1964 PGA Tour

The 1964 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 22. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tony Lema won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $113,285. Ken Venturi was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1964 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.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Jan 6Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Paul Harney (4)280 (−4)50,0007,500
Jan 12San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Art Wall Jr. (12)274 (−6)30,0004,000
Jan 19Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tony Lema (5)284 (−4)60,0005,800
Jan 27Lucky International Open[2]California Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)272 (−12)50,0007,500
Feb 2Palm Springs Golf ClassicCalifornia Tommy Jacobs (4)353 (−7)50,0007,500
Feb 9Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Jack Nicklaus (9)271 (−13)50,0007,500
Feb 16Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Jacky Cupit (3)274 (−14)4,000
Mar 2Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Mason Rudolph (3)283 (−5)50,0007,500
Mar 9Pensacola Open[3]Florida Gary Player (8)274 (−14)30,0004,000
Mar 15St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida Bruce Devlin (1)272 (−16)3,300
Mar 22Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Billy Casper (21)277 (−11)50,0007,500
Mar 30Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Al Besselink (4)282 (−6)20,0002,700
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Julius Boros (13)277 (−7)45,0006,600
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer (43)276 (−12)129,80020,000
Apr 19Houston ClassicTexas Mike Souchak (14)278 (−6)50,0007,500
Apr 26Texas Open InvitationalTexas Bruce Crampton (3)273 (−7)40,0005,800
May 3Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jack Nicklaus (10)279 (−9)12,000
May 3Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Pete Brown (1)280 (−8)2,700
May 10Colonial National InvitationTexas Billy Casper (22)279 (−1)75,00014,000
May 18Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Arnold Palmer (44)277 (−11)5,800
May 24Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Mike Souchak (15)270 (−10)50,0007,500
May 31500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Gary Player (9)273 (−11)12,000
Jun 7Thunderbird ClassicNew York Tony Lema (6)276 (−12)100,00020,000
Jun 14Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Tony Lema (7)277 (−11)8,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenMaryland Ken Venturi (11)278 (−2)88,00017,000
Jun 28Cleveland OpenOhio Tony Lema (8)270 (−14)100,00020,000
Jul 5Whitemarsh Open InvitationalPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus (11)276 (−12)24,000
Jul 10British OpenScotland Tony Lema (9)279 (−9)23,8004,200
Jul 19PGA ChampionshipOhio Bobby Nichols (4)271 (−9)100,00018,000
Jul 26Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Ken Venturi (12)273 (−11)50,0007,500
Aug 2Canadian OpenCanada Kel Nagle (2)277 (−7)50,0007,500
Aug 9Western OpenIllinois Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)268 (−16)11,000
Aug 16St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Chuck Courtney (1)272 (−12)11,500
Aug 23American Golf ClassicOhio Ken Venturi (13)275 (−5)50,0007,500
Aug 30Carling World OpenMichigan Bobby Nichols (5)278 (−2)35,000
Sep 7Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Charles Coody (1)271 (−9)40,0005,800
Sep 20Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus (12)275 (−13)40,0005,800
Sep 27Greater Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Billy Casper (23)265 (−15)40,0005,800
Oct 4Fresno Open InvitationalCalifornia George Knudson (3)280 (−8)5,000
Oct 11Sunset-Camellia Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob McCallister (2)281 (−3)3,300
Oct 18Sahara InvitationalNevada R. H. Sikes (1)275 (−9)77,77712,000
Oct 25Mountain View OpenCalifornia Jack McGowan (1)273 (−11)40,0005,800
Nov 3Almaden Open Invitational[4]California Billy Casper (24)279 (−9)25,0003,300
Nov 22Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana Miller Barber (1)277 (−7)3,300

Source:[5][6]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States113,285
2Arnold Palmer United States113,203
3Billy Casper United States90,130
4Tony Lema United States74,130
5Bobby Nichols United States74,013
6Ken Venturi United States62,466
7Gary Player South Africa64,490
8Mason Rudolph United States52,569
9Chi-Chi Rodríguez United States49,339
10Mike Souchak United States39,559

Source:[7]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearKen Venturi United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Arnold Palmer United States

References
  1. "P.G.A. Picks Venturi As Golfer of Year". The New York Times. UPI. October 4, 1964. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. "Rodriguez Steady To Nip January". Beaver County Times. Pennsylvania. UPI. January 28, 1964. p. 12.
  3. "Player Has 71 To Win Playoff". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Florida. AP. March 10, 1964. p. 6.
  4. "Casper Beats Brown In Almaden Playoff". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania. UPI. November 4, 1964. p. 74.
  5. "1964 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  6. 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.
  7. "Nicklaus Exempt From Fees In 1965 Events". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. AP. November 24, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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