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The 1973 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to December 1. The season consisted of 48 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were seven 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 1973 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 7
Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open
California
Rod Funseth (2)
276 (−8)
27,000
Jan 14
Phoenix Open
Arizona
Bruce Crampton (10)
268 (−12)
30,000
Jan 21
Dean Martin Tucson Open
Arizona
Bruce Crampton (11)
277 (−11)
30,000
Jan 28
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am
California
Jack Nicklaus (46)
282 (−6)
36,000
Feb 4
Hawaiian Open
Hawaii
John Schlee (1)
273 (−15)
40,000
Feb 11
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Arnold Palmer (62)
343 (−17)
32,000
Feb 18
Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational
California
Bob Dickson (2)
278 (−10)
34,000
Feb 25
Jackie Gleason Inverrary-National Airlines Classic
Florida
Lee Trevino (16)
279 (−9)
52,000
Mar 4
Florida Citrus Open
Florida
Bud Allin (2)
265 (−23)
30,000
Mar 11
Doral-Eastern Open
Florida
Lee Trevino (17)
276 (−12)
30,000
Mar 18
Greater Jacksonville Open
Florida
Jim Colbert (3)
279 (−9)
26,000
Mar 25
Greater New Orleans Open
Louisiana
Jack Nicklaus (47)
280 (−8)
25,000
Apr 2
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
Chi Chi Rodriguez (7)
267 (−17)
42,000
Apr 8
Magnolia State Classic
Mississippi
Dwight Nevil
268 (-12)
7,000
Satellite event
Apr 9
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Tommy Aaron (3)
283 (−5)
30,000
Apr 15
Monsanto Open
Florida
Homero Blancas (4)
277 (−11)
30,000
Apr 22
Tournament of Champions
California
Jack Nicklaus (48)
276 (−12)
40,000
Apr 22
Tallahassee Open
Florida
Hubert Green (2)
277 (−11)
15,000
Alternate event
Apr 29
Byron Nelson Golf Classic
Texas
Lanny Wadkins (2)
277 (−3)
30,000
May 6
Houston Open
Texas
Bruce Crampton (12)
277 (−11)
41,000
May 13
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Tom Weiskopf (6)
276 (−4)
30,000
May 20
Danny Thomas Memphis Classic
Tennessee
Dave Hill (10)
283 (−5)
35,000
May 27
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Jack Nicklaus (49)
272 (−16)
30,000
Jun 3
Kemper Open
North Carolina
Tom Weiskopf (7)
271 (−17)
40,000
Jun 10
IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Tom Weiskopf (8)
274 (−14)
30,045
Jun 17
U.S. Open
Pennsylvania
Johnny Miller (3)
279 (−5)
35,000
Jun 24
American Golf Classic
Ohio
Bruce Crampton (13)
273 (−7)
32,000
Jul 1
Western Open
Illinois
Billy Casper (49)
272 (−12)
35,000
Jul 8
Greater Milwaukee Open
Wisconsin
Dave Stockton (6)
276 (−12)
26,000
Jul 14
British Open
Scotland
Tom Weiskopf (9)
276 (−12)
14,300
Jul 15
Shrine-Robinson Open Golf Classic
Illinois
Deane Beman (4)
271 (−13)
25,000
Jul 22
St. Louis Children's Hospital Golf Classic
Missouri
Gene Littler (25)
268 (−12)
42,000
Jul 29
Canadian Open
Canada
Tom Weiskopf (10)
278 (−10)
35,000
Aug 5
Westchester Classic
New York
Bobby Nichols (10)
272 (−16)
50,000
Aug 12
PGA Championship
Ohio
Jack Nicklaus (50)
277 (−7)
45,000
Aug 19
USI Classic
Massachusetts
Lanny Wadkins (3)
279 (−9)
40,000
Aug 26
Liggett & Myers Open
North Carolina
Bert Greene (1)
278 (−6)
20,000
Aug 26
U.S. Professional Match Play Championship
North Carolina
John Schroeder (1)
2 up
40,000
Sep 3
Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
Connecticut
Billy Casper (50)
264 (−20)
40,000
Sep 9
Southern Open
Georgia
Gary Player (18)
270 (−10)
20,030
Sep 16
Sea Pines Heritage Classic
South Carolina
Hale Irwin (2)
272 (−12)
30,000
Sep 23
B.C. Open
New York
Hubert Green (3)
266 (−18)
20,000
Sep 30
Quad Cities Open
Iowa
Sam Adams (1)
268 (−16)
20,000
Oct 7
Ohio Kings Island Open
Ohio
Jack Nicklaus (51)
271 (−13)
25,000
Oct 21
Kaiser International Open Invitational
California
Ed Sneed (1)
275 (−13)
30,092
Oct 28
Sahara Invitational
Nevada
John Mahaffey (1)
271 (−13)
27,000
Nov 4
San Antonio Texas Open
Texas
Ben Crenshaw (1)
270 (−14)
25,000
Nov 17
World Open Golf Championship
North Carolina
Miller Barber (8)
570 (+2)
100,000
Dec 1
Walt Disney World Golf Classic
Florida
Jack Nicklaus (52)
275 (−13)
30,000
Awards
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