1997 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 17, 1997 (1997-01-17) – November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
Number of official events39
Most winsUnited States Hale Irwin (9)
Money listUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Gil Morgan
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Senior PGA Tour was the 18th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 19MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (5)
Feb 2Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida850,000United States Gibby Gilbert (6)
Feb 9LG ChampionshipFlorida1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (6)
Feb 16GTE ClassicFlorida900,000Australia David Graham (1)
Feb 23American Express InvitationalFlorida1,200,000United States Buddy Allin (1)
Mar 16Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Bob Murphy (11)
Mar 30Southwestern Bell DominionTexas800,000Australia David Graham (2)
Apr 6The TraditionArizona1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (2)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 20PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida1,200,000United States Hale Irwin (7)Senior major championship
Apr 27Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (8)
May 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,150,000United States Jay Sigel (3)
May 11Home Depot InvitationalNorth Carolina900,000United States Jim Dent (11)
May 18Cadillac NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey950,000Australia Bruce Crampton (20)
May 25Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania1,000,000United States Bob Eastwood (1)
Jun 1Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois1,200,000United States Gil Morgan (3)
Jun 8BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,300,000United States Gil Morgan (4)
Jun 15du Maurier ChampionsCanada1,100,000United States Jack Kiefer (2)
Jun 22Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia1,300,000Australia Graham Marsh (4)
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenIllinois1,300,000Australia Graham Marsh (5)Senior major championship
Jul 6Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,000,000United States Jay Sigel (4)
Jul 13Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,800,000United States Larry Gilbert (3)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 20Burnet Senior ClassicMinnesota1,350,000United States Hale Irwin (9)
Jul 27Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£350,000South Africa Gary Player (21)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 27Franklin Quest ChampionshipUtah1,000,000United States Dave Stockton (14)
Aug 3BankBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,000,000United States Hale Irwin (10)
Aug 10Northville Long Island ClassicNew York1,000,000United States Dana Quigley (1)
Aug 17First of America ClassicMichigan1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (5)
Aug 24Saint Luke's ClassicMissouri1,000,000United States Bruce Summerhays (1)
Aug 31Pittsburgh Senior ClassicPennsylvania1,100,000South Africa Hugh Baiocchi (1)
Sep 7Bank One ClassicKentucky800,000Argentina Vicente Fernández (2)
Sep 14Boone Valley ClassicMissouri1,300,000United States Hale Irwin (11)
Sep 21Comfort ClassicIndiana1,050,000Australia David Graham (3)
Sep 28Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,100,000Japan Isao Aoki (7)
Oct 5Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (12)
Oct 12The TransamericaCalifornia800,000United States Dave Eichelberger (3)
Oct 19Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali ClassicHawaii850,000United States Hale Irwin (13)
Oct 26Raley's Gold Rush ClassicCalifornia900,000United States Bob Eastwood (2)
Nov 2Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia1,000,000United States Gil Morgan (6)
Nov 9Energizer Senior Tour ChampionshipSouth Carolina1,850,000United States Gil Morgan (7)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)		WinnersNotes
Dec 7Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida860,000United States Raymond Floyd and
son Raymond Floyd Jr.		Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Hale Irwin2,343,364
2United States Gil Morgan2,160,562
3Japan Isao Aoki1,410,499
4United States Jay Sigel1,294,838
5Australia David Graham1,173,579

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Hale Irwin[4]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Gil Morgan[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Hale Irwin[6]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States George Archer[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ↑ "1998 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1997 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. ↑ "No contest". The Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta, Georgia. December 10, 1997. p. 31 (C5 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 1 2 "Other awards". North County Times. Oceanside, California. January 11, 1998. p. 36 (C-10 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "1997 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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