1973 PGA Tour


The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1973 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 7Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Rod Funseth 276 27,000
Jan 14Phoenix OpenArizona Bruce Crampton 268 30,000
Jan 21Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizona Bruce Crampton 277 30,000
Jan 28Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 282 36,000
Feb 4Hawaiian OpenHawaii John Schlee 273 40,000
Feb 11Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer 343 32,000
Feb 18Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob Dickson 278 34,000
Feb 25Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines ClassicFlorida Lee Trevino 279 52,000
Mar 4Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Bud Allin 265 30,000
Mar 11Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Lee Trevino 276 30,000
Mar 18Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Jim Colbert 279 26,000
Mar 25Greater New Orleans OpenLouisiana Jack Nicklaus 280 25,000
Apr 2Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Chi Chi Rodriguez 267 42,000
Apr 8Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dwight Nevil268 7,000Satellite event
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Tommy Aaron 283 30,000
Apr 15Monsanto OpenFlorida Homero Blancas 277 30,000
Apr 22Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 276 40,000
Apr 22Tallahassee OpenFlorida Hubert Green 277 15,000Alternate event
Apr 29Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Lanny Wadkins 277 30,000
May 6Houston OpenTexas Bruce Crampton 277 41,000
May 13Colonial National InvitationTexas Tom Weiskopf 276 30,000
May 20Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Dave Hill 283 35,000
May 27Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 272 30,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf 271 40,000
Jun 10IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Weiskopf 274 30,045
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvania Johnny Miller 279 35,000
Jun 24American Golf ClassicOhio Bruce Crampton 273 32,000
Jul 1Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper 272 35,000
Jul 8Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Stockton 276 26,000
Jul 14British OpenScotland Tom Weiskopf 276 14,300
Jul 15Shrine-Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinois Deane Beman 271 25,000
Jul 22St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf ClassicMissouri Gene Littler 268 42,000
Jul 29Canadian OpenCanada Tom Weiskopf 278 35,000
Aug 5Westchester ClassicNew York Bobby Nichols 272 50,000
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipOhio Jack Nicklaus 277 45,000
Aug 19USI ClassicMassachusetts Lanny Wadkins 279 40,000
Aug 26Liggett & Myers OpenNorth Carolina Bert Greene 278 20,000
Aug 26U.S. Professional Match Play ChampionshipNorth Carolina John Schroeder 2 up40,000
Sep 3Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Billy Casper 264 40,000
Sep 9Southern OpenGeorgia Gary Player 270 20,030
Sep 16Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Hale Irwin 272 30,000
Sep 23B.C. OpenNew York Hubert Green 266 20,000
Sep 30Quad Cities OpenIowa Sam Adams 268 20,000
Oct 7Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio Jack Nicklaus 271 25,000
Oct 21Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Ed Sneed 275 30,092
Oct 28Sahara InvitationalNevada John Mahaffey 271 27,000
Nov 4San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Ben Crenshaw 270 25,000
Nov 17World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Miller Barber 570 100,000
Dec 1Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Jack Nicklaus 275 30,000

Awards