Lee Trevino Has Shot at Record : Golf: He has chance to become the first Senior PGA member to lead both the regular tour and over-50 players in official money-winnings.

Lee Trevino has a shot at an accomplishment unique in golf’s history.

He has a chance to become the first Senior PGA Tour player to lead golf--regular tour as well as the Seniors--in official money-winnings.

Australian Greg Norman is his target. Norman led the regular PGA Tour, which completed official-money play Oct. 28, with $1,165,477.

Trevino needs to finish third or better this week in the Seniors’ season-ending event to surpass him.

“That’s a goal. That’s what I want to do. That’s what I’m shooting for,” Trevino said before a practice round for the Champions tournament that begins Friday on the East course at Dorado Beach.

At stake in the restricted-field, first-year event is $1 million, with $150,000 to the winner. In addition, it serves as the climax of a season-long chase for $750,000 in bonus money, which is classified as official earnings.

Trevino, easily the dominant figure on the over-50 circuit this season, already has broken the single-season Senior Tour money-winning mark and is assured of becoming the Seniors’ first $1-million winner.

The old record was $725,518 by Bob Charles last year. Trevino has $983,018 coming into the closing event. And he has an unbeatable lead in the money-winning race, giving him a lock on the $112,500 first prize in the bonus pool. That pushes his assured total to $1,095,518.

A finish of first ($150,000), second ($88,000) or third ($72,000) in the 54-hole final Seniors Tour event would surpass Norman’s total and make Trevino the first 51-year-old to set golf’s money-winning standard.

The feat--should it be accomplished--is made even more remarkable by the fact that the seniors play for less than half the total official prize money available on the regular tour; about $21 million for the seniors, about $46 million for the regular tour.

In 30 tournaments this year, Trevino leads the seniors with seven victories, including the Senior U.S. Open. His runner-up finish in Hawaii last week was his seventh of the season and he was third in another tournament. That’s 15 times in 30 starts he’s finished at or above the position he needs to beat Norman.

His chief opposition in the 30-man field includes multiple-winners Mike Hill (the No. 2 money-winner with $684,178), George Archer, Jim Dent, and Chi Chi Rodriguez.