1970 PGA Tour

The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 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 ($) Notes
Jan 11Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Billy Casper (44)276 (−8)20,000
Jan 18Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Dale Douglass (3)271 (−13)20,000
Jan 25Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Bert Yancey (6)278 (−10)25,000
Feb 1Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Pete Brown (2)275 (−13)30,000
Feb 8Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Bruce Devlin (5)339 (−21)25,000
Feb 15Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Lee Trevino (4)275 (−13)20,000
Feb 22San Antonio Open InvitationalTexas Ron Cerrudo (2)273 (−7)20,000
Mar 1Doral-Eastern Open InvitationalFlorida Mike Hill (1)279 (−9)30,000
Mar 8Florida Citrus InvitationalFlorida Bob Lunn (4)271 (−17)30,000
Mar 15Monsanto OpenFlorida Dick Lotz (2)275 (−9)30,000
Mar 23Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Don January (8)279 (−9)20,000
Mar 29National Airlines Open InvitationalFlorida Lee Trevino (5)274 (−14)40,000
Apr 5Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Gary Player (13)271 (−13)36,000
Apr 12Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Chris Blocker (n/a)271 (−9)5,000Satellite event
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Billy Casper (45)279 (−9)25,000
Apr 20Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Miller Barber (5)278 (−10)25,000
Apr 26Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Frank Beard (9)273 (−15)30,000
Apr 26Tallahassee Open InvitationalFlorida Harold Henning (2)277 (−11)10,000Alternate event
May 3Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Jack Nicklaus (31)274 (−6)20,000
May 10Houston Champions InternationalTexas Gibby Gilbert (1)282 (−2)23,000
May 17Colonial National InvitationTexas Homero Blancas (2)273 (−7)25,000
May 24Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Tommy Aaron (2)275 (−13)25,000
May 31Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Dave Hill (8)267 (−13)30,000
Jun 7Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Dick Lotz (3)278 (−10)30,000
Jun 14Western OpenIllinois Hugh Royer, Jr. (1)273 (−11)26,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenMinnesota Tony Jacklin (3)281 (−7)30,000
Jun 28Cleveland OpenOhio Bruce Devlin (6)268 (−12)30,000
Jul 5Canadian OpenCanada Kermit Zarley (2)279 (−9)25,000
Jul 12Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Deane Beman (2)276 (−12)22,000
Jul 12British OpenScotland Jack Nicklaus (32)283 (−5)12,600
Jul 19IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Billy Casper (46)274 (−14)30,000
Jul 26National Four-Ball Championship PGA PlayersPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus (33)
Arnold Palmer (57)		259 (−25)20,000
each
Aug 2Westchester ClassicNew York Bruce Crampton (8)273 (−15)50,000
Aug 9American Golf ClassicOhio Frank Beard (10)276 (−4)30,000
Aug 16PGA ChampionshipOklahoma Dave Stockton (4)279 (−1)40,000
Aug 24AVCO Golf ClassicMassachusetts Billy Casper (47)277 (−11)32,000
Aug 30Dow Jones Open InvitationalNew Jersey Bobby Nichols (9)276 (−12)60,000
Sep 7Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticut Bob Murphy (3)267 (−17)20,000
Sep 20Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinois George Knudson (7)268 (−16)20,000
Sep 27Green Island Open InvitationalGeorgia Mason Rudolph (5)274 (−6)12,000
Oct 4Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Cesar Sanudo (1)269 (−15)12,000
Oct 25Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Ken Still (3)278 (−10)30,000
Nov 1Sahara InvitationalNevada Babe Hiskey (1)276 (−12)20,000
Nov 29Heritage Golf ClassicSouth Carolina Bob Goalby (10)280 (−4)20,000
Dec 6Coral Springs Open InvitationalFlorida Bill Garrett (1)272 (−12)25,000
Dec 13Bahama Islands OpenBahamas Doug Sanders (19)272 (−16)26,000

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerLee Trevino United States
PGA Player of the YearBilly Casper United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Lee Trevino United States
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