1986 PGA Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1986

| tour = PGA Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|1986|1|8}} – {{end date|1986|11|2}}

| no_of_events = 45

| most_wins = {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Tway (4)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman

| honor2 = PGA Player of the Year

| honoree2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Tway

| honor3 = Rookie of the Year

| honoree3 = {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Claar

| honor4 =

| honoree4 =

| prevseason = 1985

| nextseason = 1987

}}

The 1986 PGA Tour was the 71st season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 18th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1986 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1986.html |title=1986 Tournament schedule |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=5 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906050525/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1986.html |archive-date=6 September 2018}}{{Cite web |title=1987 PGA Tour Media Guide |url=https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1987_pgatour.pdf |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=5 November 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Date !Tournament !Location !Purse (US$) !Winner{{efn\|The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.}} !OWGR points !Notes
Jan 11	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Calvin Peete (11)	align=center\|52	Winners-only event
Jan 19	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Donnie Hammond (1)	align=center\|56	Pro-Am
Jan 26	Phoenix Open	Arizona	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hal Sutton (6)	align=center\|56
Feb 2	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller (8)	align=center\|46	Pro-Am
Feb 9	Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open	California	align=right\|450,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway (1)	align=center\|38
Feb 16	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Corey Pavin (3)	align=center\|54
Feb 23	Los Angeles Open	California	align=right\|450,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Tewell (3)	align=center\|42
Mar 2	Honda Classic	Florida	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kenny Knox (1)	align=center\|42
Mar 9	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Andy Bean (10)	align=center\|54
Mar 16	Hertz Bay Hill Classic	Florida	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dan Forsman (2)	align=center\|46
Mar 23	USF&G Classic	Louisiana	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Calvin Peete (12)	align=center\|56
style="background:#f2ecce;" \| Mar 30	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	align=right\|900,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Mahaffey (9)	align=center\|68	Special event
Apr 6	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|SCO}} Sandy Lyle (2)	align=center\|46
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Apr 13	Masters Tournament	Georgia	align=right\|785,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (73)	align=center\|100	Major championship
Apr 13	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	Mississippi	align=right\|200,000	{{flagicon\|CAN}} Dan Halldorson (n/a)	align=center\|10	Alternate event{{efn\|name=alt\|Official money; unofficial win.}}
Apr 20	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	align=right\|450,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller (9)	align=center\|50	Invitational
Apr 27	Houston Open	Texas	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Curtis Strange (9)	align=center\|52
May 4	Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational	Nevada	align=right\|1,150,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Greg Norman (3)	align=center\|54
May 11	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Andy Bean (11)	align=center\|44
May 18	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dan Pohl (1)	align=center\|38	Invitational
May 25	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	align=right\|577,730	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hal Sutton (7)	align=center\|52	Invitational
Jun 1	Kemper Open	Maryland	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Greg Norman (4)	align=center\|40
Jun 8	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway (2)	align=center\|40
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Jun 15	U.S. Open	New York	align=right\|700,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd (20)	align=center\|100	Major championship
Jun 15	Provident Classic	Tennessee	align=right\|300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brad Faxon (n/a)	align=center\|10	Alternate event{{efn\|name=alt}}
Jun 22	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	Georgia	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway (3)	align=center\|44
Jun 29	Canadian Open	Canada	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Murphy (5)	align=center\|40
Jul 6	Canon Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	align=right\|700,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mac O'Grady (1)	align=center\|42
Jul 13	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller (10)	align=center\|44
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Jul 20	The Open Championship	Scotland	align=right\|£600,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Greg Norman (5)	align=center\|100	Major championship{{efn\|name=unofficial\|Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.}}
Jul 20	Hardee's Golf Classic	Illinois	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mark Wiebe (2)	align=center\|20	Alternate event
Jul 27	Buick Open	Michigan	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Crenshaw (11)	align=center\|40
Aug 3	Western Open	Illinois	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite (9)	align=center\|46
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Aug 11	PGA Championship	Ohio	align=right\|800,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway (4)	align=center\|100	Major championship
Aug 17	The International	Colorado	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ken Green (2)	align=center\|58	New tournament
Aug 24	NEC World Series of Golf	Ohio	align=right\|700,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dan Pohl (2)	align=center\|56	Limited-field event
Aug 31	Federal Express St. Jude Classic	Tennessee	align=right\|600,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Hulbert (1)	align=center\|42
Sep 7	B.C. Open	New York	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Rick Fehr (1)	align=center\|20
Sep 14	Bank of Boston Classic	Massachusetts	align=right\|450,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Sauers (1)	align=center\|42
Sep 21	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Corey Pavin (4)	align=center\|26
Sep 28	Southwest Golf Classic	Texas	align=right\|400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mark Calcavecchia (1)	align=center\|22
Oct 5	Southern Open	Georgia	align=right\|350,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Wadsworth (1)	align=center\|20
Oct 12	Pensacola Open	Florida	align=right\|300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ernie Gonzalez (1)	align=center\|12
Oct 19	Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic	Florida	align=right\|500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd (21)	align=center\|40
Oct 26	Vantage Championship	Texas	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Crenshaw (12)	align=center\|38
Nov 2	Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship	Arizona	align=right\|700,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Thorpe (3)	align=center\|40	Limited-field event
Nov 2	Tallahassee Open	Florida	align=right\|200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mark Hayes (n/a)	align=center\|10	Alternate event{{efn\|name=alt}}

