1967 PGA Tour

The 1967 PGA Tour season was played from January 12 to December 3, and consisted of 40 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, and there were five first-time winners. Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $188,998. Nicklaus was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1967 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 15San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob Goalby (7)269 (−15)13,200
Jan 23Bing Crosby National Pro-Am[2]California Jack Nicklaus (21)284 (−4)16,000
Jan 29Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Arnold Palmer (49)269 (−15)20,000
Feb 5Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Tom Nieporte (3)349 (−11)17,600
Feb 12Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Julius Boros (14)272 (−12)14,000
Feb 19Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Arnold Palmer (50)273 (−15)12,000
Mar 5Doral Open Invitational[3]Florida Doug Sanders (18)275 (−9)20,000
Mar 12Florida Citrus Open InvitationalFlorida Julius Boros (15)274 (−10)23,000
Mar 19Jacksonville OpenFlorida Dan Sikes (3)279 (−9)20,000
Mar 26Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Gay Brewer (8)262 (−26)15,000
Apr 2Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina George Archer (2)267 (−17)25,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Gay Brewer (9)280 (−8)20,000
Apr 16Tournament of ChampionsNevada Frank Beard (4)278 (−6)20,000
Apr 16Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Randy Glover (1)278 (−10)5,000
Apr 24Dallas Open Invitational[4]Texas Bert Yancey (4)274 (−6)20,000
Apr 30Texas Open InvitationalTexas Chi-Chi Rodríguez (4)277 (−7)20,000
May 7Houston Champions InternationalTexas Frank Beard (5)274 (−10)23,000
May 14Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana George Knudson (4)277 (−11)20,000
May 21Colonial National InvitationTexas Dave Stockton (1)278 (−2)23,000
May 28Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Miller Barber (2)278 (−10)13,200
Jun 4Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Dave Hill (4)272 (−8)20,000
Jun 11Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Julius Boros (16)283 (−5)20,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenNew Jersey Jack Nicklaus (22)275 (−5)30,000
Jun 25Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Gardner Dickinson (4)271 (−9)20,700
Jul 3Canadian OpenCanada Billy Casper (33)279 (−5)30,000
Jul 9500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Frank Beard (6)279 (−9)20,000
Jul 15British OpenEngland Roberto De Vicenzo (6)278 (−10)5,880
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipColorado Don January (6)281 (−7)25,000
Jul 30Minnesota Golf ClassicMinnesota Lou Graham (1)286 (−2)20,000
Aug 6Western OpenIllinois Jack Nicklaus (23)274 (−10)20,000
Aug 13American Golf ClassicOhio Arnold Palmer (51)276 (−4)20,000
Aug 20Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticut Charlie Sifford (1)272 (−12)20,000
Aug 30Westchester ClassicNew York Jack Nicklaus (24)272 (−16)50,000
Sep 4Carling World OpenCanada Billy Casper (34)281 (−3)35,000
Sep 17Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Dan Sikes (4)276 (−12)22,000
Sep 24Thunderbird ClassicNew Jersey Arnold Palmer (52)283 (−5)30,000
Oct 1Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Bob Charles (4)282 (−6)22,000
Oct 28Sahara Invitational[5]Nevada Jack Nicklaus (25)270 (−14)20,000
Nov 5Hawaiian Open[6]Hawaii Dudley Wysong (2)284 (−4)20,000
Dec 3Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana Marty Fleckman (1)275 (−13)5,000

Source:[7][8]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Jack Nicklaus United States188,998
2Arnold Palmer United States184,065
3Billy Casper United States129,423
4Julius Boros United States126,785
5Dan Sikes United States111,508
6Doug Sanders United States109,455
7Frank Beard United States105,778
8George Archer United States84,344
9Gay Brewer United States78,548
10Bob Goalby United States77,106

Source:[9]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Arnold Palmer United States

References
  1. "Nicklaus Earns Pro Golfer Award". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Daytona Beach, Florida. AP. November 14, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. "Jack's Birdie Binge Wins Crosby By 5". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. January 24, 1967. p. 1-C.
  3. "Sanders Makes Doral Chance Golden". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. March 6, 1967. p. 1-C.
  4. "Yancey's Finish Wins Dallas Golf". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. April 25, 1967. p. 1-C.
  5. "Jack Nicklaus Wins Sahara Golf Tourney". Rome News-Tribune. Georgia. AP. October 29, 1967. p. 11.
  6. "Wysong Tops Casper". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. November 6, 1967. p. 3-C.
  7. "1967 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. 662–8. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  9. "Nicklaus is PGA Leading Money Maker". Naugatuck Daily News. Naugatuck, Connecticut. UPI. December 5, 1967. p. 5.
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