1963 PGA Tour

The 1963 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to November 24. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $128,230. Julius Boros was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and Billy Casper won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 7Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Arnold Palmer (36)274 (−10)9,000
Jan 13San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Gary Player (7)270 (−14)3,500
Jan 20Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Billy Casper (19)285 (−3)5,300
Jan 27Lucky International OpenCalifornia Jack Burke Jr. (16)276 (−8)9,000
Feb 4Palm Springs Golf Classic[2]California Jack Nicklaus (4)345 (−13)9,000
Feb 12Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Arnold Palmer (37)273 (−15)5,300
Feb 17Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Don January (4)266 (−22)3,500
Mar 4Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Bo Wininger (6)279 (−9)6,400
Mar 10Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Arnold Palmer (38)273 (−15)3,500
Mar 17St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida Raymond Floyd (1)274 (−14)3,500
Mar 24Doral C.C. Open InvitationalFlorida Dan Sikes (1)283 (−5)9,000
Mar 31Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Jerry Barber (7)274 (−14)2,800
Apr 7Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (5)286 (−2)20,000
Apr 14Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Doug Sanders (12)270 (−14)5,500
Apr 21Houston ClassicTexas Bob Charles (1)268 (−12)10,000
Apr 28Texas Open InvitationalTexas Phil Rodgers (3)268 (−16)4,300
May 5Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jack Nicklaus (6)273 (−15)13,000
May 5Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Gay Brewer (4)280 (−12)2,800
May 12Colonial National InvitationTexas Julius Boros (10)279 (−1)12,000
May 19Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Don Fairfield (3)280 (−8)5,300
May 27Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Tony Lema (4)270 (−10)9,000
Jun 3500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Dow Finsterwald (11)268 (−16)10,000
Jun 9Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Julius Boros (11)274 (−14)9,000
Jun 16Thunderbird Classic InvitationalNew York Arnold Palmer (39)277 (−11)25,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenMassachusetts Julius Boros (12)293 (+9)17,500
Jul 1Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Arnold Palmer (40)273 (−11)22,000
Jul 6Canadian OpenCanada Doug Ford (19)280 (−4)9,000
Jul 13British OpenEngland Bob Charles (2)277 (−3)4,200
Jul 14Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Dave Hill (3)277 (−11)3,500
Jul 21PGA ChampionshipTexas Jack Nicklaus (7)279 (−5)13,000
Jul 29Western OpenIllinois Arnold Palmer (41)280 (−4)11,000
Aug 4St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Jack Rule, Jr. (1)266 (−22)5,300
Aug 18Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Billy Casper (20)271 (−13)6,400
Aug 25American Golf ClassicOhio Johnny Pott (4)276 (−4)9,000
Sep 1Denver Open InvitationalColorado Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)276 (−4)5,300
Sep 8Utah Open[3]Utah Tommy Jacobs (3)272 (−8)6,400
Sep 15Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Bobby Nichols (3)272 (−16)5,300
Sep 22Portland Open InvitationalOregon George Knudson (2)271 (−17)4,300
Oct 6Whitemarsh Open InvitationalPennsylvania Arnold Palmer (42)281 (−7)26,000
Oct 20Sahara InvitationalNevada Jack Nicklaus (8)276 (−8)13,000
Oct 27Fig Garden Village Open InvitationalCalifornia Mason Rudolph (2)275 (−13)3,500
Nov 3Almaden Open InvitationalCalifornia Al Geiberger (2)277 (−11)3,500
Nov 10Frank Sinatra Open InvitationalCalifornia Frank Beard (1)278 (−6)9,000
Nov 24Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana Rex Baxter (1)275 (−13)2,800

Source:[4][5]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Arnold Palmer United States128,230
2Jack Nicklaus United States100,050
3Julius Boros United States77,357
4Tony Lema United States67,113
5Gary Player South Africa55,455
6Dow Finsterwald United States49,683
7Mason Rudolph United States39,120
8Al Geiberger United States34,126
9Don January United States33,755
10Bobby Nichols United States33,605

Source:[6]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerArnold Palmer United States
PGA Player of the YearJulius Boros United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Billy Casper United States

References
  1. "Boros Is Golf Player Of Year". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. AP. November 29, 1963. p. B-8. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  2. "Nicklaus Routs Player; Wins Palm Springs Open". Lakeland Ledger. Florida. AP. February 5, 1963. p. 10.
  3. "Jacobs Wins Utah Open". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. September 9, 1963. p. 8.
  4. "1963 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  5. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 637–43. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  6. "Bill Casper Wins Award". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. December 8, 1963. p. D3. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
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