1990 Senior PGA Tour


The 1990 Senior PGA Tour was the 11th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. The season consisted of 38 official money events with purses totalling $17,800,000, including four majors. Lee Trevino won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1990 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. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
DateTournamentLocationPurse WinnerScore1st prize
Jan 7MONY Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia250,000 George Archer 283 37,500
Feb 4Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida400,000 Lee Trevino 206 60,000
Feb 11GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida450,000 Mike Hill 207 67,500
Feb 18Aetna ChallengeFlorida400,000 Lee Trevino 200 60,000
Mar 4Vintage Chrysler InvitationalCalifornia400,000 Lee Trevino 205 60,000
Mar 18Vantage at The DominionTexas300,000 Jim Dent 205 45,000
Apr 1The Tradition at Desert MountainArizona800,000 Jack Nicklaus 206 120,000
Apr 15PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida450,000 Gary Player 281 75,000
Apr 29Murata Reunion Pro-AmTexas400,000 Frank Beard 207 60,000
May 6Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada450,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 204 67,500
May 13Southwestern Bell ClassicOklahoma450,000 Jimmy Powell 208 67,500
May 20Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas300,000 Lee Trevino 203 45,000
May 27Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania500,000 Dale Douglass 206 75,000
Jun 3NYNEX CommemorativeNew York350,000 Lee Trevino 199 52,500
Jun 10Mazda Senior Tournament Players ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000 Jack Nicklaus 261 150,000
Jun 17MONY Syracuse Senior ClassicNew York400,000 Jim Dent 199 60,000
Jun 24Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts350,000 Bob Charles 203 52,500
Jul 1U.S. Senior OpenNew Jersey450,000 Lee Trevino 275 90,000
Jul 8Northville Long Island ClassicNew York450,000 George Archer 208 67,500
Jul 15Kroger Senior ClassicOhio600,000 Jim Dent 133 90,000
Jul 22Ameritech Senior OpenMichigan500,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 203 75,000
Jul 29Newport CupRhode Island300,000 Al Kelley 134 45,000
Aug 5PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina450,000 Bruce Crampton 205 67,500
Aug 12Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf ClassicNew Mexico350,000 Chi Chi Rodriguez 205 52,500
Aug 19Showdown ClassicUtah350,000 Rives McBee 202 52,500
Aug 26GTE Northwest ClassicWashington350,000 George Archer 205 52,500
Sep 2GTE North ClassicIndiana450,000 Mike Hill 201 67,500
Sep 9Vantage Bank One ClassicKentucky300,000 Rives McBee 201 45,000
Sep 16Greater Grand Rapids OpenMichigan300,000 Don Massengale 134 45,000
Sep 23Crestar ClassicVirginia350,000 Jim Dent 202 52,500
Sep 30Fairfield Barnett Space Coast ClassicFlorida300,000 Mike Hill 200 45,000
Oct 7Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000 Charles Coody 202 202,500
Oct 14Gatlin Brothers Southwest Senior ClassicTexas300,000 Bruce Crampton 204 45,000
Oct 21Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia500,000 Lee Trevino 205 75,000
Oct 28Rancho Murieta Senior Gold RushCalifornia400,000 George Archer 204 60,000
Nov 4Security Pacific Senior ClassicCalifornia500,000 Mike Hill 201 75,000
Dec 9GTE Kaanapali ClassicHawaii450,000 Bob Charles 206 67,500
Dec 16New York Life ChampionsPuerto Rico1,000,000 Mike Hill 201 150,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders
RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Lee Trevino68.89
2Gary Player69.96
3George Archer69.99
4Mike Hill70.06
5Chi Chi Rodriguez70.11

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Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings EventsWins
1Lee Trevino1,190,518287
2Mike Hill895,678325
3Charles Coody762,901321
4George Archer749,691324
5Chi Chi Rodriguez729,788313

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Career Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Wins
1Bob Charles2,494,73215
2Miller Barber2,488,78724
3Chi Chi Rodriguez2,235,15916
4Bruce Crampton2,147,53017
5Orville Moody2,136,1809

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Awards