1965 PGA Tour

The 1965 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 28. The season consisted of 40 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, and there were six first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $140,752. Dave Marr 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 1965 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 11Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Paul Harney (5)276 (−8)12,000
Jan 17San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Wes Ellis (3)267 (−17)4,850
Jan 24Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Bruce Crampton (4)284 (−3)11,000
Jan 31Lucky International OpenCalifornia George Archer (1)278 (−6)8,500
Feb 7Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Billy Casper (25)348 (−12)15,000
Feb 14Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Rod Funseth (1)274 (−14)10,500
Feb 21Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Bob Charles (3)271 (−17)6,800
Mar 7Pensacola Open Invitational[2]Florida Doug Sanders (13)277 (−11)10,000
Mar 14Doral Open Invitational[3]Florida Doug Sanders (14)274 (−14)11,000
Mar 21Jacksonville Open[4]Florida Bert Weaver (1)285 (−3)8,500
Mar 28Azalea Open Invitational[5]North Carolina Dick Hart (1)276 (−12)3,850
Apr 4Greater Greensboro Open[6]North Carolina Sam Snead (82)273 (−11)11,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (13)271 (−17)20,000
Apr 18Houston ClassicTexas Bobby Nichols (6)273 (−11)12,000
Apr 25Texas Open InvitationalTexas Frank Beard (2)270 (−10)7,500
May 2Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer (45)277 (−11)14,000
May 11Colonial National InvitationTexas Bruce Crampton (5)276 (−4)20,000
May 16Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Dick Mayer (7)273 (−15)20,000
May 23Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Jack Nicklaus (14)271 (−9)9,000
May 30500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Bruce Crampton (6)279 (−5)15,200
Jun 6Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Tony Lema (10)280 (−8)20,000
Jun 13Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Dan Sikes (2)272 (−12)25,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenMissouri Gary Player (10)282 (+2)26,000
Jun 27St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Raymond Floyd (2)270 (−14)20,000
Jul 4Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper (26)270 (−14)11,000
Jul 9British OpenEngland Peter Thomson (6)285 (−3)4,900
Jul 17Canadian OpenCanada Gene Littler (20)273 (−7)20,000
Jul 25Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Billy Casper (27)274 (−10)11,000
Aug 1Thunderbird ClassicNew York Jack Nicklaus (15)270 (−18)20,000
Aug 8Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus (16)277 (−11)24,300
Aug 15PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania Dave Marr (3)280 (−4)25,000
Aug 23Carling World OpenMassachusetts Tony Lema (11)279 (−5)35,000
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhio Al Geiberger (3)280 (E)20,000
Sep 5Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Jack Rule, Jr. (2)283 (−5)10,000
Sep 19Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus (17)273 (−15)6,600
Sep 26Greater Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Gay Brewer (5)279 (−9)6,600
Oct 23Sahara InvitationalNevada Billy Casper (28)269 (−15)20,000
Oct 31Almaden Open InvitationalCalifornia Bobby Verwey (1)273 (−15)6,800
Nov 7Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gay Brewer (6)281 (−7)9,000
Nov 28Cajun ClassicLouisiana Babe Hiskey (1)275 (−13)4,250

Source:[7][8]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States140,752
2Tony Lema United States101,816
3Billy Casper United States99,931
4Doug Sanders United States72,182
5Gary Player South Africa69,964
6Bruce Devlin Australia67,657
7Dave Marr United States63,375
8Al Geiberger United States59,699
9Gene Littler United States58,898
10Arnold Palmer United States57,770

Source:[9]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearDave Marr United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Billy Casper United States

References
  1. "PGA Names Dave Marr Best Of 1965". The Miami News. Miami, Florida. AP. October 19, 1965. p. 3B. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  2. "Sanders Nips Nicklaus In Sudden Death". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania. AP. March 8, 1965. p. 35.
  3. "Doug Sanders Awaits Bid To Masters". Toledo Blade. Ohio. AP. March 15, 1965. p. 16–17.
  4. "Bert Weaver Wins Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. March 22, 1965. p. 10.
  5. "Dick Hart Wins Azalea Open In Sudden-Death Play". Lodi News-Sentinel. California. UPI. March 29, 1965. p. 8.
  6. Alyta, Ken (April 5, 1965). "Sam Snead Wins Eighth Greensboro Open Golf Tourney". Lewiston Daily Sun. Maine. AP. p. 14.
  7. "1965 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. 650–6. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  9. "Jack Nicklaus Was Golf's Top Money Winner". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. AP. December 5, 1965. p. 19. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
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