The 1987 Senior PGA Tour was the eighth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 32 official money events with purses totalling $8,905,000, including three majors. Chi Chi Rodriguez won the most tournaments, seven. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.
| Date |
Tournament |
Location |
Purse ($) |
Winner |
Score |
1st prize ($) |
| Jan 10 |
MONY Senior Tournament of Champions |
California |
100,000 |
 Don January (22) |
287 (−1) |
30,000 |
| Feb 15 |
General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship |
Florida |
260,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (4) |
282 (−6) |
47,000 |
| Mar 15 |
Del E. Webb Arizona Classic |
Arizona |
200,000 |
Billy Casper (5) |
201 (−15) |
30,000 |
| Mar 22 |
Vintage Chrysler Invitational |
California |
270,000 |
 Bob Charles (1) |
285 (−3) |
40,500 |
| Mar 29 |
GTE Classic |
California |
275,000 |
Bob Charles (2) |
208 (−8) |
41,250 |
| May 3 |
Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic |
New Mexico |
250,000 |
Bob Charles (3) |
208 (−8) |
37,500 |
| May 10 |
Vantage at The Dominion |
Texas |
250,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (5) |
203 (−13) |
37,500 |
| May 17 |
United Hospitals Senior Golf Championship |
Pennsylvania |
225,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (6) |
202 (−8) |
33,750 |
| May 24 |
Silver Pages Classic |
Oklahoma |
250,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (7) |
200 (−16) |
37,500 |
| May 31 |
Denver Champions of Golf |
Colorado |
250,000 |
 Bruce Crampton (8) |
204 (−12) |
37,500 |
| Jun 7 |
Senior Players Reunion Pro-Am |
Texas |
200,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (8) |
201 (−15) |
30,093 |
| Jun 14 |
Mazda Senior Tournament Players Championship |
Florida |
400,000 |
 Gary Player (5) |
280 (−8) |
60,000 |
| Jun 28 |
Greater Grand Rapids Open |
Michigan |
250,000 |
Billy Casper (6) |
200 (−13) |
37,500 |
| Jul 5 |
The Greenbrier American Express Championship |
West Virginia |
225,000 |
Bruce Crampton (9) |
200 (−16) |
33,750 |
| Jul 12 |
U.S. Senior Open |
Connecticut |
300,000 |
Gary Player (6) |
270 (−14) |
47,000 |
| Jul 19 |
MONY Syracuse Senior Classic |
New York |
250,000 |
Bruce Crampton (10) |
197 (−19) |
37,500 |
| Aug 2 |
NYNEX/Golf Digest Commemorative |
New York |
250,000 |
Gene Littler (6) |
200 (−10) |
37,500 |
| Aug 9 |
Digital Seniors Classic |
Massachusetts |
250,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (9) |
198 (−18) |
37,500 |
| Aug 16 |
Rancho Murieta Senior Gold Rush |
California |
300,000 |
Orville Moody (3) |
205 (−11) |
45,000 |
| Aug 23 |
GTE Northwest Classic |
Washington |
300,000 |
Chi Chi Rodriguez (10) |
206 (−10) |
45,000 |
| Aug 30 |
Showdown Classic |
Utah |
300,000 |
Miller Barber (19) |
210 (−6) |
45,000 |
| Sep 6 |
Vantage presents Bank One Senior Golf Classic |
Kentucky |
225,000 |
Bruce Crampton (11) |
197 (−13) |
33,750 |
| Sep 13 |
PaineWebber World Seniors Invitational |
North Carolina |
250,000 |
Gary Player (7) |
207 (−9) |
37,500 |
| Sep 20 |
Crestar Classic |
Virginia |
325,000 |
Larry Mowry (1) |
203 (−13) |
48,750 |
| Sep 27 |
Newport Cup |
Rhode Island |
200,000 |
Miller Barber (20) |
202 (−14) |
30,000 |
| Oct 4 |
Vantage Championship |
North Carolina |
1,000,000 |
Al Geiberger (1) |
206 (−4) |
135,000 |
| Oct 11 |
Pepsi Senior Challenge |
Georgia |
250,000 |
Larry Mowry (2) |
203 (−13) |
37,500 |
| Oct 18 |
Seniors International Golf Championship |
South Carolina |
250,000 |
Al Geiberger (2) |
209 (−4) |
37,500 |
| Oct 25 |
Las Vegas Senior Classic |
Nevada |
250,000 |
Al Geiberger (3) |
203 (−13) |
37,500 |
| Nov 15 |
Fairfield Barnett Senior Classic |
Florida |
200,000 |
Dave Hill (1) |
202 (−14) |
30,000 |
| Nov 22 |
Gus Machado Senior Classic |
Florida |
300,000 |
Gene Littler (7) |
207 (−6) |
45,000 |
| Dec 13 |
GTE Kaanapali Classic |
Hawaii |
300,000 |
Orville Moody (4) |
132 (−12) |
45,000 |
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
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Money List leaders
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Career Money List leaders
Source:[4]
Awards
See also
References
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