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1987 PGA Tour

1987 PGA Tour

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The 1987 PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville...

season was played from January 7 to November 1. The season consisted of 46 official money events. Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 and Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament.
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The 1987 PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville...

season was played from January 7 to November 1. The season consisted of 46 official money events. Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 and Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results


The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 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. Majors
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. In order of their playing date, the current majors are:...

 are shown in bold.
Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize ($
United States dollar
The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...

)
Jan 10 MONY Tournament of Champions  California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
USA Mac O'Grady
Mac O'Grady
Mac O'Grady born Phil McGleno, aka Phillip McClelland O'Grady, is an American professional golfer and golf teaching professional who played on the PGA Tour in the 1970s and 1980s, known mainly for his eccentric behavior and brash statements, in addition to his attending PGA Qualifying school 17...

 (2)
278 (-10) 90,000
Jan 18 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
The Bob Hope Classic is a professional golf tournament played each January in California's Coachella Valley. Part of the PGA Tour's early season West Coast Swing, this tournament is well known for its celebrity pro-am, as well as having five daily 18-hole rounds of competition vs. the Tour standard...

 
California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
USA Corey Pavin
Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997....

 (5)
341 (-19) 162,000
Jan 25 Phoenix Open  Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

 
USA Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 (1)
268 (-16) 108,000
Feb 1 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am  California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
USA Johnny Miller
Johnny Miller
John Laurence Miller is a former professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s, ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus, and is currently the lead golf analyst for NBC...

 (24)
278 (-10) 108,000
Feb 8 Hawaiian Open  Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...

 
USA Corey Pavin
Corey Pavin
Corey Allen Pavin is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 150 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1986 and 1997....

 (6)
270 (-18) 108,000
Feb 15 Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open  California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
USA George Burns
George Burns (golfer)
George Francis Burns III is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the amateur and professional levels....

 (4)
266 (-22) 90,000
Feb 22 Los Angeles Open  California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
TWN T. C. Chen
Tze-Chung Chen
Tze-Chung Chen is a Taiwanese professional golfer. In the U.S., he is often referred to as T.C. Chen. His older brother, Tze-Ming Chen, is also a professional golfer....

 (1)
275 (-9) 108,000
Mar 1 Doral-Ryder Open  Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Lanny Wadkins
Lanny Wadkins
Jerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....

 (16)
277 (-11) 180,000
Mar 8 Honda Classic
Honda Classic
The Honda Classic is a PGA Tour golf tournament that is played each March in Florida. It was founded in 1972 as the Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic. In 1981, American Motors backed the tournament. Since 1982, Honda has been the title sponsor....

 
Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Mark Calcavecchia
Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia is an American professional golfer.Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. He attended the University of Florida and earned All-SEC honors in 1979. He turned professional in 1981 and joined the PGA Tour in 1982....

 (2)
279 (-9) 108,000
Mar 15 Hertz Bay Hill Classic  Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Payne Stewart
Payne Stewart
William Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42....

 (3)
264 (-20) 108,000
Mar 22 USF&G Classic  Louisiana
Louisiana
The State of Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...

 
USA Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas before turning professional in 1973....

 (13)
268 (-20) 90,000
Mar 29 Tournament Players Championship  Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
SCO Sandy Lyle
Sandy Lyle
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE is a Scottish professional golfer. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from their debut in 1986 to 1989.Lyle was born in...

 (3)
274 (-14) 180,000
Apr 5 Greater Greensboro Open  North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties...

 
USA Scott Simpson
Scott Simpson (golfer)
Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...

 (3)
282 (-6) 108,000
Apr 12 Masters
The Masters Tournament
The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year...

Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...

 
USA Larry Mize
Larry Mize
Lawrence Hogan "Larry" Mize is an American golfer. Despite a creditable career on the PGA Tour, he is mainly known for just one shot – the chip from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta to win the playoff for the 1987 Masters Tournament, which remains his only major...

(2)
285 (-3) 162,000
Apr 19 MCI Heritage Golf Classic  South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a U.S. state that borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence from the British Crown during the American Revolution. The colony was...

 
USA Davis Love III
Davis Love III
Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He quickly established himself on the PGA Tour, winning his first tour event in 1987...

 (1)
271 (-13) 117,000
Apr 26 Big "I" Houston Open  Texas
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...

 
USA Jay Haas
Jay Haas
Jay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...

 (6)
276 (-12) 108,000
May 3 Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational  Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas. The state's nickname is Silver State, due to the large number of silver deposits that were discovered and mined there...

