The 1993 PGA Tour was the 78th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 25th season since separating from the PGA of America.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1993 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 10 Infiniti Tournament of Champions California 800,000 Davis Love III (7) 52 Winners-only event Jan 17 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,200,000 Howard Twitty (3) 48 Jan 24 Northern Telecom Open Arizona 1,100,000 Larry Mize (3) 34 Jan 31 Phoenix Open Arizona 1,000,000 Lee Janzen (2) 44 Feb 7 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 1,250,000 Brett Ogle (1) 48 Pro-Am Feb 14 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 1,100,000 Tom Kite (18) 46 Pro-Am Feb 21 Buick Invitational of California California 1,000,000 Phil Mickelson (2) 36 Feb 28 Nissan Los Angeles Open California 1,000,000 Tom Kite (19) 34 Mar 7 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 1,400,000 Greg Norman (12) 64 Mar 14 Honda Classic Florida 1,100,000 Fred Couples (10) 38 Mar 21 Nestle Invitational Florida 1,000,000 Ben Crenshaw (17) 68 Invitational Mar 28 The Players Championship Florida 2,500,000 Nick Price (6) 80 Flagship event Apr 4 Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic Louisiana 1,000,000 Mike Standly (1) 48 Apr 11 Masters Tournament Georgia 1,700,000 Bernhard Langer (3) 100 Major championship Apr 11 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 300,000 Greg Kraft (n/a) 20 Alternate event Apr 18 MCI Heritage Golf Classic South Carolina 1,350,000 David Edwards (4) 54 Invitational Apr 25 KMart Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina 1,500,000 Rocco Mediate (2) 50 May 2 Shell Houston Open Texas 1,300,000 Jim McGovern (1) 28 May 9 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,200,000 Nolan Henke (3) 42 May 16 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 1,200,000 Scott Simpson (6) 54 May 23 Kemper Open Maryland 1,300,000 Grant Waite (1) 30 May 30 Southwestern Bell Colonial Texas 1,300,000 Fulton Allem (2) 56 Invitational Jun 6 Memorial Tournament Ohio 1,400,000 Paul Azinger (9) 60 Invitational Jun 13 Buick Classic New York 1,000,000 Vijay Singh (1) 52 Jun 20 U.S. Open New Jersey 1,600,000 Lee Janzen (3) 100 Major championship Jun 27 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 1,000,000 Nick Price (7) 42 Jul 4 Sprint Western Open Illinois 1,200,000 Nick Price (8) 50 Jul 11 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic Virginia 1,100,000 Jim Gallagher Jr. (2) 24 Jul 18 The Open Championship England £1,000,000 Greg Norman (13) 100 Major championship Jul 25 New England Classic Massachusetts 1,000,000 Paul Azinger (10) 36 Aug 1 Federal Express St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,100,000 Nick Price (9) 46 Aug 8 Buick Open Michigan 1,000,000 Larry Mize (4) 52 Aug 15 PGA Championship Ohio 1,700,000 Paul Azinger (11) 100 Major championship Aug 22 The International Colorado 1,300,000 Phil Mickelson (3) 44 Aug 29 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,000,000 Fulton Allem (3) 54 Limited-field event Sep 5 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,000,000 Billy Mayfair (1) 42 Sep 12 Canadian Open Canada 1,000,000 David Frost (7) 48 Sep 19 Hardee's Golf Classic Illinois 1,000,000 David Frost (8) 32 Sep 26 B.C. Open New York 800,000 Blaine McCallister (5) 22 Oct 1 Buick Southern Open Georgia 700,000 John Inman (2) 24 Oct 10 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida 1,100,000 Jeff Maggert (1) 44 Oct 17 H.E.B. Texas Open Texas 1,000,000 Jay Haas (9) 38 Oct 24 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 1,400,000 Davis Love III (8) 42 Oct 31 The Tour Championship California 3,000,000 Jim Gallagher Jr. (3) 56 Tour Championship
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesSep 26Ryder CupEnglandn/a Team USAn/aTeam eventNov 7Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua InternationalHawaii1,000,000 Fred Couples38Nov 17PGA Grand Slam of GolfCalifornia1,000,000 Greg Normann/aLimited-field eventNov 14World Cup of GolfFlorida1,200,000 Fred Couples and Davis Love IIIn/aTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy Bernhard Langern/aNov 21Franklin Funds Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,100,000 Steve Elkington and Raymond Floydn/aTeam eventNov 28Skins GameCalifornia540,000 Payne Stewartn/aLimited-field eventDec 4JCPenney ClassicFlorida1,200,000 Melissa McNamara and Mike Springern/aTeam event
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Nick Price 1,478,5572 Paul Azinger 1,458,4563 Greg Norman 1,359,6534 Jim Gallagher Jr. 1,078,8705 David Frost 1,030,7176 Payne Stewart 982,8757 Lee Janzen 932,3358 Tom Kite 887,8119 Fulton Allem 851,34510 Fred Couples 796,579
Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Nick Price PGA Player of the Year Nick Price Rookie of the Year Vijay Singh Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Greg Norman Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Nick Price Comeback Player of the Year Howard Twitty
See also 1993 Nike Tour 1993 Senior PGA Tour
Notes
References
External links