=Unofficial events=

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Date

!Tournament

!Location

!Purse
($)

!Winner(s)

!OWGR
points

!Notes

Jan 5

|Bahamas Classic

|Bahamas

|align=right|300,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Hale Irwin

|align=center|n/a

Sep 1

|PGA Grand Slam of Golf

|Illinois

|align=center|n/a

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Greg Norman

|align=center|n/a

rowspan=2|Nov 8

|Nissan Cup

|rowspan=2|Japan

|align=right|800,000

|{{flagdeco|JPN|1870}} Team Japan

|align=center|n/a

|Team event

Nissan Cup Individual Trophy

|align=center|n/a

|{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tsuneyuki Nakajima

|align=center|n/a

Nov 16

|Isuzu Kapalua International

|Hawaii

|align=right|600,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andy Bean

|align=center|30

Nov 30

|Skins Game

|California

|align=right|450,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Fuzzy Zoeller

|align=center|n/a

|Limited-field event

Dec 7

|JCPenney Classic

|Florida

|align=right|650,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Juli Inkster and
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Purtzer

|align=center|n/a

|Team event

Dec 14

|Chrysler Team Championship

|Florida

|align=right|600,000

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gary Hallberg and
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Hoch

|align=center|n/a

|Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1986.html |title=1986 Official money |publisher=PGA Tour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401071135/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1986.html |archive-date=1 April 2017 |access-date=5 November 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/358416658/ |title=Norman has to be player of year |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |location=Austin, Texas |first=Randy |last=Petri |date=16 November 1986 |access-date=5 November 2023 |page=65 (C17 in paper) |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}

class="wikitable" !Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Greg Norman	align=center\|653,296
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway	align=center\|652,780
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Payne Stewart	align=center\|535,389
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Andy Bean	align=center\|491,938
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dan Pohl	align=center\|463,630
align=center\|6	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hal Sutton	align=center\|429,434
align=center\|7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align=center\|394,164
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Crenshaw	align=center\|388,169
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd	align=center\|380,508
align=center\|10	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Bernhard Langer	align=center\|379,800

Awards

class="wikitable" !Award!!Winner!!{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
PGA Player of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/299145262/ \|title=Bob Tway is named PGA Player of Year \|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News \|location=Palm Beach, Florida \|date=15 November 1986 \|access-date=5 November 2023 \|page=5 \|via=Newspapers.com \|url-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brian Claar	{{cite magazine \|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065763/2/index.htm \|title=The Power Of Love \|magazine=Sports Illustrated \|date=23 March 1987 \|first=Jaime \|last=Diaz \|access-date=21 August 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203120911/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065763/2/index.htm \|archive-date=3 February 2010 \|quote=With a short game still too underdeveloped to bail him out consistently, Love did well to end up 77th on the 1986 money list, with $113,245. But he did finish second to Brian Claar in the balloting for Rookie of the Year.}}
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Hoch	{{cite web \|url=https://www.pgatourmediaguide.com/awards/index/byron-nelson-award \|title=2022–23 PGA Tour Media guide {{!}} Awards \|publisher=PGA Tour \|access-date=22 October 2023}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/848123082/ \|title=Familiar names in the stands \|newspaper=The Macon Telegraph \|location=Macon, Georgia \|date=20 November 1986 \|access-date=5 November 2023 \|page=19 (6C in paper) \|via=Newspapers.com \|url-access=subscription}}
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Hoch	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/299143054/ \|title=Scott Hoch Wins Vardon Trophy \|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News \|location=Palm Beach, Florida \|date=6 November 1986 \|access-date=5 November 2023 \|page=5 \|via=Newspapers.com \|url-access=subscription}}

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|https://www.pgatour.com/}}

Category:PGA Tour seasons

PGA Tour

class="wikitable" !Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Greg Norman	align=center\|653,296
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Tway	align=center\|652,780
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Payne Stewart	align=center\|535,389
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Andy Bean	align=center\|491,938
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dan Pohl	align=center\|463,630
align=center\|6	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hal Sutton	align=center\|429,434
align=center\|7	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align=center\|394,164
align=center\|8	{{flagicon\|USA}} Ben Crenshaw	align=center\|388,169
align=center\|9	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd	align=center\|380,508
align=center\|10	{{flagicon\|FRG}} Bernhard Langer	align=center\|379,800

1986 PGA Tour

Schedule

=Unofficial events=

Money list

Awards

See also

Notes

References

External links