1973 PGA Tour

The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven 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 1973 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 7Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaUnited States Rod Funseth (2)276 (−8)27,000
Jan 14Phoenix OpenArizonaAustralia Bruce Crampton (10)268 (−12)30,000
Jan 21Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizonaAustralia Bruce Crampton (11)277 (−11)30,000
Jan 28Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (46)282 (−6)36,000
Feb 4Hawaiian OpenHawaiiUnited States John Schlee (1)273 (−15)40,000
Feb 11Bob Hope Desert ClassicCaliforniaUnited States Arnold Palmer (62)343 (−17)32,000
Feb 18Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Bob Dickson (2)278 (−10)34,000
Feb 25Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines ClassicFloridaUnited States Lee Trevino (16)279 (−9)52,000
Mar 4Florida Citrus OpenFloridaUnited States Bud Allin (2)265 (−23)30,000
Mar 11Doral-Eastern OpenFloridaUnited States Lee Trevino (17)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 18Greater Jacksonville OpenFloridaUnited States Jim Colbert (3)279 (−9)26,000
Mar 25Greater New Orleans OpenLouisianaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (47)280 (−8)25,000
Apr 2Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Chi Chi Rodriguez (7)267 (−17)42,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgiaUnited States Tommy Aaron (3)283 (−5)30,000
Apr 15Monsanto OpenFloridaUnited States Homero Blancas (4)277 (−11)30,000
Apr 22Tallahassee OpenFloridaUnited States Hubert Green (2)277 (−11)15,000
Apr 22Tournament of ChampionsCaliforniaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (48)276 (−12)40,000
Apr 29Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexasUnited States Lanny Wadkins (2)277 (−3)30,000
May 6Houston OpenTexasAustralia Bruce Crampton (12)277 (−11)41,000
May 13Colonial National InvitationTexasUnited States Tom Weiskopf (6)276 (−4)30,000
May 20Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennesseeUnited States Dave Hill (10)283 (−5)35,000
May 27Atlanta ClassicGeorgiaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (49)272 (−16)30,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Tom Weiskopf (7)271 (−17)40,000
Jun 10IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvaniaUnited States Tom Weiskopf (8)274 (−14)30,045
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvaniaUnited States Johnny Miller (3)279 (−5)35,000
Jun 24American Golf ClassicOhioAustralia Bruce Crampton (13)273 (−7)32,000
Jul 1Western OpenIllinoisUnited States Billy Casper (49)272 (−12)35,000
Jul 8Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsinUnited States Dave Stockton (6)276 (−12)26,000
Jul 14British OpenScotlandUnited States Tom Weiskopf (9)276 (−12)14,300
Jul 15Shrine-Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinoisUnited States Deane Beman (4)271 (−13)25,000
Jul 22St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf ClassicMissouriUnited States Gene Littler (25)268 (−12)42,000
Jul 29Canadian OpenCanadaUnited States Tom Weiskopf (10)278 (−10)35,000
Aug 5Westchester ClassicNew YorkUnited States Bobby Nichols (10)272 (−16)50,000
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipOhioUnited States Jack Nicklaus (50)277 (−7)45,000
Aug 19USI ClassicMassachusettsUnited States Lanny Wadkins (3)279 (−9)40,000
Aug 26Liggett & Myers OpenNorth CarolinaUnited States Bert Greene (1)278 (−6)20,000
Aug 26U.S. Professional Match Play ChampionshipNorth CarolinaUnited States John Schroeder (1)2 up40,000
Sep 3Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticutUnited States Billy Casper (50)264 (−20)40,000
Sep 9Southern OpenGeorgiaSouth Africa Gary Player (18)270 (−10)20,030
Sep 16Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth CarolinaUnited States Hale Irwin (2)272 (−12)30,000
Sep 23B.C. OpenNew YorkUnited States Hubert Green (3)266 (−18)20,000
Sep 30Quad Cities OpenIowaUnited States Sam Adams (1)268 (−16)20,000
Oct 7Ohio Kings Island OpenOhioUnited States Jack Nicklaus (51)271 (−13)25,000
Oct 21Kaiser International Open InvitationalCaliforniaUnited States Ed Sneed (1)275 (−13)30,092
Oct 28Sahara InvitationalNevadaUnited States John Mahaffey (1)271 (−13)27,000
Nov 4San Antonio Texas OpenTexasUnited States Ben Crenshaw (1)270 (−14)25,000
Nov 17World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth CarolinaUnited States Miller Barber (8)570 (+2)100,000
Dec 1Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFloridaUnited States Jack Nicklaus (52)275 (−13)30,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Bruce Crampton Australia
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