1984 Senior PGA Tour

The 1984 Senior PGA Tour was the fifth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 22 official money events with purses totalling $4,366,000, including four majors. Miller Barber won the most tournaments, four. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results[]

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 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 8	Seiko-Tucson Senior Match Play Championship	Arizona	306,000	Gene Littler (3)	1 up	100,000
Jan 22	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	200,000	Arnold Palmer (6)	282 (−6)	35,000
Mar 25	The Vintage Invitational	California	300,000	Don January (12)	280 (−7)	50,000
Apr 8	Daytona Beach Seniors Golf Classic	Florida	150,000	Orville Moody (1)	213 (−3)	22,500
Apr 22	Senior PGA Tour Roundup	Arizona	200,000	Billy Casper (4)	202 (−14)	30,000
May 6	MONY Senior Tournament of Champions	California	100,000	Orville Moody (2)	288 (E)	30,000
Jun 3	Gatlin Brothers Seniors Golf Classic	Nevada	220,000	Dan Sikes (2)	210 (−6)	33,750
Jun 17	Roy Clark Senior Challenge	Oklahoma	200,000	Miller Barber (11)	212 (−1)	30,000
Jun 24	Senior Tournament Players Championship	Ohio	240,000	Arnold Palmer (7)	276 (−8)	36,000
Jul 1	U.S. Senior Open	New York	200,000	Miller Barber (12)	286 (−2)	36,448
Jul 8	Greater Syracuse Senior's Pro Classic	New York	200,000	Miller Barber (13)	206 (−7)	30,000
Jul 15	Merrill Lynch/Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am	Rhode Island	150,000	Roberto De Vicenzo (2)	206 (−10)	22,500
Jul 29	Denver Post Champions of Golf	Colorado	200,000	Miller Barber (14)	208 (−8)	30,000
Aug 12	du Maurier Champions	Canada	225,000	Don January (13)	194 (−19)	33,750
Sep 3	Citizens Union Senior Golf Classic	Kentucky	175,000	Gay Brewer (1)	204 (−9)	26,050
Sep 9	United Virginia Bank Seniors	Virginia	200,000	Dan Sikes (3)	207 (−9)	30,060
Sep 16	World Seniors Invitational	North Carolina	150,000	Peter Thomson (1)	281 (−7)	25,000
Sep 23	Digital Middlesex Classic	Massachusetts	175,000	Don January (14)	209 (−7)	26,000
Oct 14	Suntree Senior Classic	Florida	150,000	Lee Elder (1)	200 (−16)	22,500
Oct 21	Hilton Head Seniors International	South Carolina	200,000	Lee Elder (2)	203 (−13)	30,000
Dec 2	Quadel Seniors Classic	Florida	200,000	Arnold Palmer (8)	205 (−11)	30,060
Dec 9	General Foods PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	225,000	Peter Thomson (2)	286 (−2)	40,000

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Leaders[]

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Don January	United States	70.68
2	Miller Barber	United States	71.13
3	Peter Thomson	Australia	71.59
4	Arnold Palmer	United States	71.80
5	Dan Sikes	United States	71.86

Source:^[2]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Don January	United States	328,597	17	3
2	Miller Barber	United States	299,099	22	4
3	Peter Thomson	Australia	228,940	20	2
4	Arnold Palmer	United States	184,582	13	3
5	Orville Moody	United States	183,920	21	2

Source:^[3]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Don January	United States	791,990	14
2	Miller Barber	United States	720,134	14
3	Arnold Palmer	United States	442,974	8
4	Billy Casper	United States	395,386	4
5	Gene Littler	United States	358,770	3

Source:^[4]

Awards[]

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Don January	United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Don January	United States

See also[]

• Champions Tour awards
• Champions Tour records

References[]

External links[]

• PGA Tour Champions official site