1991 PGA Tour

The 1991 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Billy Andrade, Mark Brooks, Fred Couples, Andrew Magee, Corey Pavin, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, and Ian Woosnam won the most tournaments, two, and there were 14 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 1991 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.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Jan 6	Infiniti Tournament of Champions	California	Tom Kite (15)	272 (−16)	800,000	144,000
Jan 13	Northern Telecom Open	Arizona	Phil Mickelson (amateur,1)	272 (−16)	1,000,000	180,000
Jan 20	United Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	Lanny Wadkins (20)	270 (−18)	1,100,000	198,000
Jan 27	Phoenix Open	Arizona	Nolan Henke (2)	268 (−16)	1,000,000	180,000
Feb 3	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	Paul Azinger (7)	274 (−14)	1,100,000	198,000
Feb 10	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	Corey Pavin (8)	331 (−29)	1,100,000	198,000
Feb 17	Shearson Lehman Brothers Open	California	Jay Don Blake (1)	268 (−20)	1,000,000	180,000
Feb 24	Nissan Los Angeles Open	California	Ted Schulz (2)	272 (−12)	1,000,000	180,000
Mar 4	Doral-Ryder Open	Florida	Rocco Mediate (1)	276 (−12)	1,400,000	252,000
Mar 10	Honda Classic	Florida	Steve Pate (4)	279 (−9)	1,000,000	180,000
Mar 17	Nestle Invitational	Florida	Andrew Magee (2)	203 (−13)	1,000,000	180,000
Mar 24	USF&G Classic	Louisiana	Ian Woosnam (1)	275 (−13)	1,000,000	180,000
Mar 31	The Players Championship	Florida	Steve Elkington (2)	276 (−12)	1,600,000	288,000
Apr 14	Masters Tournament	Georgia	Ian Woosnam (2)	277 (−11)	1,350,000	243,000
Apr 21	MCI Heritage Golf Classic	South Carolina	Davis Love III (3)	271 (−13)	1,000,000	180,000
Apr 28	KMart Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	Mark Brooks (2)	275 (−13)	1,250,000	225,000
May 5	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	Nick Price (2)	270 (−10)	1,100,000	198,000
May 12	BellSouth Atlanta Golf Classic	Georgia	Corey Pavin (9)	272 (−16)	1,000,000	180,000
May 19	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Kenny Perry (1)	273 (−15)	1,200,000	216,000
May 26	Southwestern Bell Colonial	Texas	Tom Purtzer (4)	267 (−13)	1,200,000	216,000
Jun 2	Kemper Open	Maryland	Billy Andrade (1)	263 (−21)	1,000,000	180,000
Jun 9	Buick Classic	New York	Billy Andrade (2)	273 (−11)	1,000,000	180,000
Jun 17	U.S. Open	Minnesota	Payne Stewart (8)	282 (−6)	1,300,000	235,000
Jun 23	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	Mike Hulbert (3)	266 (−18)	1,000,000	180,000
Jun 30	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	Tennessee	Fred Couples (5)	269 (−15)	1,000,000	180,000
Jul 7	Centel Western Open	Illinois	Russ Cochran (1)	275 (−13)	1,000,000	180,000
Jul 14	New England Classic	Massachusetts	Bruce Fleisher (1)	268 (−16)	1,000,000	180,000
Jul 21	Chattanooga Classic	Tennessee	Dillard Pruitt (1)	260 (−20)	700,000	126,000
Jul 21	British Open	England	Ian Baker-Finch (2)	272 (−8)	1,512,000	151,200
Jul 28	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Billy Ray Brown (1)	271 (−9)	1,000,000	180,000
Aug 4	Buick Open	Michigan	Brad Faxon (1)	271 (−17)	1,000,000	180,000
Aug 11	PGA Championship	Indiana	John Daly (1)	276 (−12)	1,350,000	230,000
Aug 18	The International	Colorado	José María Olazábal (2)	10 (Stableford)	1,100,000	198,000
Aug 25	NEC World Series of Golf	Ohio	Tom Purtzer (5)	279 (−1)	1,200,000	216,000
Sep 1	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Mark Brooks (3)	270 (−18)	1,000,000	180,000
Sep 8	Canadian Open	Canada	Nick Price (3)	273 (−15)	1,000,000	180,000
Sep 15	Hardee's Golf Classic	Illinois	D. A. Weibring (3)	267 (−13)	1,000,000	180,000
Sep 22	B.C. Open	New York	Fred Couples (6)	269 (−15)	800,000	144,000
Sep 29	Buick Southern Open	Georgia	David Peoples (1)	276 (−12)	700,000	126,000
Oct 6	H.E.B. Texas Open	Texas	Blaine McCallister (4)	269 (−11)	900,000	162,000
Oct 13	Las Vegas Invitational	Nevada	Andrew Magee (3)	329 (−31)	1,500,000	270,000
Oct 19	Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic	Florida	Mark O'Meara (7)	267 (−21)	1,000,000	180,000
Oct 26	Independent Insurance Agent Open[1]	Texas	Fulton Allem (1)	273 (−15)	800,000	144,000
Nov 3	The Tour Championship	North Carolina	Craig Stadler (9)	279 (−5)	2,000,000	360,000

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Leaders[]

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Fred Couples	United States	69.59
2	Corey Pavin	United States	69.63
3	Bruce Lietzke	United States	69.80
4	Ian Baker-Finch	Australia	69.92
5	Tom Watson	United States	69.96

Source:^[3]

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Corey Pavin	United States	979,430	25	2
2	Craig Stadler	United States	827,628	21	1
3	Fred Couples	United States	791,749	21	2
4	Tom Purtzer	United States	750,568	25	2
5	Andrew Magee	United States	750,082	28	2

Source:^[4]

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Tom Kite	United States	6,655,474	15
2	Tom Watson	United States	5,729,108	37
3	Curtis Strange	United States	5,629,225	17
4	Jack Nicklaus	United States	5,294,261	73
5	Lanny Wadkins	United States	5,265,876	20

Source:^[5]

Awards[]

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Corey Pavin	United States
PGA Player of the Year	Corey Pavin	United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Fred Couples	United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	Fred Couples	United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	Fred Couples	United States
Rookie of the Year	John Daly	United States
Comeback Player of the Year	Bruce Fleisher D. A. Weibring	United States  United States

References[]

External links[]

• PGA Tour official site