Golf tour season
The1964 PGA Tour was the 49th season of thePGA Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States.
The following table lists official events during the 1964 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date Tournament Location PurseUS$ ) Winner[ a] Notes Jan 6 Los Angeles Open California 50,000 Paul Harney (4)Jan 12 San Diego Open Invitational California 30,000 Art Wall Jr. (12)Jan 19 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California 60,000 Tony Lema (5)Pro-Am Jan 27 Lucky International Open California 50,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)Feb 2 Palm Springs Golf Classic California 50,000 Tommy Jacobs (4)Pro-Am Feb 9 Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona 50,000 Jack Nicklaus (9)Feb 16 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona 30,000 Jacky Cupit (3)Mar 2 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana 50,000 Mason Rudolph (3)Mar 9 Pensacola Open Invitational Florida 30,000 Gary Player (8)Mar 15 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida 25,000 Bruce Devlin (1)Mar 22 Doral Open Invitational Florida 50,000 Billy Casper (21)Mar 30 Azalea Open North Carolina 20,000 Al Besselink (4)Apr 5 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina 45,000 Julius Boros (13)Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia 130,000 Arnold Palmer Major championship Apr 19 Houston Classic Texas 50,000 Mike Souchak (14)Apr 26 Texas Open Invitational Texas 40,000 Bruce Crampton (3)May 3 Tournament of Champions Nevada 65,000 Jack Nicklaus (10)Winners-only event May 3 Waco Turner Open Oklahoma 20,000 Pete Brown (1)Alternate event May 10 Colonial National Invitation Texas 75,000 Billy Casper (22)Invitational May 18 Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma 40,000 Arnold Palmer (44)May 24 Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee 50,000 Mike Souchak (15)May 31 500 Festival Open Invitation Indiana 70,000 Gary Player (9)Jun 7 Thunderbird Classic New York 100,000 Tony Lema (6)Jun 14 Buick Open Invitational Michigan 60,000 Tony Lema (7)Jun 20 U.S. Open Maryland 88,000 Ken Venturi Major championship Jun 28 Cleveland Open Invitational Ohio 100,000 Tony Lema (8)Jul 5 Whitemarsh Open Invitational Pennsylvania 25,000 Jack Nicklaus (11)Jul 10 The Open Championship Scotland £8,500 Tony Lema Major championship [ b] Jul 19 PGA Championship Ohio 100,000 Bobby Nichols Major championship Jul 26 Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut 50,000 Ken Venturi (12)Aug 2 Canadian Open Canada 50,000 Kel Nagle (2)Aug 9 Western Open Illinois 65,000 Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)Aug 16 St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota 65,000 Chuck Courtney (1)Aug 23 American Golf Classic Ohio 50,000 Ken Venturi (13)Aug 30 Carling World Open Michigan 200,000 Bobby Nichols (5)Sep 7 Dallas Open Invitational Texas 40,000 Charles Coody (1)Sep 20 Portland Open Invitational Oregon 40,000 Jack Nicklaus (12)Sep 27 Greater Seattle Open Invitational Washington 40,000 Billy Casper (23)Oct 4 Fresno Open Invitational California 35,000 George Knudson (3)Oct 11 Sunset-Camellia Open Invitational California 25,000 Bob McCallister (2)New tournament Oct 18 Sahara Invitational Nevada 70,000 R. H. Sikes (1)Oct 25 Mountain View Open California 40,000 Jack McGowan (1)New tournament Nov 3 Almaden Open Invitational California 25,000 Billy Casper (24)Nov 22 Cajun Classic Open Invitational Louisiana 25,000 Miller Barber (1)
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3] [ 4]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Jack Nicklaus 113,285 2 Arnold Palmer 113,203 3 Billy Casper 90,130 4 Tony Lema 74,130 5 Bobby Nichols 74,013 6 Ken Venturi 62,466 7 Gary Player 61,450 8 Mason Rudolph 52,569 9 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 49,339 10 Mike Souchak 39,559
^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win. ^ "1964 winners sorted by age" . PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Archived fromthe original on July 14, 2015. RetrievedMarch 19, 2013 .^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009).The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia . New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 643– 50.ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 ^ "Nicklaus Exempt From Fees In 1965 Events" .The Robesonian . Lumberton, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 24, 1964. p. 8. RetrievedMarch 20, 2013 – via Google News Archive.^a b "Nicklaus the Richest; Palmer Vardon Winner" Star-Gazette . Elmira, New York. December 24, 1964. p. 11. RetrievedNovember 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.^ "P.G.A. Picks Venturi As Golfer of Year" .The New York Times . UPI. October 4, 1964. RetrievedMarch 20, 2013 .
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