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The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 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 11
Los Angeles Open
California
Billy Casper (44)
276 (−8)
20,000
Jan 18
Phoenix Open Invitational
Arizona
Dale Douglass (3)
271 (−13)
20,000
Jan 25
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
Bert Yancey (6)
278 (−10)
25,000
Feb 1
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
California
Pete Brown (2)
275 (−13)
30,000
Feb 8
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Bruce Devlin (5)
339 (−21)
25,000
Feb 15
Tucson Open Invitational
Arizona
Lee Trevino (4)
275 (−13)
20,000
Feb 22
San Antonio Open Invitational
Texas
Ron Cerrudo (2)
273 (−7)
20,000
Mar 1
Doral-Eastern Open Invitational
Florida
Mike Hill (1)
279 (−9)
30,000
Mar 8
Florida Citrus Invitational
Florida
Bob Lunn (4)
271 (−17)
30,000
Mar 15
Monsanto Open
Florida
Dick Lotz (2)
275 (−9)
30,000
Mar 23
Greater Jacksonville Open
Florida
Don January (8)
279 (−9)
20,000
Mar 29
National Airlines Open Invitational
Florida
Lee Trevino (5)
274 (−14)
40,000
Apr 5
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Gary Player (13)
271 (−13)
36,000
Apr 12
Magnolia State Classic
Mississippi
Chris Blocker (n/a)
271 (−9)
5,000
Satellite event
Apr 13
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Billy Casper (45)
279 (−9)
25,000
Apr 20
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
Louisiana
Miller Barber (5)
278 (−10)
25,000
Apr 26
Tournament of Champions
California
Frank Beard (9)
273 (−15)
30,000
Apr 26
Tallahassee Open Invitational
Florida
Harold Henning (2)
277 (−11)
10,000
Alternate event
May 3
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Texas
Jack Nicklaus (31)
274 (−6)
20,000
May 10
Houston Champions International
Texas
Gibby Gilbert (1)
282 (−2)
23,000
May 17
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Homero Blancas (2)
273 (−7)
25,000
May 24
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Tommy Aaron (2)
275 (−13)
25,000
May 31
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
Tennessee
Dave Hill (8)
267 (−13)
30,000
Jun 7
Kemper Open
North Carolina
Dick Lotz (3)
278 (−10)
30,000
Jun 14
Western Open
Illinois
Hugh Royer, Jr. (1)
273 (−11)
26,000
Jun 21
U.S. Open
Minnesota
Tony Jacklin (3)
281 (−7)
30,000
Jun 28
Cleveland Open
Ohio
Bruce Devlin (6)
268 (−12)
30,000
Jul 5
Canadian Open
Canada
Kermit Zarley (2)
279 (−9)
25,000
Jul 12
Greater Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Deane Beman (2)
276 (−12)
22,000
Jul 12
British Open
Scotland
Jack Nicklaus (32)
283 (−5)
12,600
Jul 19
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Billy Casper (46)
274 (−14)
30,000
Jul 26
National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players
Pennsylvania
Jack Nicklaus (33) Arnold Palmer (57)
259 (−25)
20,000 each
Aug 2
Westchester Classic
New York
Bruce Crampton (8)
273 (−15)
50,000
Aug 9
American Golf Classic
Ohio
Frank Beard (10)
276 (−4)
30,000
Aug 16
PGA Championship
Oklahoma
Dave Stockton (4)
279 (−1)
40,000
Aug 24
AVCO Golf Classic
Massachusetts
Billy Casper (47)
277 (−11)
32,000
Aug 30
Dow Jones Open Invitational
New Jersey
Bobby Nichols (9)
276 (−12)
60,000
Sep 7
Greater Hartford Open Invitational
Connecticut
Bob Murphy (3)
267 (−17)
20,000
Sep 20
Robinson Open Golf Classic
Illinois
George Knudson (7)
268 (−16)
20,000
Sep 27
Green Island Open Invitational
Georgia
Mason Rudolph (5)
274 (−6)
12,000
Oct 4
Azalea Open Invitational
North Carolina
Cesar Sanudo (1)
269 (−15)
12,000
Oct 25
Kaiser International Open Invitational
California
Ken Still (3)
278 (−10)
30,000
Nov 1
Sahara Invitational
Nevada
Babe Hiskey (1)
276 (−12)
20,000
Nov 29
Heritage Golf Classic
South Carolina
Bob Goalby (10)
280 (−4)
20,000
Dec 6
Coral Springs Open Invitational
Florida
Bill Garrett (1)
272 (−12)
25,000
Dec 13
Bahama Islands Open
Bahamas
Doug Sanders (19)
272 (−16)
26,000
Awards
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