1968 PGA Tour


The 1968 PGA Tour season was played from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 46 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, six, and there were 11 first-time winners. Casper was the leading money winner with earnings of $205,169 and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average. The PGA Player of the Year was not awarded.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1968 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 Notes
Jan 14Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Johnny Pott 285 16,000
Jan 21Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Kermit Zarley 273 25,000
Jan 28Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Billy Casper 274 20,000
Feb 4Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer 348 20,000
Feb 11Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Tom Weiskopf 273 30,000
Feb 18Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona George Knudson 272 20,000
Feb 25Tucson Open InvitationalArizona George Knudson 273 20,000
Mar 10Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Gardner Dickinson 275 20,000
Mar 17Florida Citrus Open InvitationalFlorida Dan Sikes 274 23,000
Mar 25Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida George Archer 268 16,000
Mar 31Jacksonville Open InvitationalFlorida Tony Jacklin 273 20,000
Apr 8Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Billy Casper 267 27,500
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Bob Goalby 277 20,000
Apr 14Rebel Yell OpenTennessee Larry Mowry 279 2,800Alternate event
Apr 21Tournament of ChampionsNevada Don January 276 30,000
Apr 21Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Steve Reid 271 5,000Alternate event
Apr 28Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Miller Barber 270 20,000
May 5Houston Champions InternationalTexas Roberto De Vicenzo 274 20,000
May 12Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana George Archer 271 20,000
May 19Colonial National InvitationTexas Billy Casper 275 25,000
May 19Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Mac McLendon 269 2,800Satellite event
May 26Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Bob Lunn 268 20,000
Jun 2Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Bob Lunn 280 23,000
Jun 9500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Billy Casper 280 20,000
Jun 16U.S. OpenNew York Lee Trevino 275 30,000
Jun 23Canadian OpenCanada Bob Charles 274 25,000
Jun 30Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Dave Stockton 276 22,000
Jul 7Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Tom Weiskopf 280 25,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Gary Player 289 7,200
Jul 14Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Stockton 275 40,000
Jul 21PGA ChampionshipTexas Julius Boros 281 25,000
Jul 28Minnesota Golf ClassicMinnesota Dan Sikes 272 20,000
Aug 4Western OpenIllinois Jack Nicklaus 273 26,000
Aug 11American Golf ClassicOhio Jack Nicklaus 280 25,000
Aug 18Westchester ClassicNew York Julius Boros 272 50,000
Aug 25Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Bob Murphy 276 20,000
Sep 2Thunderbird ClassicNew Jersey Bob Murphy 277 30,000
Sep 8Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticut Billy Casper 266 20,000
Sep 15Kemper OpenMassachusetts Arnold Palmer 276 30,000
Sep 22PGA National Team ChampionshipOklahoma George Archer & Bobby Nichols 265 20,000
Sep 29Robinson OpenIllinois Dean Refram 270 5,000
Oct 20Sahara InvitationalNevada Chi-Chi Rodríguez 274 20,000
Oct 27Haig Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob Dickson 271 22,000
Nov 3Lucky International OpenCalifornia Billy Casper 269 20,000
Nov 10Hawaiian OpenHawaii Lee Trevino 272 25,000
Nov 24Cajun ClassicLouisiana Ron Cerrudo 270 5,000

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Money leaders

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Awards