1972PGA Tour season

Duration	January 6, 1972 (1972-01-06) – December 3, 1972 (1972-12-03)
Number of official events	47[a]
Most wins	Jack Nicklaus (7)
Money list	Jack Nicklaus
PGA Player of the Year	Jack Nicklaus
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The1972 PGA Tour was the 57th season of thePGA Tour, the mainprofessional golf tour in the United States. It was also the fourth season since separating from thePGA of America.

At theGreater New Orleans Open, Colombian rookie,Rogelio Gonzales was disqualified after it was learned that he had changed his scorecard earlier in the tournament.^[1] In addition to his disqualification, the PGA Tour lifted Gonzales playing privileges.^[2]

The following table lists official events during the 1972 season.^[3]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner(s)[b]	Notes
Jan 9	Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open	California	125,000	George Archer (10)
Jan 16	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	140,000	Jack Nicklaus (39)	Pro-Am
Jan 24	Dean Martin Tucson Open	Arizona	150,000	Miller Barber (7)
Jan 30	Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational	California	150,000	Paul Harney (6)
Feb 6	Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	200,000	Grier Jones (1)
Feb 13	Bob Hope Desert Classic	California	145,000	Bob Rosburg (6)	Pro-Am
Feb 20	Phoenix Open	Arizona	125,000	Homero Blancas (3)
Feb 27	Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic	Florida	260,000	Tom Weiskopf (5)	New tournament
Mar 5	Doral-Eastern Open	Florida	150,000	Jack Nicklaus (40)
Mar 12	Florida Citrus Open	Florida	150,000	Jerry Heard (2)
Mar 19	Greater Jacksonville Open	Florida	125,000	Tony Jacklin (4)
Mar 26	Greater New Orleans Open	Louisiana	125,000	Gary Player (16)
Apr 2	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	200,000	George Archer (11)
Apr 9	Masters Tournament	Georgia	204,649	Jack Nicklaus (41)	Major championship
Apr 9	Magnolia Classic	Mississippi	35,000	Mike Morley (n/a)	Second Tour[c]
Apr 16	Monsanto Open	Florida	150,000	Dave Hill (9)
Apr 23	Tournament of Champions	California	165,000	Bobby Mitchell (2)	Winners-only event
Apr 23	Tallahassee Open	Florida	75,000	Bob Shaw (1)	Alternate event
Apr 30	Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	125,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (6)
May 7	Houston Open	Texas	125,000	Bruce Devlin (7)
May 7	Shreveport Classic	Louisiana	25,000	Don Iverson (n/a)	Second Tour[c]
May 14	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	125,000	Jerry Heard (3)	Invitational
May 14	Maumelle Open	Arkansas	25,000	Ed Sneed (n/a)	Second Tour[c]
May 21	Danny Thomas Memphis Classic	Tennessee	175,000	Lee Trevino (12)
May 28	Atlanta Classic	Georgia	130,000	Bob Lunn (6)
Jun 4	Kemper Open	North Carolina	175,000	Doug Sanders (20)
Jun 11	IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic	Pennsylvania	150,000	J. C. Snead (3)
Jun 18	U.S. Open	California	200,000	Jack Nicklaus (42)	Major championship
Jun 25	Western Open	Illinois	150,000	Jim Jamieson (1)
Jul 3	Cleveland Open	Ohio	150,000	David Graham (1)
Jul 9	Canadian Open	Canada	150,000	Gay Brewer (10)
Jul 15	The Open Championship	Scotland	£50,000	Lee Trevino (13)	Major championship[d]
Jul 16	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	125,000	Jim Colbert (2)	Alternate event
Jul 23	American Golf Classic	Ohio	150,000	Bert Yancey (7)
Jul 30	National Team Championship	Pennsylvania	200,000	Babe Hiskey (3) and Kermit Zarley (3)	Team event
Jul 30	Vern Parsell Buick Open	Michigan	20,000	Gary Groh (n/a)	Second Tour[c]
Aug 6	PGA Championship	Michigan	225,000	Gary Player (17)	Major championship
Aug 13	Westchester Classic	New York	250,000	Jack Nicklaus (43)
Aug 20	USI Classic	Massachusetts	200,000	Bruce Devlin (8)
Aug 27	U.S. Professional Match Play Championship	North Carolina	200,000	Jack Nicklaus (44)	Limited-field event
Aug 27	Liggett & Myers Open	North Carolina	100,000	Lou Graham (2)	New tournament Alternate event
Sep 4	Greater Hartford Open Invitational	Connecticut	125,000	Lee Trevino (14)
Sep 10	Southern Open	Georgia	100,000	DeWitt Weaver (2)
Sep 17	Greater St. Louis Golf Classic	Missouri	150,000	Lee Trevino (15)	New tournament
Sep 24	Robinson's Fall Golf Classic	Illinois	100,000	Grier Jones (2)
Oct 1	Quad Cities Open	Iowa	100,000	Deane Beman (3)
Oct 22	Kaiser International Open Invitational	California	150,000	George Knudson (7)
Oct 29	Sahara Invitational	Nevada	135,000	Lanny Wadkins (1)
Nov 5	San Antonio Texas Open	Texas	125,000	Mike Hill (2)
Nov 27	Sea Pines Heritage Classic	South Carolina	125,000	Johnny Miller (2)	Invitational
Dec 3	Walt Disney World Open Invitational	Florida	150,000	Jack Nicklaus (45)
Dec 10	Bahamas National Open	Bahamas	–	Cancelled[4]

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	Notes
Nov 12	World Cup	Australia	6,300	Hsieh Min-Nan and Lu Liang-Huan	Team event
	World Cup Individual Trophy			Hsieh Min-Nan

Themoney list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[5][6]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	320,542
2	Lee Trevino	214,805
3	George Archer	145,027
4	Grier Jones	140,177
5	Jerry Heard	137,198
6	Tom Weiskopf	129,422
7	Gary Player	120,719
8	Bruce Devlin	119,768
9	Tommy Aaron	118,924
10	Lanny Wadkins	116,616

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Player of the Year	Jack Nicklaus	[7]
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)	Lee Trevino	[8]

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