1960 PGA Tour

The 1960 PGA Tour was the 45th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States.

1960 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 8, 1960 (1960-01-08) – December 11, 1960 (1960-12-11)
Number of official events44
Most wins Arnold Palmer (8)
Money list Arnold Palmer
PGA Player of the Year Arnold Palmer
← 1959
1961 →

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1960 season.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 12Los Angeles OpenCalifornia37,500 Dow Finsterwald (9)
Jan 18Yorba Linda Open InvitationalCalifornia20,000 Jerry Barber (3)New tournament
Jan 24Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia50,000 Ken Venturi (9)Pro-Am
Jan 31San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia20,000 Mike Souchak (11)
Feb 7Palm Springs Desert Golf ClassicCalifornia70,000 Arnold Palmer (14)New tournament
Pro-Am
Feb 15Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona22,500 Jack Fleck (2)
Feb 21Tucson Open InvitationalArizona20,000 Don January (2)
Feb 28Texas Open InvitationalTexas20,000 Arnold Palmer (15)
Mar 6Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisiana15,000 Arnold Palmer (16)
Mar 13Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida15,000 Arnold Palmer (17)
Mar 21St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFlorida15,000 George Bayer (4)
Mar 27De Soto Open InvitationalFlorida35,000 Sam Snead (79)New tournament
Apr 3Azalea OpenNorth Carolina15,000 Tom Nieporte (2)
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia87,000 Arnold Palmer (18)Major championship
Apr 17Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina20,000 Sam Snead (80)
Apr 24Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana25,000 Dow Finsterwald (10)
May 3Houston ClassicTexas35,000 Bill Collins (2)
May 8Tournament of ChampionsNevada42,000 Jerry Barber (4)Winners-only event
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas30,000 Julius Boros (9)Invitational
May 22Hot Springs Open InvitationalArkansas20,000 Bill Collins (3)
May 22Sam Snead FestivalWest Virginia15,000 Dave Marr (n/a)Alternate event[lower-alpha 2]
May 29500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana50,000 Doug Ford (15)New tournament
Jun 6Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee30,000 Tommy Bolt (14)
Jun 12Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma30,000 Gene Littler (15)
Jun 18U.S. OpenColorado60,000 Arnold Palmer (19)Major championship
Jul 4Buick Open InvitationalMichigan50,000 Mike Souchak (12)
Jul 9The Open ChampionshipScotland£7,000 Kel Nagle (1)Major championship[lower-alpha 3]
Jul 9Canadian OpenCanada25,000 Art Wall Jr. (11)
Jul 17Western OpenMichigan30,000 Stan Leonard (3)
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipOhio65,000 Jay Hebert (5)Major championship
Jul 31Eastern Open InvitationalMaryland25,000 Gene Littler (16)
Aug 7Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut25,000 Arnold Palmer (20)
Aug 21St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota30,000 Don Fairfield (2)
Aug 28Milwaukee Open InvitationalWisconsin30,000 Ken Venturi (10)
Sep 5Dallas Open InvitationalTexas25,000 Johnny Pott (1)
Sep 12Utah Open InvitationalUtah20,000 Bill Johnston (2)
Sep 18Carling Open InvitationalWashington25,000 Ernie Vossler (3)
Sep 25Portland Open InvitationalOregon20,000 Billy Casper (11)
Oct 3Hesperia Open InvitationalCalifornia15,000 Billy Casper (12)
Oct 16Orange County Open InvitationalCalifornia15,000 Billy Casper (13)
Nov 20Cajun Classic Open InvitationalLouisiana15,000 Lionel Hebert (3)
Nov 27Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabama15,000 Arnold Palmer (21)
Dec 4West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFlorida15,000 Johnny Pott (2)
Dec 11Coral Gables Open InvitationalFlorida20,000 Bob Goalby (2)

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
Jun 26 Canada Cup Ireland n/a Arnold Palmer and
Sam Snead		 Team event
Canada Cup Individual Trophy Flory Van Donck

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Arnold Palmer80,968
2 Ken Venturi46,410
3 Dow Finsterwald43,942
4 Billy Casper38,107
5 Jay Hebert36,840
6 Doug Ford34,428
7 Gene Littler32,568
8 Mike Souchak32,121
9 Doug Sanders30,506
10 Bill Collins30,165

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
PGA Player of the Year Arnold Palmer[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. Official money; unofficial win.
  3. Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References
  1. "1960 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. 616–23. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  3. "Från USA-cirkusen" [From the U.S. circuit]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 1. March 1961. p. 30. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. "Golf Award To Palmer". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. Associated Press. October 9, 1960. p. D-8. Retrieved March 19, 2013 – via Google News Archive.
  5. "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.
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