1970 PGA Tour

The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 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 11Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaUnited States Billy Casper (44)276 (−8)20,000
Jan 18Phoenix Open InvitationalArizonaUnited States Dale Douglass (3)271 (−13)20,000
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Bert Yancey (6)278 (−10)25,000
Feb 1Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Pete Brown (2)275 (−13)30,000
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCaliforniaAustralia Bruce Devlin (5)339 (−21)25,000
Feb 15Tucson Open InvitationalArizonaUnited States Lee Trevino (4)275 (−13)20,000
Feb 22San Antonio Open InvitationalTexasUnited States Ron Cerrudo (2)273 (−7)20,000
Mar 1Doral-Eastern Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Mike Hill (1)279 (−9)30,000
Mar 8Florida Citrus InvitationalFloridaUnited States Bob Lunn (4)271 (−17)30,000
Mar 15Monsanto OpenFloridaUnited States Dick Lotz (2)275 (−9)30,000
Mar 23Greater Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Don January (8)279 (−9)20,000
Mar 29National Airlines Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Lee Trevino (5)274 (−14)40,000
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaSouth Africa Gary Player (13)271 (−13)36,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Billy Casper (45)279 (−9)25,000
Apr 20Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisianaUnited States Miller Barber (5)278 (−10)25,000
Apr 26Tournament of ChampionsCaliforniaUnited States Frank Beard (9)273 (−15)30,000
Apr 26Tallahassee Open InvitationalFloridaSouth Africa Harold Henning (2)277 (−11)10,000
May 3Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexasUnited States Jack Nicklaus (31)274 (−6)20,000
May 10Houston Champions InternationalTexasUnited States Gibby Gilbert (1)282 (−2)23,000
May 17Colonial National InvitationTexasUnited States Homero Blancas (2)273 (−7)25,000
May 24Atlanta ClassicGeorgiaUnited States Tommy Aaron (2)275 (−13)25,000
May 31Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennesseeUnited States Dave Hill (8)267 (−13)30,000
Jun 7Kemper OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Dick Lotz (3)278 (−10)30,000
Jun 14Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Hugh Royer, Jr. (1)273 (−11)26,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenMinnesotaEngland Tony Jacklin (3)281 (−7)30,000
Jun 28Cleveland OpenOhioAustralia Bruce Devlin (6)268 (−12)30,000
Jul 5Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Kermit Zarley (2)279 (−9)25,000
Jul 12Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Deane Beman (2)276 (−12)22,000
Jul 12British OpenScotlandUnited States Jack Nicklaus (32)283 (−5)12,600
Jul 19IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvaniaUnited States Billy Casper (46)274 (−14)30,000
Jul 26National Four-Ball Championship PGA PlayersPennsylvaniaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (33)
United States Arnold Palmer (57)
259 (−25)20,000
each
Aug 2Westchester ClassicNew YorkAustralia Bruce Crampton (8)273 (−15)50,000
Aug 9American Golf ClassicOhioUnited States Frank Beard (10)276 (−4)30,000
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipOklahomaUnited States Dave Stockton (4)279 (−1)40,000
Aug 24AVCO Golf ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Billy Casper (47)277 (−11)32,000
Aug 30Dow Jones Open InvitationalNew JerseyUnited States Bobby Nichols (9)276 (−12)60,000
Sep 7Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticutUnited States Bob Murphy (3)267 (−17)20,000
Sep 20Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinoisCanada George Knudson (7)268 (−16)20,000
Sep 27Green Island Open InvitationalGeorgiaUnited States Mason Rudolph (5)274 (−6)12,000
Oct 4Azalea Open InvitationalNorth CarolinaUnited States Cesar Sanudo (1)269 (−15)12,000
Oct 25Kaiser International Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Ken Still (3)278 (−10)30,000
Nov 1Sahara InvitationalNevadaUnited States Babe Hiskey (1)276 (−12)20,000
Nov 29Heritage Golf ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Bob Goalby (10)280 (−4)20,000
Dec 6Coral Springs Open InvitationalFloridaUnited States Bill Garrett (1)272 (−12)25,000
Dec 13Bahama Islands OpenBahamasUnited States Doug Sanders (19)272 (−16)26,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerLee Trevino United States
PGA Player of the YearBilly Casper United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Lee Trevino United States
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