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 OpenCaliforniaUnited States Arnold Palmer (36)274 (−10)9,000
Jan 13San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaSouth Africa Gary Player (7)270 (−14)3,500
Jan 20Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Billy Casper (19)285 (−3)5,300
Jan 27Lucky International OpenCaliforniaUnited States Jack Burke, Jr. (16)276 (−8)9,000
Feb 4Palm Springs Golf Classic[2]CaliforniaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (4)345 (−13)9,000
Feb 12Phoenix Open InvitationalArizonaUnited States Arnold Palmer (37)273 (−15)5,300
Feb 17Tucson Open InvitationalArizonaUnited States Don January (4)266 (−22)3,500
Mar 4Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Bo Wininger (6)279 (−9)6,400
Mar 10Pensacola Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Arnold Palmer (38)273 (−15)3,500
Mar 17St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Raymond Floyd (1)274 (−14)3,500
Mar 24Doral C.C. Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Dan Sikes (1)283 (−5)9,000
Mar 31Azalea OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Jerry Barber (7)274 (−14)2,800
Apr 7Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (5)286 (−2)20,000
Apr 14Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Doug Sanders (12)270 (−14)5,500
Apr 21Houston ClassicTexasNew Zealand Bob Charles (1)268 (−12)10,000
Apr 28Texas Open InvitationalTexasUnited States Phil Rodgers (3)268 (−16)4,300
May 5Tournament of ChampionsNevadaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (6)273 (−15)13,000
May 5Waco Turner OpenOklahomaUnited States Gay Brewer (4)280 (−12)2,800
May 12Colonial National InvitationTexasUnited States Julius Boros (10)279 (−1)12,000
May 19Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahomaUnited States Don Fairfield (3)280 (−8)5,300
May 27Memphis Open InvitationalTennesseeUnited States Tony Lema (4)270 (−10)9,000
Jun 3500 Festival Open InvitationIndianaUnited States Dow Finsterwald (11)268 (−16)10,000
Jun 9Buick Open InvitationalMichiganUnited States Julius Boros (11)274 (−14)9,000
Jun 16Thunderbird Classic InvitationalNew YorkUnited States Arnold Palmer (39)277 (−11)25,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenMassachusettsUnited States Julius Boros (12)293 (+9)17,500
Jul 1Cleveland Open InvitationalOhioUnited States Arnold Palmer (40)273 (−11)22,000
Jul 6Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Doug Ford (19)280 (−4)9,000
Jul 13British OpenEnglandNew Zealand Bob Charles (2)277 (−3)4,200
Jul 14Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansasUnited States Dave Hill (3)277 (−11)3,500
Jul 21PGA ChampionshipTexasUnited States Jack Nicklaus (7)279 (−5)13,000
Jul 29Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Arnold Palmer (41)280 (−4)11,000
Aug 4St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesotaUnited States Jack Rule, Jr. (1)266 (−22)5,300
Aug 18Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticutUnited States Billy Casper (20)271 (−13)6,400
Aug 25American Golf ClassicOhioUnited States Johnny Pott (4)276 (−4)9,000
Sep 1Denver Open InvitationalColoradoUnited States Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)276 (−4)5,300
Sep 8Utah Open[3]UtahUnited States Tommy Jacobs (3)272 (−8)6,400
Sep 15Seattle Open InvitationalWashingtonUnited States Bobby Nichols (3)272 (−16)5,300
Sep 22Portland Open InvitationalOregonCanada George Knudson (2)271 (−17)4,300
Oct 6Whitemarsh Open InvitationalPennsylvaniaUnited States Arnold Palmer (42)281 (−7)26,000
Oct 20Sahara InvitationalNevadaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (8)276 (−8)13,000
Oct 27Fig Garden Village Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Mason Rudolph (2)275 (−13)3,500
Nov 3Almaden Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Al Geiberger (2)277 (−11)3,500
Nov 10Frank Sinatra Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Frank Beard (1)278 (−6)9,000
Nov 24Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisianaUnited States 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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