1987 PGA Tour


The 1987 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 1. The season consisted of 46 official money events. The season saw the debut of the Tour Championship, then sponsored by Nabisco, with the top 30 players fighting for a US$360,000 first prize and a total US$2.0 million purse. Paul Azinger and Curtis Strange 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 are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize Notes
Jan 10MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Mac O'Grady 278 90,000
Jan 18Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Corey Pavin 341 162,000
Jan 25Phoenix OpenArizona Paul Azinger 268 108,000
Feb 1AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Johnny Miller 278 108,000
Feb 8Hawaiian OpenHawaii Corey Pavin 270 108,000
Feb 15Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams OpenCalifornia George Burns 266 90,000
Feb 22Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Chen Tze-chung 275 108,000
Mar 1Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Lanny Wadkins 277 180,000
Mar 8Honda ClassicFlorida Mark Calcavecchia 279 108,000
Mar 15Hertz Bay Hill ClassicFlorida Payne Stewart 264 108,000
Mar 22USF&G ClassicLouisiana Ben Crenshaw 268 90,000
Mar 29Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Sandy Lyle 274 180,000
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Scott Simpson 282 108,000
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia Larry Mize 285 162,000
Apr 12Magnolia State ClassicMississippi David Ogrin267 36,000Satellite event
Apr 19MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Davis Love III 271 117,000
Apr 26Big "I" Houston OpenTexas Jay Haas 276 108,000
May 3Panasonic Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Paul Azinger 271 225,000
May 10Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Fred Couples 266 108,000
May 17Colonial National InvitationTexas Keith Clearwater 266 108,000
May 24Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Dave Barr 265 108,000
May 31Memorial TournamentOhio Don Pooley 272 140,000
Jun 7Kemper OpenMaryland Tom Kite 270 126,000
Jun 14Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York J. C. Snead 276 108,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenCalifornia Scott Simpson 277 150,000
Jun 28Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Paul Azinger 269 126,000
Jul 5Canadian OpenCanada Curtis Strange 276 108,000
Jul 12Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mark McCumber 267 110,160
Jul 19Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Kenny Knox 265 90,000
Jul 19British OpenScotland Nick Faldo 279 120,000
Jul 26Buick OpenMichigan Robert Wrenn 262 108,000
Aug 2Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee Curtis Strange 275 130,328
Aug 9PGA ChampionshipFlorida Larry Nelson 287 150,000
Aug 16The InternationalColorado John Cook 11 180,000
Aug 23Beatrice Western OpenIllinois D. A. Weibring 207 144,000
Aug 30NEC World Series of GolfOhio Curtis Strange 275 144,000
Aug 30Provident ClassicTennessee John Inman 265 81,000Alternate event
Sep 6B.C. OpenNew York Joey Sindelar 266 72,000
Sep 13Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Sam Randolph 199 90,000
Sep 21Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Gary Hallberg 269 108,000
Sep 27Southwest Golf ClassicTexas Steve Pate 273 72,000
Oct 4Southern OpenGeorgia Ken Brown 266 72,000
Oct 11Pensacola OpenFlorida Doug Tewell 269 54,000
Oct 18Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Larry Nelson 268 108,000
Oct 25Seiko Tucson OpenArizona Mike Reid 268 108,000
Nov 1Centel ClassicFlorida Keith Clearwater 278 90,000
Nov 1Nabisco ChampionshipTexas Tom Watson 268 360,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1David Frost70.09
2Paul Azinger70.21
3Dan Pohl70.25
4Ben Crenshaw70.35
5Tom Kite70.38

Source:
Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Curtis Strange925,941273
2Paul Azinger822,481273
3Ben Crenshaw638,194241
4Scott Simpson621,032252
5Tom Watson616,351201

Source:
Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Jack Nicklaus4,976,98073
2Tom Watson4,701,62937
3Tom Kite3,445,00710
4Raymond Floyd3,372,33921
5Lee Trevino3,315,50229

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Awards