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1996 Senior PGA Tour season
Duration	January 19, 1997 – November 10, 1997
Number of official events	40
Most wins	Jim Colbert (5)
Money list	Jim Colbert
Player of the Year	Jim Colbert
Rookie of the Year	John Bland
	← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Senior PGA Tour was the 17th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1996 season.^[1]^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner^[a]	Notes
Jan 21	Puerto Rico Senior Tournament of Champions	Puerto Rico	800,000	John Bland (2)
Feb 4	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	850,000	Bob Murphy (9)
Feb 11	Greater Naples IntelliNet Challenge	Florida	600,000	Al Geiberger (10)
Feb 18	GTE Suncoast Classic	Florida	750,000	Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 25	American Express Invitational	Florida	900,000	Hale Irwin (3)	New tournament
Mar 3	FHP Health Care Classic	California	800,000	Walter Morgan (2)
Mar 17	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,000,000	Jim Colbert (14)
Mar 31	SBC Dominion Seniors	Texas	650,000	Tom Weiskopf (3)
Apr 7	The Tradition	Arizona	1,000,000	Jack Nicklaus (10)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Apr 21	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	1,100,000	Hale Irwin (4)	Senior major championship
Apr 28	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	1,000,000	Jim Colbert (15)
May 5	PaineWebber Invitational	North Carolina	800,000	Graham Marsh (2)
May 12	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	1,200,000	Jim Colbert (16)
May 19	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	950,000	Bob Murphy (10)
May 26	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	1,200,000	Isao Aoki (5)
Jun 2	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,050,000	John Bland (3)
Jun 9	Pittsburgh Senior Classic	Pennsylvania	1,100,000	Tom Weiskopf (4)
Jun 16	du Maurier Champions	Canada	1,100,000	Charles Coody (5)
Jun 23	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	900,000	Dale Douglass (11)
Jun 30	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	900,000	Isao Aoki (6)
Jul 7	U.S. Senior Open	Ohio	1,200,000	Dave Stockton (12)	Senior major championship
Jul 14	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	1,500,000	Raymond Floyd (13)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21	Burnet Senior Classic	Minnesota	1,250,000	Vicente Fernández (1)
Jul 28	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	£350,000	Brian Barnes (2)	Senior major championship^[b]
Jul 28	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	1,100,000	Walter Morgan (3)
Aug 4	VFW Senior Championship	Missouri	800,000	Dave Eichelberger (2)
Aug 11	First of America Classic	Michigan	850,000	Dave Stockton (13)
Aug 18	Northville Long Island Classic	New York	800,000	John Bland (4)
Aug 25	Bank of Boston Senior Classic	Massachusetts	800,000	Jim Dent (10)
Sep 1	Franklin Quest Championship	Utah	800,000	Graham Marsh (3)
Sep 8	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	1,200,000	Gibby Gilbert (5)	New tournament
Sep 15	Bank One Classic	Kentucky	600,000	Mike Hill (18)
Sep 22	Brickyard Crossing Championship	Indiana	750,000	Jimmy Powell (4)
Sep 29	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	1,500,000	Jim Colbert (17)
Oct 6	Ralphs Senior Classic	California	800,000	Gil Morgan (1)
Oct 13	The Transamerica	California	700,000	John Bland (5)
Oct 20	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	800,000	Jim Colbert (18)
Oct 27	Hyatt Regency Maui Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	650,000	Bob Charles (25)
Nov 3	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,050,000	Lee Trevino (27)
Nov 10	Energizer Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	1,600,000	Jay Sigel (2)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Dec 8	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	860,000	Raymond Floyd and son Raymond Floyd Jr.	Team event

Money list

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jim Colbert	1,627,890
2	Hale Irwin	1,615,769
3	John Bland	1,357,987
4	Isao Aoki	1,162,581
5	Dave Stockton	1,117,685

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Jim Colbert	^[4]
Rookie of the Year	John Bland	^[4]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Hale Irwin	^[5]
Comeback Player of the Year	Al Geiberger	^[4]

Notes

^ 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.
^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

^ "1997 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^ "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.
^ "1996 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "PGA announces awards". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. January 11, 1997. p. 12 (C3 in paper). Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1996 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 2, 2023.