1965 PGA Tour
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 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 | ![]() | 276 | 12,000 |
Jan 17 | San Diego Open Invitational | California | ![]() | 267 | 4,850 |
Jan 24 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | California | ![]() | 284 | 11,000 |
Jan 31 | Lucky International Open | California | ![]() | 278 | 8,500 |
Feb 7 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | California | ![]() | 348 | 15,000 |
Feb 14 | Phoenix Open Invitational | Arizona | ![]() | 274 | 10,500 |
Feb 21 | Tucson Open Invitational | Arizona | ![]() | 271 | 6,800 |
Mar 7 | Pensacola Open Invitational | Florida | ![]() | 277 | 10,000 |
Mar 14 | Doral Open Invitational | Florida | ![]() | 274 | 11,000 |
Mar 21 | Jacksonville Open | Florida | ![]() | 285 | 8,500 |
Mar 28 | Azalea Open Invitational | North Carolina | ![]() | 276 | 3,850 |
Apr 4 | Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina | ![]() | 273 | 11,000 |
Apr 11 | Masters Tournament | Georgia | ![]() | 271 | 20,000 |
Apr 18 | Houston Classic | Texas | ![]() | 273 | 12,000 |
Apr 25 | Texas Open Invitational | Texas | ![]() | 270 | 7,500 |
May 2 | Tournament of Champions | Nevada | ![]() | 277 | 14,000 |
May 11 | Colonial National Invitation | Texas | ![]() | 276 | 20,000 |
May 16 | Greater New Orleans Open Invitational | Louisiana | ![]() | 273 | 20,000 |
May 23 | Memphis Open Invitational | Tennessee | ![]() | 271 | 9,000 |
May 30 | 500 Festival Open Invitation | Indiana | ![]() | 279 | 15,200 |
Jun 6 | Buick Open Invitational | Michigan | ![]() | 280 | 20,000 |
Jun 13 | Cleveland Open Invitational | Ohio | ![]() | 272 | 25,000 |
Jun 21 | U.S. Open | Missouri | ![]() | 282 | 26,000 |
Jun 27 | St. Paul Open Invitational | Minnesota | ![]() | 270 | 20,000 |
Jul 4 | Western Open | Illinois | ![]() | 270 | 11,000 |
Jul 9 | British Open | England | ![]() | 285 | 4,900 |
Jul 17 | Canadian Open | Canada | ![]() | 273 | 20,000 |
Jul 25 | Insurance City Open Invitational | Connecticut | ![]() | 274 | 11,000 |
Aug 1 | Thunderbird Classic | New York | ![]() | 270 | 20,000 |
Aug 8 | Philadelphia Golf Classic | Pennsylvania | ![]() | 277 | 24,300 |
Aug 15 | PGA Championship | Pennsylvania | ![]() | 280 | 25,000 |
Aug 23 | Carling World Open | Massachusetts | ![]() | 279 | 35,000 |
Aug 29 | American Golf Classic | Ohio | ![]() | 280 | 20,000 |
Sep 5 | Oklahoma City Open Invitational | Oklahoma | ![]() | 283 | 10,000 |
Sep 19 | Portland Open Invitational | Oregon | ![]() | 273 | 6,600 |
Sep 26 | Greater Seattle Open Invitational | Washington | ![]() | 279 | 6,600 |
Oct 23 | Sahara Invitational | Nevada | ![]() | 269 | 20,000 |
Oct 31 | Almaden Open Invitational | California | ![]() | 273 | 6,800 |
Nov 7 | Hawaiian Open | Hawaii | ![]() | 281 | 9,000 |
Nov 28 | Cajun Classic | Louisiana | ![]() | 275 | 4,250 |
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