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The 1963 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to November 24. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $128,230. Julius Boros was voted the PGA Player of the Year [ 1] Billy Casper won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1963 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 7
Los Angeles Open California Arnold Palmer (36)274 (−10)
9,000
Jan 13
San Diego Open Invitational California Gary Player (7)270 (−14)
3,500
Jan 20
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Billy Casper (19)285 (−3)
5,300
Jan 27
Lucky International Open California Jack Burke, Jr. (16)276 (−8)
9,000
Feb 4
Palm Springs Golf Classic [ 2] California Jack Nicklaus (4)345 (−13)
9,000
Feb 12
Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona Arnold Palmer (37)273 (−15)
5,300
Feb 17
Tucson Open Invitational Arizona Don January (4)266 (−22)
3,500
Mar 4
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana Bo Wininger (6)279 (−9)
6,400
Mar 10
Pensacola Open Invitational Florida Arnold Palmer (38)273 (−15)
3,500
Mar 17
St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida Raymond Floyd (1)274 (−14)
3,500
Mar 24
Doral C.C. Open Invitational Florida Dan Sikes (1)283 (−5)
9,000
Mar 31
Azalea Open North Carolina Jerry Barber (7)274 (−14)
2,800
Apr 7
Masters Tournament Georgia Jack Nicklaus 286 (−2)
20,000
Apr 14
Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Doug Sanders (12)270 (−14)
5,500
Apr 21
Houston Classic Texas Bob Charles (1)268 (−12)
10,000
Apr 28
Texas Open Invitational Texas Phil Rodgers (3)268 (−16)
4,300
May 5
Tournament of Champions Nevada Jack Nicklaus (6)273 (−15)
13,000
May 5
Waco Turner Open Oklahoma Gay Brewer (4)280 (−12)
2,800
May 12
Colonial National Invitation Texas Julius Boros (10)279 (−1)
12,000
May 19
Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma Don Fairfield (3)280 (−8)
5,300
May 27
Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee Tony Lema (4)270 (−10)
9,000
Jun 3
500 Festival Open Invitation Indiana Dow Finsterwald (11)268 (−16)
10,000
Jun 9
Buick Open Invitational Michigan Julius Boros (11)274 (−14)
9,000
Jun 16
Thunderbird Classic Invitational New York Arnold Palmer (39)277 (−11)
25,000
Jun 23
U.S. Open Massachusetts Julius Boros 293 (+9)
17,500
Jul 1
Cleveland Open Invitational Ohio Arnold Palmer (40)273 (−11)
22,000
Jul 6
Canadian Open Canada Doug Ford (19)280 (−4)
9,000
Jul 13
British Open England Bob Charles 277 (−3)
4,200
Jul 14
Hot Springs Open Invitational Arkansas Dave Hill (3)277 (−11)
3,500
Jul 21
PGA Championship Texas Jack Nicklaus 279 (−5)
13,000
Jul 29
Western Open Illinois Arnold Palmer (41)280 (−4)
11,000
Aug 4
St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota Jack Rule, Jr. (1)266 (−22)
5,300
Aug 18
Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut Billy Casper (20)271 (−13)
6,400
Aug 25
American Golf Classic Ohio Johnny Pott (4)276 (−4)
9,000
Sep 1
Denver Open Invitational Colorado Chi-Chi Rodríguez (1)276 (−4)
5,300
Sep 8
Utah Open [ 3] Utah Tommy Jacobs (3)272 (−8)
6,400
Sep 15
Seattle Open Invitational Washington Bobby Nichols (3)272 (−16)
5,300
Sep 22
Portland Open Invitational Oregon George Knudson (2)271 (−17)
4,300
Oct 6
Whitemarsh Open Invitational Pennsylvania Arnold Palmer (42)281 (−7)
26,000
Oct 20
Sahara Invitational Nevada Jack Nicklaus (8)276 (−8)
13,000
Oct 27
Fig Garden Village Open Invitational California Mason Rudolph (2)275 (−13)
3,500
Nov 3
Almaden Open Invitational California Al Geiberger (2)277 (−11)
3,500
Nov 10
Frank Sinatra Open Invitational California Frank Beard (1)278 (−6)
9,000
Nov 24
Cajun Classic Open Invitational Louisiana Rex Baxter (1)275 (−13)
2,800
Source:[ 4] [ 5]
Money leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
1
Arnold Palmer United States 128,230
2
Jack Nicklaus United States 100,050
3
Julius Boros United States 77,357
4
Tony Lema United States 67,113
5
Gary Player South Africa 55,455
6
Dow Finsterwald United States 49,683
7
Mason Rudolph United States 39,120
8
Al Geiberger United States 34,126
9
Don January United States 33,755
10
Bobby Nichols United States 33,605
Source:[ 6]
Awards
References
^ "Boros Is Golf Player Of Year" . The Modesto Bee Modesto, California . AP. November 29, 1963. p. B-8. Retrieved February 12, 2013 .^ "Nicklaus Routs Player; Wins Palm Springs Open" . Lakeland Ledger ^ "Jacobs Wins Utah Open" . Lodi News-Sentinel ^ "1963 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. 637–43. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 ^ "Bill Casper Wins Award" . Youngstown Vindicator Youngstown, Ohio . AP. December 8, 1963. p. D3. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .
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