1960 PGA Tour


The 1960 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 11. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were two first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $75,263. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year 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 1960 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 12Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Dow Finsterwald 280 5,500
Jan 18Yorba Linda Open InvitationalCalifornia Jerry Barber 278 2,800
Jan 24Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Ken Venturi 286 4,000
Jan 31San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Mike Souchak 269 2,800
Feb 7Palm Springs Desert Golf ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer 338 12,000
Feb 15Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Jack Fleck 273 3,150
Feb 21Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Don January 271 2,800
Feb 28Texas Open InvitationalTexas Arnold Palmer 276 2,800
Mar 6Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisiana Arnold Palmer 279 2,000
Mar 13Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Arnold Palmer 273 2,000
Mar 21St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida George Bayer 282 2,000
Mar 27De Soto Open InvitationalFlorida Sam Snead 276 5,300
Apr 3Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Tom Nieporte 277 2,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer 282 17,500
Apr 17Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sam Snead 270 2,800
Apr 24Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Dow Finsterwald 270 3,500
May 3Houston ClassicTexas Bill Collins 280 5,300
May 8Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jerry Barber 268 10,000
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas Julius Boros 280 5,000
May 22Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Bill Collins 275 2,800
May 22Sam Snead FestivalWest Virginia Dave Marr 265 2,000
May 29500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Doug Ford 270 9,000
Jun 6Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Tommy Bolt 273 4,300
Jun 12Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Gene Littler 273 4,300
Jun 18U.S. OpenColorado Arnold Palmer 280 14,400
Jul 4Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Mike Souchak 282 9,000
Jul 9British OpenScotland Kel Nagle 278 3,500
Jul 9Canadian OpenCanada Art Wall, Jr. 269 3,500
Jul 17Western OpenMichigan Stan Leonard 278 5,000
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipOhio Jay Hebert 281 11,000
Jul 31Eastern Open InvitationalMaryland Gene Littler 273 3,500
Aug 7Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Arnold Palmer 270 3,500
Aug 21St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Don Fairfield 266 4,300
Aug 28Milwaukee Open InvitationalWisconsin Ken Venturi 271 4,300
Sep 5Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Johnny Pott 275 3,500
Sep 12Utah Open InvitationalUtah Bill Johnston 262 2,800
Sep 18Carling Open InvitationalWashington Ernie Vossler 272 3,500
Sep 25Portland Open InvitationalOregon Billy Casper 266 2,800
Oct 3Hesperia Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 275 2,000
Oct 16Orange County Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 276 2,000
Nov 20Cajun ClassicLouisiana Lionel Hebert 272 2,000
Nov 27Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabama Arnold Palmer 274 2,000
Dec 4West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFlorida Johnny Pott 278 2,000
Dec 11Coral Gables Open InvitationalFlorida Bob Goalby 272 2,800

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Awards