 
USA Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 (2)
271 (-17) 225,000
May 10 Byron Nelson Golf Classic  Texas
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...

 
USA Fred Couples
Fred Couples
Frederick Steven Couples is an American professional golfer who competes on the PGA Tour. A former World No. 1, he has won numerous events, most notably the Masters Tournament in 1992.-Biography:...

 (3)
266 (-14) 108,000
May 17 Colonial National Invitation  Texas
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...

 
USA Keith Clearwater
Keith Clearwater
Keith Allen Clearwater is an American professional golfer who has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour.Clearwater was born in Long Beach, California. He went to Northgate High School and was one of many Californians to attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and play on the school's golf team...

 (1)
266 (-14) 108,000
May 24 Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic  Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...

 
CAN Dave Barr
Dave Barr (golfer)
David Allen Barr is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour.Barr was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was a member of the golf team. He finished as runner-up in the 1972 Canadian...

 (2)
265 (-23) 108,000
May 31 Memorial Tournament
Memorial Tournament
The Memorial Tournament is a PGA Tour golf tournament which is closely associated with Jack Nicklaus. It is played on a Nicklaus-designed course at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Nicklaus' home town of Columbus. The golf course passes through a large neighborhood called...

 
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...

 
USA Don Pooley
Don Pooley
Sheldon George "Don" Pooley, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour....

 (2)
272 (-16) 140,000
Jun 7 Kemper Open  Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east. It is comparable in size to the European country of Belgium. According to the U.S...

 
USA Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

 (10)
270 (-14) 126,000
Jun 14 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic  New York
New York
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 
USA J. C. Snead
J. C. Snead
Jesse Carlyle "J.C." Snead is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Snead is the nephew of the legendary Sam Snead....

 (8)
276 (-8) 108,000
Jun 21 U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...

California
California
California is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...

 
USA Scott Simpson
Scott Simpson (golfer)
Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...

(4)
277 (-3) 150,000
Jun 28 Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open  Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....

 
USA Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 (3)
269 (-15) 126,000
Jul 5 Canadian Open
Canadian Open
The RBC Canadian Open is a golf tournament which was founded in 1904.As a national open, and especially as the most accessible non-U.S. national open for American golfers, the event had a special status in the era before the professional tour system became dominant in golf...

 
Canada
Canada
Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 
USA Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 (10)
276 (-12) 108,000
Jul 12 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic  Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...

 
USA Mark McCumber
Mark McCumber
Mark Randall McCumber is an American golfer. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida.McCumber turned professional in 1974 and won ten times on the PGA Tour between 1979 and 1994 including the prestigious Players Championship and Tour Championship . He also won the World Cup of Golf for the United...

 (5)
267 (-17) 110,160
Jul 19 Hardee's Golf Classic  Illinois
Illinois
Illinois , the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation...

 
USA Kenny Knox
Kenny Knox
Edward Kenneth Knox is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Knox was born in Columbus, Georgia. He and his brother were introduced to the game of golf by their mother. He attended Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida where he...

 (2)
265 (-15) 90,000
Jul 19 British Open
The Open Championship
The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...

Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 
ENG Nick Faldo
Nick Faldo
Sir Nicholas Alexander Faldo, MBE is an English professional golfer on the European Tour, and is one of Europe's most successful players ever. Over his career, he has won six majors: three Open Championships and three U.S. Masters. He was ranked the World No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings...

(2)
279 (-5) 120,000
Jul 26 Buick Open
Buick Open
The Buick Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament from 1958 to 2009. In 2007, the tournament was held at the end of June, a change from its traditional spot between The Open Championship and the PGA Championship...

 
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwe term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 
USA Robert Wrenn
Robert Wrenn (golfer)
Robert Brenaman Wrenn, Jr. is an American sportscaster and golf course design consultant; he is a former professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Wrenn was born in Richmond, Virginia...

 (1)
262 (-26) 108,000
Aug 2 Federal Express St. Jude Classic  Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a state located in the Southeastern United States. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 6,214,888, an increase of nearly 9.5% since 2000. Tennessee is the 14th fastest growing state in the US and is ranked 17th by population. It is ranked 36th by total land area. In...

 
USA Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 (11)
275 (-13) 130,328
Aug 9 PGA Championship
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour...

Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Larry Nelson
Larry Nelson
Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Larry Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta...

(8)
287 (-1) 150,000
Aug 16 The International
The International (golf)
The International was a professional golf tournament played from 1986 to 2006 at the Castle Pines Golf Club in Castle Rock, Colorado. It had the distinction of being one of two PGA Tour events not conducted at traditional stroke play, the only other exception is the match play event, the...

