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The 1965 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to November 28. The season consisted of 40 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, and there were six first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $140,752. Dave Marr was voted the PGA Player of the Year [1] and Billy Casper won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 11
Los Angeles Open
California
Paul Harney (5)
276 (−8)
12,000
Jan 17
San Diego Open Invitational
California
Wes Ellis (3)
267 (−17)
4,850
Jan 24
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
Bruce Crampton (4)
284 (−3)
11,000
Jan 31
Lucky International Open
California
George Archer (1)
278 (−6)
8,500
Feb 7
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Billy Casper (25)
348 (−12)
15,000
Feb 14
Phoenix Open Invitational
Arizona
Rod Funseth (1)
274 (−14)
10,500
Feb 21
Tucson Open Invitational
Arizona
Bob Charles (3)
271 (−17)
6,800
Mar 7
Pensacola Open Invitational [2]
Florida
Doug Sanders (13)
277 (−11)
10,000
Mar 14
Doral Open Invitational [3]
Florida
Doug Sanders (14)
274 (−14)
11,000
Mar 21
Jacksonville Open [4]
Florida
Bert Weaver (1)
285 (−3)
8,500
Mar 28
Azalea Open Invitational [5]
North Carolina
Dick Hart (1)
276 (−12)
3,850
Apr 4
Greater Greensboro Open [6]
North Carolina
Sam Snead (82)
273 (−11)
11,000
Apr 11
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Jack Nicklaus (13)
271 (−17)
20,000
Apr 18
Houston Classic
Texas
Bobby Nichols (6)
273 (−11)
12,000
Apr 25
Texas Open Invitational
Texas
Frank Beard (2)
270 (−10)
7,500
May 2
Tournament of Champions
Nevada
Arnold Palmer (45)
277 (−11)
14,000
May 11
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Bruce Crampton (5)
276 (−4)
20,000
May 16
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
Louisiana
Dick Mayer (7)
273 (−15)
20,000
May 23
Memphis Open Invitational
Tennessee
Jack Nicklaus (14)
271 (−9)
9,000
May 30
500 Festival Open Invitation
Indiana
Bruce Crampton (6)
279 (−5)
15,200
Jun 6
Buick Open Invitational
Michigan
Tony Lema (10)
280 (−8)
20,000
Jun 13
Cleveland Open Invitational
Ohio
Dan Sikes (2)
272 (−12)
25,000
Jun 21
U.S. Open
Missouri
Gary Player (10)
282 (+2)
26,000
Jun 27
St. Paul Open Invitational
Minnesota
Raymond Floyd (2)
270 (−14)
20,000
Jul 4
Western Open
Illinois
Billy Casper (26)
270 (−14)
11,000
Jul 9
British Open
England
Peter Thomson (6)
285 (−3)
4,900
Jul 17
Canadian Open
Canada
Gene Littler (20)
273 (−7)
20,000
Jul 25
Insurance City Open Invitational
Connecticut
Billy Casper (27)
274 (−10)
11,000
Aug 1
Thunderbird Classic
New York
Jack Nicklaus (15)
270 (−18)
20,000
Aug 8
Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Jack Nicklaus (16)
277 (−11)
24,300
Aug 15
PGA Championship
Pennsylvania
Dave Marr (3)
280 (−4)
25,000
Aug 23
Carling World Open
Massachusetts
Tony Lema (11)
279 (−5)
35,000
Aug 29
American Golf Classic
Ohio
Al Geiberger (3)
280 (E)
20,000
Sep 5
Oklahoma City Open Invitational
Oklahoma
Jack Rule, Jr. (2)
283 (−5)
10,000
Sep 19
Portland Open Invitational
Oregon
Jack Nicklaus (17)
273 (−15)
6,600
Sep 26
Greater Seattle Open Invitational
Washington
Gay Brewer (5)
279 (−9)
6,600
Oct 23
Sahara Invitational
Nevada
Billy Casper (28)
269 (−15)
20,000
Oct 31
Almaden Open Invitational
California
Bobby Verwey (1)
273 (−15)
6,800
Nov 7
Hawaiian Open
Hawaii
Gay Brewer (6)
281 (−7)
9,000
Nov 28
Cajun Classic
Louisiana
Babe Hiskey (1)
275 (−13)
4,250
Source:[7] [8]
Money leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
1
Jack Nicklaus
United States
140,752
2
Tony Lema
United States
101,816
3
Billy Casper
United States
99,931
4
Doug Sanders
United States
72,182
5
Gary Player
South Africa
69,964
6
Bruce Devlin
Australia
67,657
7
Dave Marr
United States
63,375
8
Al Geiberger
United States
59,699
9
Gene Littler
United States
58,898
10
Arnold Palmer
United States
57,770
Source:[9]
Awards
References
^ "PGA Names Dave Marr Best Of 1965" . The Miami News . Miami, Florida . AP. October 19, 1965. p. 3B. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .
^ "Sanders Nips Nicklaus In Sudden Death" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Pennsylvania. AP. March 8, 1965. p. 35.
^ "Doug Sanders Awaits Bid To Masters" . Toledo Blade . Ohio. AP. March 15, 1965. p. 16–17.
^ "Bert Weaver Wins Jacksonville Open Golf Tournament" . Lodi News-Sentinel . California. UPI. March 22, 1965. p. 10.
^ "Dick Hart Wins Azalea Open In Sudden-Death Play" . Lodi News-Sentinel . California. UPI. March 29, 1965. p. 8.
^ Alyta, Ken (April 5, 1965). "Sam Snead Wins Eighth Greensboro Open Golf Tourney" . Lewiston Daily Sun . Maine. AP. p. 14.
^ "1965 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. 650–6. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 .
^ "Jack Nicklaus Was Golf's Top Money Winner" . Lewiston Morning Tribune . Lewiston, Idaho . AP. December 5, 1965. p. 19. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
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