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The 1960 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 11. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were two first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $75,263. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year [1] and Billy Casper won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1960 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 12
Los Angeles Open [2]
California
Dow Finsterwald (9)
280 (−4)
5,500
Jan 18
Yorba Linda Open Invitational
California
Jerry Barber (3)
278 (−10)
2,800
Jan 24
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
Ken Venturi (9)
286 (−2)
4,000
Jan 31
San Diego Open Invitational
California
Mike Souchak (11)
269 (−19)
2,800
Feb 7
Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic
California
Arnold Palmer (14)
338 (−20)
12,000
Feb 15
Phoenix Open Invitational
Arizona
Jack Fleck (2)
273 (−11)
3,150
Feb 21
Tucson Open Invitational
Arizona
Don January (2)
271 (−9)
2,800
Feb 28
Texas Open Invitational
Texas
Arnold Palmer (15)
276 (−12)
2,800
Mar 6
Baton Rouge Open Invitational
Louisiana
Arnold Palmer (16)
279 (−9)
2,000
Mar 13
Pensacola Open Invitational
Florida
Arnold Palmer (17)
273 (−15)
2,000
Mar 21
St. Petersburg Open Invitational
Florida
George Bayer (4)
282 (−6)
2,000
Mar 27
De Soto Open Invitational
Florida
Sam Snead (79)
276 (−8)
5,300
Apr 3
Azalea Open
North Carolina
Tom Nieporte (2)
277 (−11)
2,000
Apr 10
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Arnold Palmer (18)
282 (−6)
17,500
Apr 17
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Sam Snead (80)
270 (−14)
2,800
Apr 24
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
Louisiana
Dow Finsterwald (10)
270 (−18)
3,500
May 3
Houston Classic [3]
Texas
Bill Collins (2)
280 (−8)
5,300
May 8
Tournament of Champions
Nevada
Jerry Barber (4)
268 (−20)
10,000
May 15
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Julius Boros (9)
280 (E)
5,000
May 22
Hot Springs Open Invitational
Arkansas
Bill Collins (3)
275 (−13)
2,800
May 22
Sam Snead Festival
West Virginia
Dave Marr (n/a)[4]
265 (−15)
2,000
May 29
500 Festival Open Invitation
Indiana
Doug Ford (15)
270 (−14)
9,000
Jun 6
Memphis Open Invitational [5]
Tennessee
Tommy Bolt (14)
273 (−7)
4,300
Jun 12
Oklahoma City Open Invitational
Oklahoma
Gene Littler (15)
273 (−11)
4,300
Jun 18
U.S. Open
Colorado
Arnold Palmer (19)
280 (−4)
14,400
Jul 4
Buick Open Invitational
Michigan
Mike Souchak (12)
282 (−6)
9,000
Jul 9
British Open
Scotland
Kel Nagle (1)
278 (−10)
3,500
Jul 9
Canadian Open
Canada
Art Wall, Jr. (11)
269 (−19)
3,500
Jul 17
Western Open
Michigan
Stan Leonard (3)
278 (−10)
5,000
Jul 24
PGA Championship
Ohio
Jay Hebert (5)
281 (+1)
11,000
Jul 31
Eastern Open Invitational
Maryland
Gene Littler (16)
273 (−15)
3,500
Aug 7
Insurance City Open Invitational
Connecticut
Arnold Palmer (20)
270 (−14)
3,500
Aug 21
St. Paul Open Invitational
Minnesota
Don Fairfield (2)
266 (−22)
4,300
Aug 28
Milwaukee Open Invitational
Wisconsin
Ken Venturi (10)
271 (−9)
4,300
Sep 5
Dallas Open Invitational
Texas
Johnny Pott (1)
275 (−5)
3,500
Sep 12
Utah Open Invitational
Utah
Bill Johnston (2)
262 (−22)
2,800
Sep 18
Carling Open Invitational
Washington
Ernie Vossler (3)
272 (−12)
3,500
Sep 25
Portland Open Invitational
Oregon
Billy Casper (11)
266 (−22)
2,800
Oct 3
Hesperia Open Invitational
California
Billy Casper (12)
275 (−13)
2,000
Oct 16
Orange County Open Invitational
California
Billy Casper (13)
276 (−8)
2,000
Nov 20
Cajun Classic
Louisiana
Lionel Hebert (3)
272 (−12)
2,000
Nov 27
Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational
Alabama
Arnold Palmer (21)
274 (−14)
2,000
Dec 4
West Palm Beach Open Invitational
Florida
Johnny Pott (2)
278 (−10)
2,000
Dec 11
Coral Gables Open Invitational
Florida
Bob Goalby (2)
272 (−12)
2,800
Source:[6] [7]
Awards
References
^ "Golf Award To Palmer" . Youngstown Vindicator . Youngstown, Ohio . AP. October 9, 1960. p. D-8. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .
^ "Finsterwald L.A. Champ; Monti Slips" . Chicago Tribune . Illinois. AP. January 13, 1960. p. 45.
^ "Bill Collins Winner Over Arnold Palmer" . Milwaukee Journal . Wisconsin. May 4, 1960. p. 15.
^ (Unofficial win)
^ "Bolt Wins Playoff by Stroke; Hogan 2d" . Chicago Tribune . Illinois. AP. June 7, 1960. p. 4:1.
^ "1960 winners sorted by age" . PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. 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 .
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