1964 PGA Tour


The 1964 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 22. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tony Lema won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $113,285. Ken Venturi was voted the PGA Player of the Year and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1964 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse Winner's
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Jan 6Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Paul Harney 280 50,0007,500
Jan 12San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Art Wall Jr. 274 30,0004,000
Jan 19Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tony Lema 284 60,0005,800
Jan 27Lucky International OpenCalifornia Chi-Chi Rodríguez 272 50,0007,500
Feb 2Palm Springs Golf ClassicCalifornia Tommy Jacobs 353 50,0007,500
Feb 9Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Jack Nicklaus 271 50,0007,500
Feb 16Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Jacky Cupit 274 4,000
Mar 2Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Mason Rudolph 283 50,0007,500
Mar 9Pensacola OpenFlorida Gary Player 274 30,0004,000
Mar 15St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida Bruce Devlin 272 3,300
Mar 22Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Billy Casper 277 50,0007,500
Mar 30Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Al Besselink 282 20,0002,700
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Julius Boros 277 45,0006,600
Apr 12Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer 276 129,80020,000
Apr 19Houston ClassicTexas Mike Souchak 278 50,0007,500
Apr 26Texas Open InvitationalTexas Bruce Crampton 273 40,0005,800
May 3Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jack Nicklaus 279 12,000
May 3Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Pete Brown 280 2,700
May 10Colonial National InvitationTexas Billy Casper 279 75,00014,000
May 18Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Arnold Palmer 277 5,800
May 24Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Mike Souchak 270 50,0007,500
May 31500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Gary Player 273 12,000
Jun 7Thunderbird ClassicNew York Tony Lema 276 100,00020,000
Jun 14Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Tony Lema 277 8,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenMaryland Ken Venturi 278 88,00017,000
Jun 28Cleveland OpenOhio Tony Lema 270 100,00020,000
Jul 5Whitemarsh Open InvitationalPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus 276 24,000
Jul 10British OpenScotland Tony Lema 279 23,8004,200
Jul 19PGA ChampionshipOhio Bobby Nichols 271 100,00018,000
Jul 26Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Ken Venturi 273 50,0007,500
Aug 2Canadian OpenCanada Kel Nagle 277 50,0007,500
Aug 9Western OpenIllinois Chi-Chi Rodríguez 268 11,000
Aug 16St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Chuck Courtney 272 11,500
Aug 23American Golf ClassicOhio Ken Venturi 275 50,0007,500
Aug 30Carling World OpenMichigan Bobby Nichols 278 35,000
Sep 7Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Charles Coody 271 40,0005,800
Sep 20Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus 275 40,0005,800
Sep 27Greater Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Billy Casper 265 40,0005,800
Oct 4Fresno Open InvitationalCalifornia George Knudson 280 5,000
Oct 11Sunset-Camellia Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob McCallister 281 3,300
Oct 18Sahara InvitationalNevada R. H. Sikes 275 77,77712,000
Oct 25Mountain View OpenCalifornia Jack McGowan 273 40,0005,800
Nov 3Almaden Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 279 25,0003,300
Nov 22Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana Miller Barber 277 3,300

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Awards