1960 PGA Tour

The 1960 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 11. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were two first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $75,263. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] 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 1960 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 12Los Angeles Open[2]California Dow Finsterwald (9)280 (−4)5,500
Jan 18Yorba Linda Open InvitationalCalifornia Jerry Barber (3)278 (−10)2,800
Jan 24Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Ken Venturi (9)286 (−2)4,000
Jan 31San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Mike Souchak (11)269 (−19)2,800
Feb 7Palm Springs Desert Golf ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer (14)338 (−20)12,000
Feb 15Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Jack Fleck (2)273 (−11)3,150
Feb 21Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Don January (2)271 (−9)2,800
Feb 28Texas Open InvitationalTexas Arnold Palmer (15)276 (−12)2,800
Mar 6Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisiana Arnold Palmer (16)279 (−9)2,000
Mar 13Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Arnold Palmer (17)273 (−15)2,000
Mar 21St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida George Bayer (4)282 (−6)2,000
Mar 27De Soto Open InvitationalFlorida Sam Snead (79)276 (−8)5,300
Apr 3Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Tom Nieporte (2)277 (−11)2,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer (18)282 (−6)17,500
Apr 17Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sam Snead (80)270 (−14)2,800
Apr 24Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Dow Finsterwald (10)270 (−18)3,500
May 3Houston Classic[3]Texas Bill Collins (2)280 (−8)5,300
May 8Tournament of ChampionsNevada Jerry Barber (4)268 (−20)10,000
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas Julius Boros (9)280 (E)5,000
May 22Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Bill Collins (3)275 (−13)2,800
May 22Sam Snead FestivalWest Virginia Dave Marr (n/a)[4]265 (−15)2,000
May 29500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Doug Ford (15)270 (−14)9,000
Jun 6Memphis Open Invitational[5]Tennessee Tommy Bolt (14)273 (−7)4,300
Jun 12Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Gene Littler (15)273 (−11)4,300
Jun 18U.S. OpenColorado Arnold Palmer (19)280 (−4)14,400
Jul 4Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Mike Souchak (12)282 (−6)9,000
Jul 9British OpenScotland Kel Nagle (1)278 (−10)3,500
Jul 9Canadian OpenCanada Art Wall Jr. (11)269 (−19)3,500
Jul 17Western OpenMichigan Stan Leonard (3)278 (−10)5,000
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipOhio Jay Hebert (5)281 (+1)11,000
Jul 31Eastern Open InvitationalMaryland Gene Littler (16)273 (−15)3,500
Aug 7Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Arnold Palmer (20)270 (−14)3,500
Aug 21St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Don Fairfield (2)266 (−22)4,300
Aug 28Milwaukee Open InvitationalWisconsin Ken Venturi (10)271 (−9)4,300
Sep 5Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Johnny Pott (1)275 (−5)3,500
Sep 12Utah Open InvitationalUtah Bill Johnston (2)262 (−22)2,800
Sep 18Carling Open InvitationalWashington Ernie Vossler (3)272 (−12)3,500
Sep 25Portland Open InvitationalOregon Billy Casper (11)266 (−22)2,800
Oct 3Hesperia Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper (12)275 (−13)2,000
Oct 16Orange County Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper (13)276 (−8)2,000
Nov 20Cajun ClassicLouisiana Lionel Hebert (3)272 (−12)2,000
Nov 27Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabama Arnold Palmer (21)274 (−14)2,000
Dec 4West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFlorida Johnny Pott (2)278 (−10)2,000
Dec 11Coral Gables Open InvitationalFlorida Bob Goalby (2)272 (−12)2,800

Source:[6][7]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerArnold Palmer United States
PGA Player of the YearArnold Palmer United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Billy Casper United States

References
  1. "Golf Award To Palmer". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. AP. October 9, 1960. p. D-8. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. "Finsterwald L.A. Champ; Monti Slips". Chicago Tribune. Illinois. AP. January 13, 1960. p. 45.
  3. "Bill Collins Winner Over Arnold Palmer". Milwaukee Journal. Wisconsin. May 4, 1960. p. 15.
  4. (Unofficial win)
  5. "Bolt Wins Playoff by Stroke; Hogan 2d". Chicago Tribune. Illinois. AP. June 7, 1960. p. 4:1.
  6. "1960 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  7. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 616–23. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
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