Golf tour season
The 1960 PGA Tour was the 45th season of the PGA Tour , the main professional golf tour in the United States.
Schedule [ edit ] The following table lists official events during the 1960 season.[1] [2]
Date Tournament Location Purse (US$ ) Winner[a] Notes Jan 12 Los Angeles Open California 37,500 Dow Finsterwald (9) Jan 18 Yorba Linda Open Invitational California 20,000 Jerry Barber (3) New tournament Jan 24 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California 50,000 Ken Venturi (9) Pro-Am Jan 31 San Diego Open Invitational California 20,000 Mike Souchak (11) Feb 7 Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic California 70,000 Arnold Palmer (14) New tournament Pro-Am Feb 15 Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona 22,500 Jack Fleck (2) Feb 21 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona 20,000 Don January (2) Feb 28 Texas Open Invitational Texas 20,000 Arnold Palmer (15) Mar 6 Baton Rouge Open Invitational Louisiana 15,000 Arnold Palmer (16) Mar 13 Pensacola Open Invitational Florida 15,000 Arnold Palmer (17) Mar 21 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida 15,000 George Bayer (4) Mar 27 De Soto Open Invitational Florida 35,000 Sam Snead (79) New tournament Apr 3 Azalea Open North Carolina 15,000 Tom Nieporte (2) Apr 10 Masters Tournament Georgia 87,000 Arnold Palmer (18) Major championship Apr 17 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina 20,000 Sam Snead (80) Apr 24 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana 25,000 Dow Finsterwald (10) May 3 Houston Classic Texas 35,000 Bill Collins (2) May 8 Tournament of Champions Nevada 42,000 Jerry Barber (4) Winners-only event May 15 Colonial National Invitation Texas 30,000 Julius Boros (9) Invitational May 22 Hot Springs Open Invitational Arkansas 20,000 Bill Collins (3) May 22 Sam Snead Festival West Virginia 15,000 Dave Marr (n/a) Alternate event[b] May 29 500 Festival Open Invitation Indiana 50,000 Doug Ford (15) New tournament Jun 6 Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee 30,000 Tommy Bolt (14) Jun 12 Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma 30,000 Gene Littler (15) Jun 18 U.S. Open Colorado 60,000 Arnold Palmer (19) Major championship Jul 4 Buick Open Invitational Michigan 50,000 Mike Souchak (12) Jul 9 The Open Championship Scotland £7,000 Kel Nagle (1) Major championship [c] Jul 9 Canadian Open Canada 25,000 Art Wall Jr. (11) Jul 17 Western Open Michigan 30,000 Stan Leonard (3) Jul 24 PGA Championship Ohio 65,000 Jay Hebert (5) Major championship Jul 31 Eastern Open Invitational Maryland 25,000 Gene Littler (16) Aug 7 Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut 25,000 Arnold Palmer (20) Aug 21 St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota 30,000 Don Fairfield (2) Aug 28 Milwaukee Open Invitational Wisconsin 30,000 Ken Venturi (10) Sep 5 Dallas Open Invitational Texas 25,000 Johnny Pott (1) Sep 12 Utah Open Invitational Utah 20,000 Bill Johnston (2) Sep 18 Carling Open Invitational Washington 25,000 Ernie Vossler (3) Sep 25 Portland Open Invitational Oregon 20,000 Billy Casper (11) Oct 3 Hesperia Open Invitational California 15,000 Billy Casper (12) Oct 16 Orange County Open Invitational California 15,000 Billy Casper (13) Nov 20 Cajun Classic Open Invitational Louisiana 15,000 Lionel Hebert (3) Nov 27 Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational Alabama 15,000 Arnold Palmer (21) Dec 4 West Palm Beach Open Invitational Florida 15,000 Johnny Pott (2) Dec 11 Coral Gables Open Invitational Florida 20,000 Bob Goalby (2)
Unofficial events [ edit ] The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Money list [ edit ] The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]
Position Player Prize money ($) 1 Arnold Palmer 80,968 2 Ken Venturi 46,410 3 Dow Finsterwald 43,942 4 Billy Casper 38,107 5 Jay Hebert 36,840 6 Doug Ford 34,428 7 Gene Littler 32,568 8 Mike Souchak 32,121 9 Doug Sanders 30,506 10 Bill Collins 30,165
^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members. ^ Official money; unofficial win. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win. References [ edit ] ^ "1960 winners sorted by age" . PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2013 . ^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia . New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 616–23. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 . ^ "Från USA-cirkusen" [From the U.S. circuit]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. March 1961. p. 30. Retrieved November 10, 2023 . ^ "Golf Award To Palmer" . Youngstown Vindicator . Youngstown, Ohio. Associated Press. October 9, 1960. p. D-8. Retrieved March 19, 2013 – via Google News Archive. ^ "Bill Casper Wins Vardon Trophy With 69.950 Average in 1960" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. January 8, 1961. p. 79. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. External links [ edit ]
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