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 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 OpenCalifornia Arnold Palmer 274 9,000
Jan 13San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Gary Player 270 3,500
Jan 20Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Billy Casper 285 5,300
Jan 27Lucky International OpenCalifornia Jack Burke Jr. 276 9,000
Feb 4Palm Springs Golf ClassicCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 345 9,000
Feb 12Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Arnold Palmer 273 5,300
Feb 17Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Don January 266 3,500
Mar 4Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Bo Wininger 279 6,400
Mar 10Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Arnold Palmer 273 3,500
Mar 17St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida Raymond Floyd 274 3,500
Mar 24Doral C.C. Open InvitationalFlorida Dan Sikes 283 9,000
Mar 31Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Jerry Barber 274 2,800
Apr 7Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 286 20,000
Apr 14Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Doug Sanders 270 5,500
Apr 21Houston ClassicTexas Bob Charles 268 10,000
Apr 28Texas Open InvitationalTexas Phil Rodgers 268 4,300
May 5Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jack Nicklaus 273 13,000
May 5Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Gay Brewer 280 2,800
May 12Colonial National InvitationTexas Julius Boros 279 12,000
May 19Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Don Fairfield 280 5,300
May 27Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Tony Lema 270 9,000
Jun 3500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Dow Finsterwald 268 10,000
Jun 9Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Julius Boros 274 9,000
Jun 16Thunderbird Classic InvitationalNew York Arnold Palmer 277 25,000
Jun 23U.S. OpenMassachusetts Julius Boros 293 17,500
Jul 1Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Arnold Palmer 273 22,000
Jul 6Canadian OpenCanada Doug Ford 280 9,000
Jul 13British OpenEngland Bob Charles 277 4,200
Jul 14Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Dave Hill 277 3,500
Jul 21PGA ChampionshipTexas Jack Nicklaus 279 13,000
Jul 29Western OpenIllinois Arnold Palmer 280 11,000
Aug 4St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Jack Rule, Jr. 266 5,300
Aug 18Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Billy Casper 271 6,400
Aug 25American Golf ClassicOhio Johnny Pott 276 9,000
Sep 1Denver Open InvitationalColorado Chi-Chi Rodríguez 276 5,300
Sep 8Utah OpenUtah Tommy Jacobs 272 6,400
Sep 15Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Bobby Nichols 272 5,300
Sep 22Portland Open InvitationalOregon George Knudson 271 4,300
Oct 6Whitemarsh Open InvitationalPennsylvania Arnold Palmer 281 26,000
Oct 20Sahara InvitationalNevada Jack Nicklaus 276 13,000
Oct 27Fig Garden Village Open InvitationalCalifornia Mason Rudolph 275 3,500
Nov 3Almaden Open InvitationalCalifornia Al Geiberger 277 3,500
Nov 10Frank Sinatra Open InvitationalCalifornia Frank Beard 278 9,000
Nov 24Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana Rex Baxter 275 2,800

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Money leaders

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Awards