1962 PGA Tour

The 1962 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to December 9. The season consisted of 50 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $81,448. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 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 8Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Phil Rodgers (1)268 (−16)7,500
Jan 14San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Tommy Jacobs (2)277 (−7)3,500
Jan 22Bing Crosby National Pro-Am[2]California Doug Ford (17)286 (−2)5,300
Jan 28Lucky International OpenCalifornia Gene Littler (18)274 (−10)9,000
Feb 4Palm Springs Golf ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer (28)342 (−17)5,300
Feb 11Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Arnold Palmer (29)269 (−15)5,300
Feb 18Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Phil Rodgers (2)263 (−17)2,800
Feb 25Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Bo Wininger (4)281 (−7)4,300
Mar 4Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisiana Joe Campbell (2)274 (−14)2,800
Mar 11Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Doug Sanders (9)270 (−18)2,800
Mar 19St. Petersburg Open Invitational[3]Florida Bobby Nichols (1)272 (−16)2,800
Mar 26Doral C.C. Open Invitational[4]Florida Billy Casper (15)283 (−5)9,000
Apr 1Azalea OpenNorth Carolina Dave Marr (2)281 (−7)2,800
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Arnold Palmer (30)280 (−8)20,000
Apr 15Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Billy Casper (16)275 (−9)5,300
Apr 23Houston Classic[5]Texas Bobby Nichols (2)278 (−2)9,000
Apr 29Texas Open InvitationalTexas Arnold Palmer (31)273 (−11)4,300
May 6Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer (32)276 (−12)11,000
May 6Waco Turner OpenOklahoma Johnny Pott (3)276 (−16)2,800
May 14Colonial National Invitation[6]Texas Arnold Palmer (33)281 (+1)7,000
May 20Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas Al Johnston (1)273 (−15)2,800
May 27500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Billy Casper (17)264 (−20)9,000
Jun 3Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Lionel Hebert (4)267 (−13)6,400
Jun 10Thunderbird Classic InvitationalNew Jersey Gene Littler (19)275 (−13)25,000
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus (1)283 (−1)17,500
Jun 24Eastern Open InvitationalMaryland Doug Ford (18)279 (−9)5,300
Jul 1Western OpenIllinois Jacky Cupit (2)281 (−3)11,000
Jul 8Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Bill Collins (4)284 (−4)9,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Arnold Palmer (34)276 (−12)3,920
Jul 15Motor City OpenMichigan Bruce Crampton (2)267 (−17)5,300
Jul 22PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania Gary Player (6)278 (−2)13,000
Jul 29Canadian OpenCanada Ted Kroll (8)278 (−10)4,300
Aug 5Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Bob Goalby (5)271 (−13)5,300
Aug 12American Golf ClassicOhio Arnold Palmer (35)276 (−4)9,000
Aug 19St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Doug Sanders (10)269 (−19)4,300
Aug 26Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Doug Sanders (11)280 (−8)5,300
Sep 3Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Billy Maxwell (7)277 (−3)5,300
Sep 9Denver Open InvitationalColorado Bob Goalby (6)277 (−3)4,300
Sep 16Seattle World's Fair Open InvitationalWashington Jack Nicklaus (2)265 (−15)4,300
Sep 23Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus (3)269 (−19)3,500
Sep 30Sahara InvitationalNevada Tony Lema (1)270 (−14)2,800
Oct 14Bakersfield Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper (18)272 (−16)6,400
Oct 21Ontario Open InvitationalCalifornia Al Geiberger (1)276 (−8)3,500
Oct 28Orange County Open InvitationalCalifornia Tony Lema (2)267 (−17)2,800
Nov 4Beaumont Open InvitationalTexas Dave Ragan (2)283 (−5)2,800
Nov 11Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana John Barnum (1)270 (−14)2,400
Nov 18Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabama Tony Lema (3)273 (−15)2,000
Nov 25Carling Open InvitationalFlorida Bo Wininger (5)274 (−10)5,300
Dec 2West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFlorida Dave Ragan (3)277 (−11)2,800
Dec 9Coral Gables Open InvitationalFlorida Gardner Dickinson (3)274 (−10)2,800

Source:[7][8]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Arnold Palmer United States81,448
2Gene Littler United States66,201
3Jack Nicklaus United States61,869
4Billy Casper United States61,842
5Bob Goalby United States46,241
6Gary Player South Africa45,838
7Doug Sanders United States43,340
8Dave Ragan United States37,327
9Bobby Nichols United States34,312
10Phil Rodgers United States32,182

Source:[9]

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

References
  1. "Palmer Tops PGA Ranks Second Time". The Daily Courier. Connellsville, Pennsylvania. UPI. October 4, 1962. p. 6. For the first time, the award was open to PGA members only, so Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, both approved tournament players, were not eligible.
  2. "An Old (39) Ford Beats Young Joe". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. January 23, 1962. p. 1-C.
  3. "Nichols' Iron Shots Aid St. Pete Victory". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania. UPI. March 20, 1962. p. 31.
  4. "Casper Wins Doral Open Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. AP. March 27, 1962. p. 19.
  5. "Nichols' Eagle Wins At Houston". Milwaukee Sentinel. Wisconsin. UPI. April 24, 1962. p. 4:2.
  6. "Palmer Takes Colonial Gold From Pott In Playoffs". Prescott Evening Courier. Arizona. UPI. May 15, 1962. p. 5.
  7. "1962 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  8. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 630–7. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  9. "Arnie Again Pro Golf's Top Winner". Beaver County Times. Beaver, Pennsylvania. UPI. December 11, 1962. p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
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