1984 PGA Tour

The 1984 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to October 30. The season consisted of 43 official money events. Denis Watson and Tom Watson won the most tournaments, three, and there were seven 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 1984 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 8	Seiko-Tucson Match Play Championship	Arizona	Tom Watson (34)	2&1	100,000
Jan 15	Bob Hope Classic	California	John Mahaffey (7)	340 (-20)	72,000
Jan 22	Phoenix Open	Arizona	Tom Purtzer (2)	268 (-16)	72,000
Jan 29	Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open	California	Gary Koch (4)	272 (-16)	72,000
Feb 5	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	Hale Irwin (16)	278 (-10)	72,000
Feb 12	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	Jack Renner (3)	271 (-17)	90,000
Feb 19	Los Angeles Open	California	David Edwards (2)	279 (-5)	72,000
Mar 4	Honda Classic	Florida	Bruce Lietzke (10)	280 (-8)	90,000
Mar 11	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	Tom Kite (6)	272 (-16)	72,000
Mar 18	Bay Hill Classic	Florida	Gary Koch (5)	272 (-12)	72,000
Mar 25	USF&G Classic	Louisiana	Bob Eastwood (1)	272 (-16)	72,000
Apr 1	Tournament Players Championship	Florida	Fred Couples (2)	277 (-11)	144,000
Apr 8	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	Andy Bean (9)	280 (-8)	72,000
Apr 15	Masters	Georgia	Ben Crenshaw (10)	277 (-11)	108,000
Apr 22	Sea Pines Heritage	South Carolina	Nick Faldo (1)	270 (-14)	72,000
Apr 29	Houston Coca-Cola Open	Texas	Corey Pavin (1)	274 (-10)	90,000
May 6	MONY Tournament of Champions	California	Tom Watson (35)	274 (-14)	72,000
May 13	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	Craig Stadler (8)	276 (-8)	90,000
May 20	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	Peter Jacobsen (2)	270 (-10)	90,000
May 27	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	Jack Nicklaus (72)	280 (-8)	90,000
Jun 3	Kemper Open	Maryland	Greg Norman (1)	280 (-8)	72,000
Jun 10	Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic	New York	Scott Simpson (2)	269 (-15)	90,000
Jun 17	U.S. Open	New York	Fuzzy Zoeller (6)	276 (-4)	94,000
Jun 24	Georgia-Pacific Atlanta Golf Classic	Georgia	Tom Kite (7)	269 (-19)	72,000
Jul 1	Canadian Open	Canada	Greg Norman (2)	278 (-10)	72,000
Jul 8	Western Open	Illinois	Tom Watson (36)	280 (-8)	72,000
Jul 15	Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic	Virginia	Ronnie Black (2)	267 (-17)	63,000
Jul 22	Miller High Life QCO	Illinois	Scott Hoch (3)	266 (-14)	36,000
Jul 22	British Open	Scotland	Seve Ballesteros (6)	276 (-12)	71,500
Jul 29	Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	Peter Jacobsen (3)	269 (-15)	72,000
Aug 5	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	Bob Eastwood (2)	280 (-8)	90,000
Aug 12	Buick Open	Michigan	Denis Watson (1)	271 (-17)	72,000
Aug 19	PGA Championship	Alabama	Lee Trevino (29)	273 (-15)	125,000
Aug 26	NEC World Series of Golf	Ohio	Denis Watson (2)	271 (-9)	126,000
Sep 2	B.C. Open	New York	Wayne Levi (7)	275 (-9)	54,000
Sep 9	Bank of Boston Classic	Massachusetts	George Archer (12)	270 (-14)	63,000
Sep 16	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	Mark O'Meara (1)	272 (-16)	54,000
Sep 23	Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational	Nevada	Denis Watson (3)	341 (-14)	162,000
Oct 7	Texas Open	Texas	Calvin Peete (8)	266 (-14)	63,000
Oct 14	Southern Open	Georgia	Hubert Green (18)	265 (-15)	54,000
Oct 21	Walt Disney World Golf Classic	Florida	Larry Nelson (7)	266 (-22)	72,000
Oct 28	Pensacola Open	Florida	Billy Kratzert (4)	270 (-14)	54,000
Oct 30	LaJet Golf Classic	Texas	Curtis Strange (5)	273 (-15)	63,000

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Average
1	Calvin Peete	United States	70.56
2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70.75
3	Mark O'Meara	United States	70.77
4	Craig Stadler	United States	70.78
5	Tom Kite	United States	70.84

Full 1984 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events	Wins
1	Tom Watson	United States	476,260	20	3
2	Mark O'Meara	United States	465,873	32	1
3	Andy Bean	United States	422,995	30	1
4	Denis Watson	Zimbabwe	408,562	27	3
5	Tom Kite	United States	348,640	25	2

Full 1984 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Wins
1	Jack Nicklaus	United States	4,520,823	72
2	Tom Watson	United States	3,580,162	36
3	Lee Trevino	United States	3,037,091	29
4	Hale Irwin	United States	2,556,043	16
5	Raymond Floyd	United States	2,489,962	18

Full 1984 Career Official Money List

Awards

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

External links

• PGA Tour official site
• 1984 season coverage at golfstats.com