1962 PGA Tour


The 1962 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to December 9. The season consisted of 50 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $81,448. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 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 8Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Phil Rodgers 268 7,500
Jan 14San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Tommy Jacobs 277 3,500
Jan 22Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Doug Ford 286 5,300
Jan 28Lucky International OpenCalifornia Gene Littler 274 9,000
Feb 4Palm Springs Golf ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer 342 5,300
Feb 11Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Arnold Palmer 269 5,300
Feb 18Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Phil Rodgers 263 2,800
Feb 25Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Bo Wininger 281 4,300
Mar 4Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisiana Joe Campbell 274 2,800
Mar 11Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Doug Sanders 270 2,800
Mar 19St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida Bobby Nichols 272 2,800
Mar 26Doral C.C. Open InvitationalFlorida Billy Casper 283 9,000
Apr 1Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Dave Marr 281 2,800
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer 280 20,000
Apr 15Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Billy Casper 275 5,300
Apr 23Houston ClassicTexas Bobby Nichols 278 9,000
Apr 29Texas Open InvitationalTexas Arnold Palmer 273 4,300
May 6Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer 276 11,000
May 6Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Johnny Pott 276 2,800
May 14Colonial National InvitationTexas Arnold Palmer 281 7,000
May 20Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Al Johnston 273 2,800
May 27500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Billy Casper 264 9,000
Jun 3Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Lionel Hebert 267 6,400
Jun 10Thunderbird Classic InvitationalNew Jersey Gene Littler 275 25,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus 283 17,500
Jun 24Eastern Open InvitationalMaryland Doug Ford 279 5,300
Jul 1Western OpenIllinois Jacky Cupit 281 11,000
Jul 8Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Bill Collins 284 9,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Arnold Palmer 276 3,920
Jul 15Motor City OpenMichigan Bruce Crampton 267 5,300
Jul 22PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania Gary Player 278 13,000
Jul 29Canadian OpenCanada Ted Kroll 278 4,300
Aug 5Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Bob Goalby 271 5,300
Aug 12American Golf ClassicOhio Arnold Palmer 276 9,000
Aug 19St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Doug Sanders 269 4,300
Aug 26Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Doug Sanders 280 5,300
Sep 3Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Billy Maxwell 277 5,300
Sep 9Denver Open InvitationalColorado Bob Goalby 277 4,300
Sep 16Seattle World's Fair Open InvitationalWashington Jack Nicklaus 265 4,300
Sep 23Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus 269 3,500
Sep 30Sahara InvitationalNevada Tony Lema 270 2,800
Oct 14Bakersfield Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 272 6,400
Oct 21Ontario Open InvitationalCalifornia Al Geiberger 276 3,500
Oct 28Orange County Open InvitationalCalifornia Tony Lema 267 2,800
Nov 4Beaumont Open InvitationalTexas Dave Ragan 283 2,800
Nov 11Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana John Barnum 270 2,400
Nov 18Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabama Tony Lema 273 2,000
Nov 25Carling Open InvitationalFlorida Bo Wininger 274 5,300
Dec 2West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFlorida Dave Ragan 277 2,800
Dec 9Coral Gables Open InvitationalFlorida Gardner Dickinson 274 2,800

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Money leaders

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Awards