1983 Senior PGA Tour
The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003). The season consisted of 16 official money events with purses totalling $2,612,000, including two majors. Don January won the most tournaments, six. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1983 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.
Source:[1]
Leaders
Scoring Average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don January |  United States |
69.46 |
| 2 | Miller Barber | United States |
70.15 |
| 3 | Doug Sanders | United States |
70.44 |
| 4 | Billy Casper | United States |
70.75 |
| 5 | Gene Littler | United States |
70.81 |
Source:[2]
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don January | United States |
237,571 | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | Miller Barber | United States |
231,008 | 16 | 4 |
| 3 | Billy Casper | United States |
136,749 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | Gene Littler | United States |
130,002 | 13 | 2 |
| 5 | Rod Funseth | United States |
120,367 | 14 | 1 |
Source:[3]
Career Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don January | United States |
463,393 | 11 |
| 2 | Miller Barber | United States |
421,034 | 10 |
| 3 | Arnold Palmer | United States |
258,392 | 5 |
| 4 | Gene Littler | United States |
227,649 | 2 |
| 5 | Billy Casper | United States |
224,589 | 3 |
Source:[4]
Awards
| Award | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) | Don January | United States |
| Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) | Don January | United States |
