1966 PGA Tour

The 1966 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 27. The season consisted of 40 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. Casper was the leading money winner with earnings of $121,945. He was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1966 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 ($)
Jan 9Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Arnold Palmer (46)273 (−11)11,000
Jan 16San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper (29)268 (−16)5,800
Jan 23Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Don Massengale (1)283 (−4)11,000
Jan 31Lucky International OpenCalifornia Ken Venturi (14)273 (−11)8,500
Feb 6Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Doug Sanders (15)349 (−11)15,000
Feb 14Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Dudley Wysong (1)278 (−6)9,000
Feb 20Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Joe Campbell (3)278 (−10)9,000
Mar 7Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Gay Brewer (7)272 (−16)10,000
Mar 13Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Phil Rodgers (4)278 (−10)20,000
Mar 20Florida Citrus Open InvitationalFlorida Lionel Hebert (5)279 (−5)21,000
Mar 27Jacksonville OpenFlorida Doug Sanders (16)273 (−15)13,500
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Doug Sanders (17)276 (−8)20,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus (18)288 (E)20,000
Apr 17Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Bert Yancey (1)278 (−10)3,200
Apr 18Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer (47)283 (−5)20,000
Apr 26Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Roberto De Vicenzo (5)276 (−8)15,000
May 1Texas Open InvitationalTexas Harold Henning (1)272 (−8)13,000
May 16Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Frank Beard (3)276 (−12)20,000
May 22Colonial National InvitationTexas Bruce Devlin (2)280 (E)22,000
May 29Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Tony Lema (12)271 (−17)8,500
Jun 5Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Bert Yancey (2)265 (−15)20,000
Jun 12Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Phil Rodgers (5)284 (−4)20,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenCalifornia Billy Casper (30)278 (−2)26,500
Jun 26Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper (31)283 (−1)20,000
Jul 9British OpenScotland Jack Nicklaus (19)282 (−2)5,880
Jul 17Minnesota Golf ClassicMinnesota Bobby Nichols (7)270 (−14)20,000
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipOhio Al Geiberger (4)280 (E)25,000
Jul 31500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Billy Casper (32)277 (−11)16,400
Aug 7Cleveland OpenOhio R. H. Sikes (2)268 (−16)20,000
Aug 14Thunderbird Classic[2]New Jersey Mason Rudolph (4)278 (−10)20,000
Aug 21Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Art Wall Jr. (13)266 (−18)20,000
Aug 28Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Don January (5)278 (−10)21,000
Sep 3Carling World OpenEngland Bruce Devlin (3)286 (−6)35,000
Sep 18Portland Open InvitationalOregon Bert Yancey (3)271 (−17)6,800
Sep 25Greater Seattle-Everett ClassicWashington Homero Blancas (1)266 (−18)6,600
Oct 2Canadian OpenCanada Don Massengale (2)280 (−4)20,000
Oct 15Sahara InvitationalNevada Jack Nicklaus (20)282 (−2)20,000
Oct 30Hawaiian OpenHawaii Ted Makalena (1)271 (−17)8,500
Nov 20Houston Champions International[3]Texas Arnold Palmer (48)275 (−9)21,000
Nov 27Cajun ClassicLouisiana Jacky Cupit (4)271 (−17)4,850

Source:[4][5]

Money leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)
1Billy Casper United States121,945
2Jack Nicklaus United States111,419
3Arnold Palmer United States110,468
4Doug Sanders United States80,096
5Gay Brewer United States75,688
6Phil Rodgers United States68,360
7Gene Littler United States68,345
8R. H. Sikes United States67,349
9Frank Beard United States66,041
10Al Geiberger United States63,220

Source:[6]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerBilly Casper United States
PGA Player of the YearBilly Casper United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Billy Casper United States

References
  1. "Casper Is Named Golfer Of Year; Billy Burke is Selected for Hall of Fame by P.G.A." The New York Times. UPI. November 2, 1966. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. "Rudolph Holds Off Bear". St. Petersburg Times. Florida. AP. August 15, 1966. p. 1-C.
  3. Rescheduled to November after original May 5–8 tourney was rained out.
  4. "1966 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  5. Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 656–62. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
  6. "Casper Leads Golf Earnings". Playground Daily News. Fort Walton Beach, Florida. AP. November 29, 1966. p. 7.
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