1963 PGA Tour

1963 PGA Tour season

Duration	January 4, 1963 (1963-01-04) – November 24, 1963 (1963-11-24)
Number of official events	44
Most wins	Arnold Palmer (7)
Money list	Arnold Palmer
PGA Player of the Year	Julius Boros
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The 1963 PGA Tour was the 48th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1963 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	Notes
Jan 7	Los Angeles Open	California	50,000	Arnold Palmer (36)
Jan 13	San Diego Open Invitational	California	25,000	Gary Player (7)
Jan 20	Bing Crosby National Pro-Am	California	50,000	Billy Casper (19)	Pro-Am
Jan 27	Lucky International Open	California	50,000	Jack Burke Jr. (16)
Feb 4	Palm Springs Golf Classic	California	50,000	Jack Nicklaus (4)	Pro-Am
Feb 12	Phoenix Open Invitational	Arizona	35,000	Arnold Palmer (37)
Feb 17	Tucson Open Invitational	Arizona	25,000	Don January (4)
Mar 4	Greater New Orleans Open Invitational	Louisiana	40,000	Bo Wininger (6)
Mar 10	Pensacola Open Invitational	Florida	25,000	Arnold Palmer (38)
Mar 17	St. Petersburg Open Invitational	Florida	25,000	Raymond Floyd (1)
Mar 24	Doral C.C. Open Invitational	Florida	50,000	Dan Sikes (1)
Mar 31	Azalea Open	North Carolina	20,000	Jerry Barber (7)
Apr 7	Masters Tournament	Georgia	112,500	Jack Nicklaus (5)	Major championship
Apr 14	Greater Greensboro Open	North Carolina	35,000	Doug Sanders (12)
Apr 21	Houston Classic	Texas	50,000	Bob Charles (1)
Apr 28	Texas Open Invitational	Texas	30,000	Phil Rodgers (3)
May 5	Tournament of Champions	Nevada	60,000	Jack Nicklaus (6)	Winners-only event
May 5	Waco Turner Open	Oklahoma	20,000	Gay Brewer (4)	Alternate event
May 12	Colonial National Invitation	Texas	60,000	Julius Boros (10)	Invitational
May 19	Oklahoma City Open Invitational	Oklahoma	35,000	Don Fairfield (3)
May 27	Memphis Open Invitational	Tennessee	50,000	Tony Lema (4)
Jun 3	500 Festival Open Invitation	Indiana	55,000	Dow Finsterwald (11)
Jun 9	Buick Open Invitational	Michigan	50,000	Julius Boros (11)
Jun 16	Thunderbird Classic Invitational	New York	100,000	Arnold Palmer (39)
Jun 23	U.S. Open	Massachusetts	90,000	Julius Boros (12)	Major championship
Jul 1	Cleveland Open Invitational	Ohio	110,000	Arnold Palmer (40)	New tournament
Jul 6	Canadian Open	Canada	50,000	Doug Ford (19)
Jul 13	The Open Championship	England	£8,500	Bob Charles (2)	Major championship[b]
Jul 14	Hot Springs Open Invitational	Arkansas	25,000	Dave Hill (3)	Alternate event
Jul 21	PGA Championship	Texas	80,000	Jack Nicklaus (7)	Major championship
Jul 29	Western Open	Illinois	55,000	Arnold Palmer (41)
Aug 4	St. Paul Open Invitational	Minnesota	35,000	Jack Rule Jr. (1)
Aug 18	Insurance City Open Invitational	Connecticut	40,000	Billy Casper (20)
Aug 25	American Golf Classic	Ohio	50,000	Johnny Pott (4)
Sep 1	Denver Open Invitational	Colorado	35,000	Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)
Sep 8	Utah Open	Utah	40,000	Tommy Jacobs (3)
Sep 15	Seattle Open Invitational	Washington	35,000	Bobby Nichols (3)
Sep 22	Portland Open Invitational	Oregon	30,000	George Knudson (2)
Oct 6	Whitemarsh Open Invitational	Pennsylvania	125,000	Arnold Palmer (42)	New tournament
Oct 20	Sahara Invitational	Nevada	70,000	Jack Nicklaus (8)
Oct 27	Fig Garden Village Open Invitational	California	25,000	Mason Rudolph (2)	New tournament
Nov 3	Almaden Open Invitational	California	25,000	Al Geiberger (2)
Nov 10	Frank Sinatra Open Invitational	California	50,000	Frank Beard (1)	New tournament
Nov 24	Cajun Classic Open Invitational	Louisiana	20,000	Rex Baxter (1)

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	Notes
Oct 13	Ryder Cup	Georgia	n/a	Team USA	Team event
Oct 28	Canada Cup	France	n/a	Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer	Team event
	Canada Cup Individual Trophy			Jack Nicklaus

Money list

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	128,230
2	Jack Nicklaus	100,050
3	Julius Boros	77,357
4	Tony Lema	67,113
5	Gary Player	55,455
6	Dow Finsterwald	49,863
7	Mason Rudolph	39,120
8	Al Geiberger	34,126
9	Don January	33,755
10	Bobby Nichols	33,605

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Player of the Year	Julius Boros	[4]
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)	Billy Casper	[5]

Notes

1. 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.
2. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

1. "1963 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
2. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 637–43. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
3. "Bill Casper Wins Award". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. Associated Press. December 8, 1963. p. D3. Retrieved March 19, 2013 – via Google News Archive.
4. "Boros Is Golf Player Of Year". The Modesto Bee. Modesto, California. Associated Press. November 29, 1963. p. B-8. Retrieved February 12, 2013 – via Google News Archive.
5. "Casper Nips Arnie For Vardon Trophy". Poughkeepsie Journal. Poughkeepsie, New York. December 8, 1963. p. 2B. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website