1973 PGA Tour

The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven 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 1973 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 7Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Rod Funseth (2)276 (−8)27,000
Jan 14Phoenix OpenArizona Bruce Crampton (10)268 (−12)30,000
Jan 21Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizona Bruce Crampton (11)277 (−11)30,000
Jan 28Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Jack Nicklaus (46)282 (−6)36,000
Feb 4Hawaiian OpenHawaii John Schlee (1)273 (−15)40,000
Feb 11Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Arnold Palmer (62)343 (−17)32,000
Feb 18Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Bob Dickson (2)278 (−10)34,000
Feb 25Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines ClassicFlorida Lee Trevino (16)279 (−9)52,000
Mar 4Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Buddy Allin (2)265 (−23)30,000
Mar 11Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Lee Trevino (17)276 (−12)30,000
Mar 18Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Jim Colbert (3)279 (−9)26,000
Mar 25Greater New Orleans OpenLouisiana Jack Nicklaus (47)280 (−8)25,000
Apr 2Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Chi-Chi Rodríguez (7)267 (−17)42,000
Apr 8Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dwight Nevil268 (-12)7,000Satellite event
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Tommy Aaron (3)283 (−5)30,000
Apr 15Monsanto OpenFlorida Homero Blancas (4)277 (−11)30,000
Apr 22Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Jack Nicklaus (48)276 (−12)40,000
Apr 22Tallahassee OpenFlorida Hubert Green (2)277 (−11)15,000Alternate event
Apr 29Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Lanny Wadkins (2)277 (−3)30,000
May 6Houston OpenTexas Bruce Crampton (12)277 (−11)41,000
May 13Colonial National InvitationTexas Tom Weiskopf (6)276 (−4)30,000
May 20Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Dave Hill (10)283 (−5)35,000
May 27Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (49)272 (−16)30,000
Jun 3Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf (7)271 (−17)40,000
Jun 10IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Tom Weiskopf (8)274 (−14)30,045
Jun 17U.S. OpenPennsylvania Johnny Miller (3)279 (−5)35,000
Jun 24American Golf ClassicOhio Bruce Crampton (13)273 (−7)32,000
Jul 1Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper (49)272 (−12)35,000
Jul 8Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Stockton (6)276 (−12)26,000
Jul 14British OpenScotland Tom Weiskopf (9)276 (−12)14,300
Jul 15Shrine-Robinson Open Golf ClassicIllinois Deane Beman (4)271 (−13)25,000
Jul 22St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf ClassicMissouri Gene Littler (25)268 (−12)42,000
Jul 29Canadian OpenCanada Tom Weiskopf (10)278 (−10)35,000
Aug 5Westchester ClassicNew York Bobby Nichols (10)272 (−16)50,000
Aug 12PGA ChampionshipOhio Jack Nicklaus (50)277 (−7)45,000
Aug 19USI ClassicMassachusetts Lanny Wadkins (3)279 (−9)40,000
Aug 26Liggett & Myers OpenNorth Carolina Bert Greene (1)278 (−6)20,000
Aug 26U.S. Professional Match Play ChampionshipNorth Carolina John Schroeder (1)2 up40,000
Sep 3Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Billy Casper (50)264 (−20)40,000
Sep 9Southern OpenGeorgia Gary Player (18)270 (−10)20,030
Sep 16Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Hale Irwin (2)272 (−12)30,000
Sep 23B.C. OpenNew York Hubert Green (3)266 (−18)20,000
Sep 30Quad Cities OpenIowa Sam Adams (1)268 (−16)20,000
Oct 7Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio Jack Nicklaus (51)271 (−13)25,000
Oct 21Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Ed Sneed (1)275 (−13)30,092
Oct 28Sahara InvitationalNevada John Mahaffey (1)271 (−13)27,000
Nov 4San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Ben Crenshaw (1)270 (−14)25,000
Nov 17World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Miller Barber (8)570 (+2)100,000
Dec 1Walt Disney World Golf ClassicFlorida Jack Nicklaus (52)275 (−13)30,000

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerJack Nicklaus United States
PGA Player of the YearJack Nicklaus United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Bruce Crampton Australia
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