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity Classic Texas
250,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (11)New tournament
May 8
Vantage at The Dominion Texas
250,000
Billy Casper (7)
May 15
United Hospitals Classic Pennsylvania
225,000
Bruce Crampton (12)
May 22
NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative New York
300,000
Bob Charles (4)
May 29
Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic New Mexico
250,000
Bob Charles (5)
Jun 5
Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am Texas
250,000
Orville Moody (6)Pro-Am
Jun 12
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship Florida
400,000
Billy Casper Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 19
Northville Long Island Classic New York
350,000
Don Bies (1)New to Senior PGA Tour
Jun 26
Southwestern Bell Classic Oklahoma
250,000
Gary Player (10)
Jul 4
Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush California
350,000
Bob Charles (6)
Jul 10
GTE Northwest Classic Washington
300,000
Bruce Crampton (13)
Jul 17
Showdown Classic Utah
350,000
Miller Barber (21)
Jul 23
Newport Cup Rhode Island
250,000
Walt Zembriski (1)
Jul 24
Volvo Seniors' British Open Scotland
£150,000
Gary Player Senior major championship [ b]
Jul 31
Digital Seniors Classic Massachusetts
300,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (12)
Aug 8
U.S. Senior Open Illinois
325,000
Gary Player Senior major championship
Aug 14
MONY Syracuse Senior Classic New York
250,000
Dave Hill (3)
Aug 21
Greater Grand Rapids Open Michigan
250,000
Orville Moody (7)
Aug 28
Bank One Senior Golf Classic Kentucky
250,000
Bob Charles (7)
Sep 10
GTE North Classic Indiana
350,000
Gary Player (13)New tournament
Sep 18
Crestar Classic Virginia
325,000
Arnold Palmer (10)
Sep 25
PaineWebber Invitational North Carolina
300,000
Dave Hill (4)
Oct 2
Pepsi Senior Challenge Georgia
300,000
Bob Charles (8)
Oct 9
Vantage Championship North Carolina
1,000,000
Walt Zembriski (2)
Oct 30
General Tire Las Vegas Classic Nevada
250,000
Larry Mowry (3)
Nov 13
Fairfield Barnett Classic Florida
225,000
Miller Barber (22)
Nov 20
Gus Machado Senior Classic Florida
300,000
Lee Elder (8)
Dec 4
GTE Kaanapali Classic Hawaii
300,000
Don Bies (2)
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3]
^ 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.
^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
Gary Player (6)
Bob Charles
Dave Hill