1964 PGA Tour

The 1964 PGA Tour was the 49th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States.

1964 PGA Tour season

Duration	January 3, 1964 (1964-01-03) – November 22, 1964 (1964-11-22)
Number of official events	44
Most wins	Tony Lema (5)
Money list	Jack Nicklaus
PGA Player of the Year	Ken Venturi
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1964 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Jan 6	Los Angeles Open	California	50,000	Paul Harney (4)
Jan 12	San Diego Open Invitational	California	30,000	Art Wall Jr. (12)
Jan 19	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	60,000	Tony Lema (5)	Pro-Am
Jan 27	Lucky International Open	California	50,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)
Feb 2	Palm Springs Golf Classic	California	50,000	Tommy Jacobs (4)	Pro-Am
Feb 9	Phoenix Open Invitational	Arizona	50,000	Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 16	Tucson Open Invitational	Arizona	30,000	Jacky Cupit (3)
Mar 2	Greater New Orleans Open Invitational	Louisiana	50,000	Mason Rudolph (3)
Mar 9	Pensacola Open Invitational	Florida	30,000	Gary Player (8)
Mar 15	St. Petersburg Open Invitational	Florida	25,000	Bruce Devlin (1)
Mar 22	Doral Open Invitational	Florida	50,000	Billy Casper (21)
Mar 30	Azalea Open	North Carolina	20,000	Al Besselink (4)
Apr 5	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	45,000	Julius Boros (13)
Apr 12	Masters Tournament	Georgia	130,000	Arnold Palmer (43)	Major championship
Apr 19	Houston Classic	Texas	50,000	Mike Souchak (14)
Apr 26	Texas Open Invitational	Texas	40,000	Bruce Crampton (3)
May 3	Tournament of Champions	Nevada	65,000	Jack Nicklaus (10)	Winners-only event
May 3	Waco Turner Open	Oklahoma	20,000	Pete Brown (1)	Alternate event
May 10	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	75,000	Billy Casper (22)	Invitational
May 18	Oklahoma City Open Invitational	Oklahoma	40,000	Arnold Palmer (44)
May 24	Memphis Open Invitational	Tennessee	50,000	Mike Souchak (15)
May 31	500 Festival Open Invitation	Indiana	70,000	Gary Player (9)
Jun 7	Thunderbird Classic	New York	100,000	Tony Lema (6)
Jun 14	Buick Open Invitational	Michigan	60,000	Tony Lema (7)
Jun 20	U.S. Open	Maryland	88,000	Ken Venturi (11)	Major championship
Jun 28	Cleveland Open Invitational	Ohio	100,000	Tony Lema (8)
Jul 5	Whitemarsh Open Invitational	Pennsylvania	25,000	Jack Nicklaus (11)
Jul 10	The Open Championship	Scotland	£8,500	Tony Lema (9)	Major championship[b]
Jul 19	PGA Championship	Ohio	100,000	Bobby Nichols (4)	Major championship
Jul 26	Insurance City Open Invitational	Connecticut	50,000	Ken Venturi (12)
Aug 2	Canadian Open	Canada	50,000	Kel Nagle (2)
Aug 9	Western Open	Illinois	65,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)
Aug 16	St. Paul Open Invitational	Minnesota	65,000	Chuck Courtney (1)
Aug 23	American Golf Classic	Ohio	50,000	Ken Venturi (13)
Aug 30	Carling World Open	Michigan	200,000	Bobby Nichols (5)
Sep 7	Dallas Open Invitational	Texas	40,000	Charles Coody (1)
Sep 20	Portland Open Invitational	Oregon	40,000	Jack Nicklaus (12)
Sep 27	Greater Seattle Open Invitational	Washington	40,000	Billy Casper (23)
Oct 4	Fresno Open Invitational	California	35,000	George Knudson (3)
Oct 11	Sunset-Camellia Open Invitational	California	25,000	Bob McCallister (2)	New tournament
Oct 18	Sahara Invitational	Nevada	70,000	R. H. Sikes (1)
Oct 25	Mountain View Open	California	40,000	Jack McGowan (1)	New tournament
Nov 3	Almaden Open Invitational	California	25,000	Billy Casper (24)
Nov 22	Cajun Classic Open Invitational	Louisiana	25,000	Miller Barber (1)

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	Notes
Dec 6	Canada Cup	Hawaii	n/a	Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer	Team event
	Canada Cup Individual Trophy			Jack Nicklaus

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Jack Nicklaus	113,285
2	Arnold Palmer	113,203
3	Billy Casper	90,130
4	Tony Lema	74,130
5	Bobby Nichols	74,013
6	Ken Venturi	62,466
7	Gary Player	61,450
8	Mason Rudolph	52,569
9	Chi-Chi Rodríguez	49,339
10	Mike Souchak	39,559

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Player of the Year	Ken Venturi	[5]
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)	Arnold Palmer	[4]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

1. "1964 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
2. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 643–50. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
3. "Nicklaus Exempt From Fees In 1965 Events". The Robesonian. Lumberton, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 24, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved March 20, 2013 – via Google News Archive.
4. "Nicklaus the Richest; Palmer Vardon Winner". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. December 24, 1964. p. 11. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "P.G.A. Picks Venturi As Golfer of Year". The New York Times. UPI. October 4, 1964. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

External links

• Official website