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1992 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 9, 1992 (1992-01-09) – December 13, 1992 (1992-12-13)
Number of official events37
Most winsUnited States Lee Trevino (5)
Money listUnited States Lee Trevino
Player of the YearUnited States Lee Trevino
Rookie of the YearUnited States Dave Stockton
← 1991
1993 →

The 1992 Senior PGA Tour was the 13th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 1992 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[a] Notes
Jan 12Infiniti Senior Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia350,000United States Al Geiberger (7)
Feb 2Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida500,000United States Don Massengale (2)
Feb 9Aetna ChallengeFlorida450,000United States Jimmy Powell (2)
Feb 16GTE Suncoast ClassicFlorida450,000United States Jim Colbert (4)
Mar 8GTE West ClassicCalifornia450,000Australia Bruce Crampton (19)
Mar 15Vantage at The DominionTexas400,000United States Lee Trevino (11)
Mar 22Vintage ARCO InvitationalCalifornia500,000United States Mike Hill (11)
Apr 5The TraditionArizona800,000United States Lee Trevino (12)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 19PGA Seniors' ChampionshipFlorida700,000United States Lee Trevino (13)Senior major championship
May 3Las Vegas Senior ClassicNevada450,000United States Lee Trevino (14)
May 10Murata Reunion Pro-AmTexas400,000United States George Archer (9)Pro-Am
May 17Doug Sanders Kingwood Celebrity ClassicTexas350,000United States Mike Hill (12)
May 24Bell Atlantic ClassicPennsylvania550,000United States Lee Trevino (15)
May 31NYNEX CommemorativeNew York400,000United States Dale Douglass (8)
Jun 7PaineWebber InvitationalNorth Carolina450,000United States Don Bies (6)
Jun 14The Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan1,000,000United States Dave Stockton (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jun 28Southwestern Bell ClassicMissouri450,000United States Gibby Gilbert (1)
Jul 5Kroger Senior ClassicOhio600,000United States Gibby Gilbert (2)
Jul 12U.S. Senior OpenPennsylvania700,000United States Larry Laoretti (1)Senior major championship
Jul 19Ameritech Senior OpenIllinois500,000United States Dale Douglass (9)
Jul 26Senior British OpenEngland£200,000South Africa John Fourie (n/a)Senior major championship[b]
Jul 26Newport CupRhode Island400,000United States Jim Dent (7)
Aug 2Northville Long Island ClassicNew York450,000United States George Archer (10)
Aug 9Digital Seniors ClassicMassachusetts500,000United States Mike Hill (13)
Aug 16Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama700,000United States George Archer (11)New tournament
Aug 23GTE Northwest ClassicWashington450,000United States Mike Joyce (1)
Aug 30Franklin Showdown ClassicUtah400,000United States Orville Moody (11)
Sep 6First of America ClassicMichigan400,000United States Gibby Gilbert (3)
Sep 13Bank One Senior ClassicKentucky500,000United States Terry Dill (1)
Sep 20GTE North ClassicIndiana450,000United States Raymond Floyd (1)
Sep 27Nationwide ChampionshipGeorgia800,000Japan Isao Aoki (1)
Oct 4Vantage ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,500,000United States Jim Colbert (5)
Oct 11Raley's Senior Gold RushCalifornia500,000New Zealand Bob Charles (18)
Oct 18Transamerica Senior Golf ChampionshipCalifornia500,000New Zealand Bob Charles (19)
Oct 25Ralphs Senior ClassicCalifornia600,000United States Raymond Floyd (2)
Nov 1Kaanapali ClassicHawaii500,000United States Tommy Aaron (1)
Nov 8Ko Olina Senior InvitationalHawaii500,000United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (21)New tournament
Dec 13Senior Tour ChampionshipPuerto Rico1,000,000United States Raymond Floyd (3)Tour Championship

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1United States Lee Trevino1,027,002
2United States George Archer860,175
3United States Jim Colbert825,768
4United States Mike Hill802,423
5United States Chi-Chi Rodríguez711,095

Awards

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AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Lee Trevino[4]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Dave Stockton[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Lee Trevino[5][4]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Tommy Aaron[4]

Notes

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  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ↑ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

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  1. ↑ "1993 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2004 Champions Tour Media Guide | Tournament Chronology" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1992 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Golf". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. January 8, 1993. p. 39 (D7 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "1992 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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