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The 1969 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to December 7. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Billy Casper , Raymond Floyd , Dave Hill , and Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, three each, and there were 14 first-time winners. Frank Beard was the leading money winner with earnings of $164,707. Orville Moody was voted the PGA Player of the Year [ 1] and Dave Hill won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
This is generally regarded as the first season of an independent PGA Tour.[ 2] The tour began to break off from the PGA of America in August 1968. The players formed a Tournament Players Division within the PGA of America, "a freestanding corporation run by a 10-member tournament policy board of four players, three PGA executives and three consulting businessmen."[ 3]
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1969 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Notes
Jan 12
Los Angeles Open
California
Charlie Sifford (2)
276 (−8)
20,000
Jan 12
Alameda County Open
California
Dick Lotz (1)
290 (+2)
10,000
Alternate event
Jan 20
Kaiser International Open Invitational
California
Miller Barber (4)
135 (−9)
13,500
Jan 27
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
George Archer (6)
283 (−5)
25,000
Feb 2
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
California
Jack Nicklaus (28)
284 (−4)
30,000
Feb 9
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Billy Casper (41)
345 (−15)
20,000
Feb 16
Phoenix Open Invitational
Arizona
Gene Littler (21)
263 (−21)
20,000
Feb 23
Tucson Open Invitational
Arizona
Lee Trevino (3)
271 (−17)
20,000
Mar 2
Doral Open Invitational
Florida
Tom Shaw (1)
276 (−12)
30,000
Mar 9
Florida Citrus Open Invitational
Florida
Ken Still (1)
278 (−10)
23,000
Mar 18
Monsanto Open Invitational
Florida
Jim Colbert (1)
267 (−17)
20,000
Mar 23
Greater Jacksonville Open
Florida
Raymond Floyd (3)
278 (−10)
20,000
Mar 30
National Airlines Open Invitational
Florida
Bunky Henry (1)
278 (−10)
40,000
Apr 6
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Gene Littler (22)
274 (−10)
32,000
Apr 13
Masters Tournament
Georgia
George Archer (7)
281 (−7)
20,000
Apr 14
Magnolia State Classic
Mississippi
Larry Mowry
272 (-8)
5,000
Satellite event
Apr 20
Tournament of Champions
California
Gary Player (12)
284 (−4)
30,000
Apr 20
Azalea Open Invitational
North Carolina
Dale Douglass (1)
275 (−9)
5,000
Alternate event
Apr 20
Tallahassee Open Invitational
Florida
Chuck Courtney (2)
282 (−6)
5,000
Alternate event
Apr 27
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Texas
Bruce Devlin (4)
277 (−3)
20,000
May 4
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
Louisiana
Larry Hinson (1)
275 (−13)
20,000
May 11
Texas Open Invitational
Texas
Deane Beman (1)
274 (−10)
20,000
May 18
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Gardner Dickinson (6)
278 (−2)
25,000
May 25
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Bert Yancey (5)
277 (−11)
23,000
Jun 1
Memphis Open Invitational
Tennessee
Dave Hill (5)
265 (−15)
30,000
Jun 8
Western Open
Illinois
Billy Casper (42)
276 (−8)
26,000
Jun 15
U.S. Open
Texas
Orville Moody (1)
281 (+1)
30,000
Jun 22
Kemper Open
North Carolina
Dale Douglass (2)
274 (−14)
30,000
Jun 29
Cleveland Open Invitational
Ohio
Charles Coody (2)
271 (−9)
22,000
Jul 6
Buick Open Invitational
Michigan
Dave Hill (6)
277 (−11)
25,000
Jul 12
British Open
England
Tony Jacklin (2)
280 (−4)
10,200
Jul 13
Minnesota Golf Classic
Minnesota
Frank Beard (7)
269 (−15)
20,000
Jul 20
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Dave Hill (7)
279 (−9)
30,000
Jul 27
American Golf Classic
Ohio
Raymond Floyd (4)
268 (−12)
25,000
Aug 3
Westchester Classic
New York
Frank Beard (8)
275 (−13)
50,000
Aug 10
Greater Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Ken Still (2)
277 (−11)
20,000
Aug 17
PGA Championship
Ohio
Raymond Floyd (5)
276 (−8)
35,000
Aug 17
Indian Ridge Hospital Open Invitational
Massachusetts
Monty Kaser (1)
274 (−10)
7,400
Alternate event
Aug 24
AVCO Golf Classic
Massachusetts
Tom Shaw (2)
280 (−4)
30,000
Sep 2
Greater Hartford Open Invitational
Connecticut
Bob Lunn (3)
268 (−16)
20,000
Sep 7
Michigan Golf Classic
Michigan
Larry Ziegler (1)
272 (−12)
20,000
Sep 28
Alcan Open
Oregon
Billy Casper (43)
274 (−14)
55,000
Sep 28
Robinson Open Golf Classic
Illinois
Bob Goalby (9)
273 (−15)
15,000
Alternate event
Oct 19
Sahara Invitational
Nevada
Jack Nicklaus (29)
272 (−12)
20,000
Oct 26
San Francisco Open Invitational
California
Steve Spray (1)
269 (−15)
20,000
Nov 3
Kaiser International Open Invitational [ 4]
California
Jack Nicklaus (30)
273 (−15)
28,000
Nov 9
Hawaiian Open
Hawaii
Bruce Crampton (7)
274 (−14)
25,000
Nov 30
Heritage Golf Classic
South Carolina
Arnold Palmer (55)
283 (−1)
20,000
Dec 7
Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic
Florida
Arnold Palmer (56)
270 (−18)
25,000
Dec 7
West End Classic
Bahamas
Jim Wiechers (1)
274 (−14)
5,000
Satellite event
Source:[ 5] [ 6]
Money leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
1
Frank Beard
United States
175,223
2
Dave Hill
United States
156,432
3
Jack Nicklaus
United States
140,167
4
Gary Player
South Africa
123,897
5
Bruce Crampton
Australia
118,955
6
Gene Littler
United States
112,737
7
Lee Trevino
United States
112,417
8
Raymond Floyd
United States
109,956
9
Arnold Palmer
United States
105,128
10
Billy Casper
United States
104,689
Source:[ 7]
Awards
References
^ "Golfer of the year" . The Southeast Missourian . Cape Girardeau, Missouri . AP. November 19, 1969. p. 13. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
^ "Pro golf struggle is settled; PGA forms tourney group" . Milwaukee Journal . December 14, 1968. p. 18.
^ Gorant, Jim (August 8, 2018). "War for the Tour: The day the PGA Championship nearly died" . Golf.com .
^ Tourney was added to schedule after Kaiser tourney in January was rain-shortened to 36 holes causing only half the prize money to be paid out.
^ "1969 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. 675–82. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 .
^ Rew, Karen (December 26, 1969). "Frank Beard Boosting Business of Pro Golf". Mansfield News Journal . Mansfield, Ohio . AP. p. 23.
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