1989 PGA Tour

The 1989 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 29. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Steve Jones and Tom Kite won the most tournaments, three, and there were nine 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 1989 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 8MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Steve Jones (2)279 (−9)135,000
Jan 15Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Steve Jones (3)343 (−17)180,000
Jan 22Phoenix OpenArizona Mark Calcavecchia (4)263 (−21)126,000
Jan 29AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara (4)277 (−11)180,000
Feb 5Nissan Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Mark Calcavecchia (5)272 (−12)180,000
Feb 12Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gene Sauers (2)197 (−19)135,000
Feb 19Shearson Lehman Hutton OpenCalifornia Greg Twiggs (1)271 (−17)126,000
Feb 26Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Bill Glasson (4)275 (−13)234,000
Mar 5Honda ClassicFlorida Blaine McCallister (2)266 (−22)144,000
Mar 12Nestle InvitationalFlorida Tom Kite (11)278 (−6)144,000
Mar 19The Players ChampionshipFlorida Tom Kite (12)279 (−9)243,000
Mar 26USF&G ClassicLouisiana Tim Simpson (2)274 (−14)135,000
Apr 2Independent Insurance Agent OpenTexas Mike Sullivan (2)280 (−8)144,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Nick Faldo (3)283 (−5)200,000
Apr 9Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Jim Booros199 (−11)36,000Satellite event
Apr 16MCI Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Payne Stewart (4)268 (−16)144,000
Apr 23KMart Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Ken Green (5)277 (−11)180,000
Apr 30Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Scott Hoch (4)336 (−24)225,000
May 7GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Jodie Mudd (2)265 (−15)180,000
May 14Memorial TournamentOhio Bob Tway (5)277 (−11)160,000
May 21Southwestern Bell ColonialTexas Ian Baker-Finch (1)270 (−10)180,000
May 28BellSouth Atlanta Golf ClassicGeorgia Scott Simpson (5)278 (−10)162,000
Jun 4Kemper OpenMaryland Tom Byrum (1)268 (−16)162,000
Jun 11Manufacturers Hanover Westchester ClassicNew York Wayne Grady (1)277 (−7)180,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew York Curtis Strange (17)278 (−2)200,000
Jun 25Canadian OpenCanada Steve Jones (4)271 (−17)162,000
Jul 3Beatrice Western OpenIllinois Mark McCumber (7)275 (−13)180,000
Jul 9Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Paul Azinger (5)267 (−17)180,000
Jul 16Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicVirginia Mike Donald (1)268 (−16)153,000
Jul 23Hardee's Golf ClassicIllinois Curt Byrum (1)268 (−12)126,000
Jul 23British OpenScotland Mark Calcavecchia (6)275 (−13)128,000
Jul 30Buick OpenMichigan Leonard Thompson (3)273 (−15)180,000
Aug 6Federal Express St. Jude ClassicTennessee John Mahaffey (10)272 (−12)180,000
Aug 13PGA ChampionshipIllinois Payne Stewart (5)276 (−12)200,000
Aug 20The InternationalColorado Greg Norman (7)13 (Stableford)180,000
Aug 27NEC World Series of GolfOhio David Frost (3)276 (−4)180,000
Aug 27Chattanooga ClassicTennessee Stan Utley (1)263 (−17)90,000Alternate event
Sep 3Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Greg Norman (8)269 (−19)144,000
Sep 10B.C. OpenNew York Mike Hulbert (2)268 (−16)90,000
Sep 17Bank of Boston ClassicMassachusetts Blaine McCallister (3)271 (−13)126,000
Sep 24Southern OpenGeorgia Ted Schulz (1)266 (−14)72,000
Oct 1Centel ClassicFlorida Bill Britton (1)200 (−16)135,000
Oct 8Texas OpenTexas Donnie Hammond (2)258 (−22)108,000
Oct 22Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida Tim Simpson (3)272 (−16)144,000
Oct 29Nabisco ChampionshipSouth Carolina Tom Kite (13)276 (−8)450,000

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Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Payne Stewart United States69.485
2Greg Norman Australia69.489
3Tom Kite United States69.57
4Paul Azinger United States69.69
5Curtis Strange United States69.69

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Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Kite United States1,395,278233
2Payne Stewart United States1,201,301242
3Paul Azinger United States951,649251
4Greg Norman Australia835,096172
5Mark Calcavecchia United States807,741253

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Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Tom Kite United States5,600,69113
2Tom Watson United States5,160,24337
3Jack Nicklaus United States5,102,42073
4Curtis Strange United States5,015,72017
5Ben Crenshaw United States4,115,07414

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Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tom Kite United States
PGA Player of the YearTom Kite United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Greg Norman Australia
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Payne Stewart United States

References

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