 
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. It may also be considered to be part of the Western and Southwestern regions of the United States. Colorado entered statehood in 1876 and was nicknamed the “Centennial State”...

 
USA John Cook
John Cook (golfer)
John Neuman Cook is an American professional golfer on the Champions Tour, currently residing in Windermere, Florida.Cook, the son of PGA Tour official Jim Cook, was born in Toledo, Ohio, but grew up in southern California. He attended Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes, graduating in 1975...

 (3)
16 (Stableford
Stableford
Stableford is a scoring system used in the sport of golf. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole...

)
180,000
Aug 23 Beatrice Western Open  Illinois
Illinois
Illinois , the 21st state admitted to the United States of America, is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern state and the fifth most populous state in the nation...

 
USA D. A. Weibring
D. A. Weibring
Donald Albert "D.A." Weibring, Jr. is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments including several on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

 (2)
207 (-9) 144,000
Aug 30 NEC World Series of Golf  Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state of the United States. The thirty-fourth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the seventh-most populous with nearly 11.5 million residents...

 
USA Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 (12)
275 (-5) 144,000
Aug 30 Provident Classic  Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a state located in the Southeastern United States. According to the 2008 census, it has a population of 6,214,888, an increase of nearly 9.5% since 2000. Tennessee is the 14th fastest growing state in the US and is ranked 17th by population. It is ranked 36th by total land area. In...

 
USA John Inman
John Inman (golfer)
John Samuel Inman is an American professional golfer and college men's golf head coach. Inman is the younger brother of professional golfer Joe Inman....

 (1)
265 (-15) 81,000
Sep 6 B.C. Open
B.C. Open
The Dick's Sporting Goods Open is a Champions Tour golf tournament which debuted in July 2007 and supplanted the B.C. Open, a now-defunct PGA Tour event, that was held annually from 1971 to 2006....

 
New York
New York
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 
USA Joey Sindelar
Joey Sindelar
Joseph Paul "Joey" Sindelar is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the Champions Tour.Sindelar was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky while his father was serving in the Army, but has lived in New York for most of his life...

 (3)
266 (-18) 72,000
Sep 13 Bank of Boston Classic  Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of...

 
USA Sam Randolph
Sam Randolph
Samuel William Randolph is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Randolph was born in Santa Barbara, California. As a teen, he and fellow future PGA Tour player, Billy Andrade, won the Junior World Cup in 1981...

 (1)
199 (-14) 90,000
Sep 21 Greater Milwaukee Open  Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. states. Located in the north-central United States, Wisconsin is considered part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the...

 
USA Gary Hallberg
Gary Hallberg
Gary George Hallberg is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Hallberg was born in Berwyn, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and was a member of the golf team...

 (2)
269 (-19) 108,000
Sep 27 Southwest Golf Classic  Texas
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...

 
USA Steve Pate
Steve Pate
Stephen Robert Pate is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Pate was born in Ventura, California. He attended UCLA and was a member of the golf team. He helped lead the team to the 1983 Pac-10 Championship, and earned All-American honors that...

 (1)
273 (-15) 72,000
Oct 4 Southern Open  Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state in the United States. One of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution, it had been the last of the Thirteen Colonies to be established, in 1733. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January...

 
SCO Ken Brown
Ken Brown (golfer)
Ken Brown is a Scottish former European Tour golfer who now works as a golf broadcaster and writer, primarily for the BBC. He also works as part of the commentary team for the international coverage of the European Tour on selected events which are not covered by the BBC...

 (1)
266 (-14) 72,000
Oct 11 Pensacola Open
Pensacola Open
This article is about the former PGA Tour event, for information on the former Nationwide Tour event, see Pensacola Classic.The Pensacola Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour...

 
Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Doug Tewell
Doug Tewell
Douglas Fred Tewell is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships....

 (4)
269 (-15) 54,000
Oct 18 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic  Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Larry Nelson
Larry Nelson
Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level.Larry Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama and grew up in Acworth, Georgia, northwest of Atlanta...

 (9)
268 (-20) 108,000
Oct 25 Seiko Tucson Open  Arizona
Arizona
The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. The second largest city is Tucson, followed in size by the four Phoenix metropolitan area cities of Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, and Scottsdale.Arizona was the 48th and...

 
USA Mike Reid
Mike Reid (golfer)
Michael Daniel Reid is an American professional golfer.Reid was born in Bainbridge, Maryland. He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1976 and turned professional the same year. During his collegiate golf career, Reid was selected for All-American honors from 1973-1976...

