1981 PGA Tour

The 1981 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to October 25. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Bill Rogers won the most tournaments, four, and there were five 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 1981 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	1st Prize ($)
Jan 11	Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open	Arizona	Johnny Miller (20)	265 (-15)	54,000
Jan 18	Bob Hope Desert Classic	California	Bruce Lietzke (6)	335 (-25)	50,000
Jan 24	Phoenix Open	Arizona	David Graham (6)	268 (-16)	54,000
Feb 1	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	John Cook (1)	209 (-7)	40,500
Feb 8	Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open	California	Bruce Lietzke (7)	278 (-10)	45,000
Feb 14	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	Hale Irwin (12)	265 (-23)	58,500
Feb 22	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	California	Johnny Miller (21)	270 (-14)	54,000
Mar 1	Bay Hill Classic	Florida	Andy Bean (7)	266 (-18)	54,000
Mar 8	American Motors Inverrary Classic	Florida	Tom Kite (3)	274 (-14)	54,000
Mar 15	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	Raymond Floyd (13)	273 (-15)	45,000
Mar 22	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	Raymond Floyd (14)	285 (-3)	72,000
Mar 29	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	Bill Rogers (2)	278 (-6)	54,000
Apr 5	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	Larry Nelson (4)	281 (-7)	54,000
Apr 12	Masters	Georgia	Tom Watson (26)	280 (-8)	60,000
Apr 19	Tallahassee Open	Florida	Dave Eichelberger (4)	271 (-17)	18,000
Apr 19	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	Lee Trevino (28)	273 (-15)	54,000
Apr 26	USF&G New Orleans Open	Louisiana	Tom Watson (27)	270 (-18)	63,000
May 2	Michelob-Houston Open	Texas	Ron Streck (2)	198 (-15)	47,250
May 10	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	Bruce Lietzke (8)	281 (1)	54,000
May 17	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	Fuzzy Zoeller (3)	274 (-6)	54,000
May 24	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Keith Fergus (1)	284 (-4)	63,000
May 31	Kemper Open	Maryland	Craig Stadler (3)	270 (-18)	72,000
Jun 7	Atlanta Classic	Georgia	Tom Watson (28)	277 (-11)	54,000
Jun 21	U.S. Open	Pennsylvania	David Graham (7)	273 (-7)	55,000
Jul 5	Western Open	Illinois	Ed Fiori (2)	277 (-11)	54,000
Jul 12	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Jay Haas (2)	274 (-14)	45,000
Jul 14	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	Raymond Floyd (15)	275 (-9)	72,000
Jul 19	British Open	England	Bill Rogers (3)	276 (-4)	50,000
Jul 19	Quad Cities Open	Illinois	Dave Barr (1)	270 (-10)	36,000
Jul 26	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	John Mahaffey (6)	276 (-8)	54,000
Jul 28	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	Jerry Pate (6)	274 (-14)	54,000
Aug 2	Canadian Open	Canada	Peter Oosterhuis (1)	280 (-4)	76,500
Aug 9	PGA Championship	Georgia	Larry Nelson (5)	273 (-7)	60,000
Aug 16	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Hubert Green (17)	264 (-20)	54,000
Aug 23	Buick Open	Michigan	Hale Irwin (13)	277 (-11)	63,000
Aug 30	World Series of Golf	Ohio	Bill Rogers (4)	275 (-5)	100,000
Sep 6	B.C. Open	New York	Jay Haas (3)	270 (-14)	49,500
Sep 13	Pleasant Valley Jimmy Fund Classic	Massachusetts	Jack Renner (2)	273 (-11)	54,000
Sep 20	LaJet Classic	Texas	Tom Weiskopf (15)	278 (-10)	63,000
Sep 27	Hall of Fame	North Carolina	Morris Hatalsky (1)	275 (-9)	45,000
Oct 1	Texas Open	Texas	Bill Rogers (5)	266 (-14)	45,000
Oct 11	Southern Open	Georgia	J. C. Snead (7)	271 (-9)	36,000
Oct 18	Pensacola Open	Florida	Jerry Pate (7)	271 (-17)	36,000
Oct 25	Walt Disney World National Team Championship	Florida	Vance Heafner (1) Mike Holland (1)	246 (-42)	36,000 (each)

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Tom Kite	United States	69.80
2	Bruce Lietzke	United States	70.01
3	Raymond Floyd	United States	70.20
4	Jerry Pate	United States	70.47
5	Curtis Strange	United States	70.60

Full 1981 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Tom Kite	United States	375,699	26	1
2	Raymond Floyd	United States	359,360	23	3
3	Tom Watson	United States	347,660	21	3
4	Bruce Lietzke	United States	343,446	24	3
5	Bill Rogers	United States	315,411	26	4

Full 1981 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	3,759,425	70
2	Lee Trevino	United States	2,608,792	28
3	Tom Watson	United States	2,549,900	28
4	Tom Weiskopf	United States	2,006,810	15
5	Hale Irwin	United States	1,966,373	13

Full 1981 Career Official Money List

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)	Tom Kite	United States
PGA Player of the Year	Bill Rogers	United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy)	Tom Kite	United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award)	Tom Kite	United States

External links

• PGA Tour official site
• 1981 season coverage at golfstats.com