The Sunwest Bank Charley Pride Senior Golf Classic was a
golf tournament on the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the
Champions Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
, from 1986 to 1991. It was played in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
at the Four Hills Country Club. The purse for the 1991 tournament was US$350,000, with $52,500 going to the winner.
Originally founded as the Charley Pride Golf Fiesta, the tournament was an amateur celebrity event until 1983 when it became a fixture on the short lived
PGA Tour satellite tour, the Tournament Players Series, with a purse of US$200,000. When that circuit ended after the 1985 season, the Charley Pride changed to become an event on the over-50s seniors tour with a new title sponsor and an increased purse of US$250,000.
Winners
;Senior PGA Tour
*1991
Lee Trevino
Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and ...
*1990
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodríguez (born October 23, 1935) is a Puerto Rican professional golfer. The winner of eight PGA Tour events, he was the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Early years
Rodríguez was bor ...
*1989
Bob Charles
*1988
Bob Charles
*1987
Bob Charles
*1986
Gene Littler
Source:
;Tournament Players Series
*1985
Jim Gallagher Jr.
James Thomas Gallagher Jr. (born March 24, 1961) is an American professional golfer and sportscaster.
Early life
Gallagher was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, a career club pro, started him in golf at age six. His sister, Jackie, ...
*1984
Darrell Kestner
Darrell Kestner (born August 15, 1953) is an American professional golfer.
Early life
Kestner was born in Welch, West Virginia. He attended Concord College.
Professional career
He turned professional in 1975.
Kestner works as a club pro ...
*1983
Jay Cudd
References
{{Former Champions Tour Events
Former PGA Tour Champions events
Golf tournaments in New Mexico
Sports in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Recurring sporting events established in 1983
Recurring events disestablished in 1991
1983 establishments in New Mexico
1991 disestablishments in New Mexico