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$2.0 million purse. Paul Azinger and Curtis Strange won the most tournaments, three, and there were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1987 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
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Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Frost | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Africa | 70.09 |
| 2 | Paul Azinger |  United States | 70.21 |
| 3 | Dan Pohl | United States | 70.25 |
| 4 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 70.35 |
| 5 | Tom Kite | United States | 70.38 |
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Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curtis Strange | United States | 925,941 | 27 | 3 |
| 2 | Paul Azinger | United States | 822,481 | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Ben Crenshaw | United States | 638,194 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Scott Simpson | United States | 621,032 | 25 | 2 |
| 5 | Tom Watson | United States | 616,351 | 20 | 1 |
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Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Nicklaus | United States | 4,976,980 | 73 |
| 2 | Tom Watson | United States | 4,701,629 | 37 |
| 3 | Tom Kite | United States | 3,445,007 | 10 |
| 4 | Raymond Floyd | United States | 3,372,339 | 21 |
| 5 | Lee Trevino | United States | 3,315,502 | 29 |
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Awards
References
- "1987 Schedule". PGA Tour.
- "Scoring Average – 1987". PGA Tour.
- "Money Leaders – 1987". PGA Tour.
- "Career Money Leaders – 1987". PGA Tour.