1981 Senior PGA Tour
The 1981 Senior PGA Tour was the second season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of seven official money events with purses totalling $1,024,000, including two majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1981 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse | Winner | Score | 1st prize |
| Apr 5 | Michelob-Egypt Temple Senior Classic | Florida | 125,000 |  Don January | 280 | 20,000 |
| Jun 7 | Eureka Federal Savings Classic | California | 150,000 | Don January | 208 | 25,000 |
| Jun 14 | Peter Jackson Champions | Canada | 200,000 | Miller Barber | 204 | 30,000 |
| Jun 28 | Marlboro Classic | Massachusetts | 150,000 | Bob Goalby | 208 | 25,000 |
| Jul 12 | U.S. Senior Open | Michigan | 149,000 | Arnold Palmer | 289 | 26,000 |
| Oct 18 | Suntree Seniors Classic | Florida | 125,000 | Miller Barber | 204 | 20,000 |
| Dec 6 | PGA Seniors' Championship | Florida | 125,000 | Miller Barber | 281 | 20,000 |
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Leaders
Money List leaders| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings | Events | Wins |
| 1 | Miller Barber | 83,136 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2 | Don January | 74,175 | 6 | 2 | |
| 3 | Bob Goalby | 66,494 | 7 | 1 | |
| 4 | Arnold Palmer | 55,100 | 4 | 1 | |
| 5 | Art Wall | 37,556 | 5 | 0 |
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