 (1)
268 (-20) 108,000
Nov 1 Centel Classic
Centel Classic
The Centel Classic was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1969 to 1989. It was played at Killearn Country Club in Tallahassee, Florida.It was founded in 1969 as the Tallahassee Open Invitational. From 1983 to 1985, it was part of the PGA Tour's "Tournament Players Series", a"satellite tour"...

 
Florida
Florida
Florida is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the north. It was the 27th state admitted to the United States...

 
USA Keith Clearwater
Keith Clearwater
Keith Allen Clearwater is an American professional golfer who has won two tournaments on the PGA Tour.Clearwater was born in Long Beach, California. He went to Northgate High School and was one of many Californians to attend Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and play on the school's golf team...

 (2)
278 (-10) 90,000
Nov 1 Nabisco Championship
The Tour Championship
The Tour Championship was historically the final event of golf's PGA Tour season. Since 2007, it has been the final event of the FedEx Cup, the competition for the first official championship trophy for the PGA Tour season. From 1987 to 1996, several courses hosted the event...

 
Texas
Texas
Texas is the second-largest U.S. state in both area and population, and the largest state in the contiguous United States.The name had wide usage among native Americans, meaning "friends" or "allies"...

 
USA Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges "Tom" Watson is an American PGA Tour golfer and now mostly Champions Tour golfer.In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times...

 (37)
268 (-12) 360,000

Leaders


Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1 David Frost
David Frost (golfer)
David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents....

 
ZAF 70.09
2 Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 
70.21
3 Dan Pohl
Dan Pohl
Danny Joe Pohl is an American professional golfer.Pohl was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was a member of the school's golf team...

 
70.25
4 Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas before turning professional in 1973....

 
70.35
5 Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

 
70.38


Full 1987 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($
United States dollar
The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...

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EventsWins
1 Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 
925,941 27 3
2 Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 
822,481 27 3
3 Ben Crenshaw
Ben Crenshaw
Ben Daniel Crenshaw is an American professional golfer.Crenshaw was born in Austin, Texas. He attended and played golf at Austin High School and the University of Texas before turning professional in 1973....

 
638,194 24 1
4 Scott Simpson
Scott Simpson (golfer)
Scott William Simpson is an American professional golfer.Simpson was born in San Diego, California. He attended the University of Southern California, where he was two-time medalist at the NCAA Championship . He turned professional in 1977 and graduated in 1978...

 
621,032 25 2
5 Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges "Tom" Watson is an American PGA Tour golfer and now mostly Champions Tour golfer.In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times...

 
616,351 20 1


Full 1987 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($
United States dollar
The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...

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Wins
1 Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , also known as "The Golden Bear", is regarded by many to be the greatest professional golfer of all time. Nicklaus, who holds the record for the most victories in major championships , was continuously ranked as the world's number one golfer on McCormack's World Golf...

 
4,976,980 73
2 Tom Watson
Tom Watson (golfer)
Thomas Sturges "Tom" Watson is an American PGA Tour golfer and now mostly Champions Tour golfer.In the 1970s and 1980s, Watson was one of the leading players in the world, winning eight major championships and heading the PGA Tour money list five times...

 
4,701,629 37
3 Tom Kite
Tom Kite
Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

 
3,445,007 10
4 Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....

 
3,372,339 21
5 Lee Trevino
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino is an American professional golfer. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex".-Early life:...

 
3,315,502 29


Full 1987 Career Official Money List

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)  Curtis Strange
Curtis Strange
Curtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-College:Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia...

 
PGA Player of the Year  Paul Azinger
Paul Azinger
Paul William Azinger is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994....

 
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)
Vardon Trophy
The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually by the PGA of America to the PGA Tour's leader in scoring average. When the award was first given in 1937, it was awarded on the basis of a points system. No award was given from 1942–1946 due to World War II. In 1947, the PGA began awarding it for low...

 
Dan Pohl
Dan Pohl
Danny Joe Pohl is an American professional golfer.Pohl was born in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. He attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he was a member of the school's golf team...

 
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)
Vardon Trophy
The Vardon Trophy is awarded annually by the PGA of America to the PGA Tour's leader in scoring average. When the award was first given in 1937, it was awarded on the basis of a points system. No award was given from 1942–1946 due to World War II. In 1947, the PGA began awarding it for low...

 
David Frost
David Frost (golfer)
David Laurence Frost is a South African professional golfer who has more than twenty professional tournament wins to his name, spread across four continents....


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