The 1967 PGA Tour season was played from January 12 to December 3, and consisted of 40 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, five, and there were five first-time winners. Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $188,998. Nicklaus was voted the PGA Player of the Year [1] and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1967 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 15
San Diego Open Invitational
California
Bob Goalby (7)
269 (−15)
13,200
Jan 23
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am [2]
California
Jack Nicklaus (21)
284 (−4)
16,000
Jan 29
Los Angeles Open
California
Arnold Palmer (49)
269 (−15)
20,000
Feb 5
Bob Hope Desert Classic
California
Tom Nieporte (3)
349 (−11)
17,600
Feb 12
Phoenix Open Invitational
Arizona
Julius Boros (14)
272 (−12)
14,000
Feb 19
Tucson Open Invitational
Arizona
Arnold Palmer (50)
273 (−15)
12,000
Mar 5
Doral Open Invitational [3]
Florida
Doug Sanders (18)
275 (−9)
20,000
Mar 12
Florida Citrus Open Invitational
Florida
Julius Boros (15)
274 (−10)
23,000
Mar 19
Jacksonville Open
Florida
Dan Sikes (3)
279 (−9)
20,000
Mar 26
Pensacola Open Invitational
Florida
Gay Brewer (8)
262 (−26)
15,000
Apr 2
Greater Greensboro Open
North Carolina
George Archer (2)
267 (−17)
25,000
Apr 9
Masters Tournament
Georgia
Gay Brewer (9)
280 (−8)
20,000
Apr 16
Tournament of Champions
Nevada
Frank Beard (4)
278 (−6)
20,000
Apr 16
Azalea Open Invitational
North Carolina
Randy Glover (1)
278 (−10)
5,000
Apr 24
Dallas Open Invitational [4]
Texas
Bert Yancey (4)
274 (−6)
20,000
Apr 30
Texas Open Invitational
Texas
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (4)
277 (−7)
20,000
May 7
Houston Champions International
Texas
Frank Beard (5)
274 (−10)
23,000
May 14
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational
Louisiana
George Knudson (4)
277 (−11)
20,000
May 21
Colonial National Invitation
Texas
Dave Stockton (1)
278 (−2)
23,000
May 28
Oklahoma City Open Invitational
Oklahoma
Miller Barber (2)
278 (−10)
13,200
Jun 4
Memphis Open Invitational
Tennessee
Dave Hill (4)
272 (−8)
20,000
Jun 11
Buick Open Invitational
Michigan
Julius Boros (16)
283 (−5)
20,000
Jun 18
U.S. Open
New Jersey
Jack Nicklaus (22)
275 (−5)
30,000
Jun 25
Cleveland Open Invitational
Ohio
Gardner Dickinson (4)
271 (−9)
20,700
Jul 3
Canadian Open
Canada
Billy Casper (33)
279 (−5)
30,000
Jul 9
500 Festival Open Invitation
Indiana
Frank Beard (6)
279 (−9)
20,000
Jul 15
British Open
England
Roberto De Vicenzo (6)
278 (−10)
5,880
Jul 24
PGA Championship
Colorado
Don January (6)
281 (−7)
25,000
Jul 30
Minnesota Golf Classic
Minnesota
Lou Graham (1)
286 (−2)
20,000
Aug 6
Western Open
Illinois
Jack Nicklaus (23)
274 (−10)
20,000
Aug 13
American Golf Classic
Ohio
Arnold Palmer (51)
276 (−4)
20,000
Aug 20
Greater Hartford Open Invitational
Connecticut
Charlie Sifford (1)
272 (−12)
20,000
Aug 30
Westchester Classic
New York
Jack Nicklaus (24)
272 (−16)
50,000
Sep 4
Carling World Open
Canada
Billy Casper (34)
281 (−3)
35,000
Sep 17
Philadelphia Golf Classic
Pennsylvania
Dan Sikes (4)
276 (−12)
22,000
Sep 24
Thunderbird Classic
New Jersey
Arnold Palmer (52)
283 (−5)
30,000
Oct 1
Atlanta Classic
Georgia
Bob Charles (4)
282 (−6)
22,000
Oct 28
Sahara Invitational [5]
Nevada
Jack Nicklaus (25)
270 (−14)
20,000
Nov 5
Hawaiian Open [6]
Hawaii
Dudley Wysong (2)
284 (−4)
20,000
Dec 3
Cajun Classic Open Invitational
Louisiana
Marty Fleckman (1)
275 (−13)
5,000
Source:[7] [8]
Money leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
1
Jack Nicklaus
United States
188,998
2
Arnold Palmer
United States
184,065
3
Billy Casper
United States
129,423
4
Julius Boros
United States
126,785
5
Dan Sikes
United States
111,508
6
Doug Sanders
United States
109,455
7
Frank Beard
United States
105,778
8
George Archer
United States
84,344
9
Gay Brewer
United States
78,548
10
Bob Goalby
United States
77,106
Source:[9]
Awards
References
^ "Nicklaus Earns Pro Golfer Award" . Daytona Beach Morning Journal . Daytona Beach, Florida . AP. November 14, 1967. p. 12. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
^ "Jack's Birdie Binge Wins Crosby By 5" . St. Petersburg Times . Florida. AP. January 24, 1967. p. 1-C.
^ "Sanders Makes Doral Chance Golden" . St. Petersburg Times . Florida. AP. March 6, 1967. p. 1-C.
^ "Yancey's Finish Wins Dallas Golf" . St. Petersburg Times . Florida. AP. April 25, 1967. p. 1-C.
^ "Jack Nicklaus Wins Sahara Golf Tourney" . Rome News-Tribune . Georgia. AP. October 29, 1967. p. 11.
^ "Wysong Tops Casper" . St. Petersburg Times . Florida. AP. November 6, 1967. p. 3-C.
^ "1967 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. 662–8. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 .
^ "Nicklaus is PGA Leading Money Maker". Naugatuck Daily News . Naugatuck, Connecticut . UPI. December 5, 1967. p. 5.
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