who led the league in scoring average in each season in the 80s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Greg Norman had the best scoring average with a scoring average above 0 in a season, with 69.4 strokes per round in 1988.

NAME SCORING AVG SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS ROUNDS GIR% FWY% DRIVING DISTANCE AVG PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 Greg Norman
G. Norman
69.4
1988
52
7
1
52
63.8
69.9
279.4
1.8
55.3
$514,854
2 Chip Beck
C. Beck
69.5
1988
93
11
2
97
70.6
71.2
270.1
1.8
54.4
$916,818
3 Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
69.5
1989
85
11
2
89
67.7
69.0
264.8
1.8
58.7
$1,201,301
4 Greg Norman
G. Norman
69.5
1989
62
8
2
66
68.7
70.9
273.2
1.8
44.2
$835,096
5 Tom Kite
T. Kite
69.5
1988
86
10
90
69.8
75.8
259.4
1.8
56.3
$760,405
6 Sandy Lyle
S. Lyle
69.5
1988
63
5
3
67
63.2
66.6
273.5
1.7
32.6
$726,934
7 Payne Stewart
P. Stewart
69.5
1988
103
12
107
68.5
70.2
270.9
1.7
52.0
$553,571
8 Tom Kite
T. Kite
69.6
1989
89
10
3
93
67.9
74.7
255.9
1.8
54.4
$1,395,278
9 David Frost
D. Frost
69.6
1988
86
11
2
90
68.9
72.6
266.8
1.8
59.4
$691,500
10 Ben Crenshaw
B. Crenshaw
69.6
1988
98
8
1
106
69.8
63.8
262.6
1.7
45.6
$696,895
11 Paul Azinger
P. Azinger
69.7
1989
93
13
1
97
69.0
70.4
267.1
1.8
58.5
$951,649
12 Curtis Strange
C. Strange
69.7
1989
80
9
1
84
67.0
76.1
253.2
1.8
51.3
$752,587
13 Fred Couples
F. Couples
69.7
1989
89
9
93
67.1
64.0
273.2
1.8
56.2
$653,944
14 Lee Trevino
L. Trevino
69.7
1980
82
13
3
86
70.4
72.3
259.2
45.6
$385,814
15 Tom Watson
T. Watson
69.7
1988
65
6
69
68.4
66.0
272.1
1.8
53.3
$273,216
16 Fred Couples
F. Couples
69.8
1988
101
10
105
69.6
63.4
272.6
1.8
54.2
$489,822
17 Paul Azinger
P. Azinger
69.8
1988
92
10
1
100
67.5
64.2
266.6
1.7
54.7
$594,850
18 Chip Beck
C. Beck
69.8
1989
78
10
82
65.2
69.6
257.9
1.7
55.7
$694,087
19 Tom Kite
T. Kite
69.8
1981
103
21
1
107
70.5
73.2
257.3
56.7
$375,699
20 Ken Green
K. Green
69.8
1988
96
10
2
96
66.9
66.1
271.3
1.7
55.8
$779,181
21 Tim Simpson
T. Simpson
69.8
1989
109
8
2
109
69.0
71.4
262
1.8
63.2
$761,597
22 Lanny Wadkins
L. Wadkins
69.9
1988
94
6
2
98
66.2
71.9
256.9
1.7
52.3
$616,596
23 Mark McCumber
M. McCumber
69.9
1988
81
5
1
85
70.1
70.3
268.4
1.8
46.4
$559,111
24 Tom Watson
T. Watson
70
1980
88
16
7
92
69.3
65.5
266
47.6
$530,808
25 Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
70
1989
87
10
3
91
67.3
64.2
270.6
1.8
56.6
$807,741
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