1964 PGA Tour
Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ( $ ) Winner 's share ( $ )
Jan 6 Los Angeles Open California Paul Harney ( 4 ) 280 ( −4 ) 50,000 7,500
Jan 12 San Diego Open Invitational California Art Wall Jr. ( 12 ) 274 ( −6 ) 30,000 4,000
Jan 19 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Tony Lema ( 5 ) 284 ( −4 ) 60,000 5,800
Jan 27 Lucky International Open California Chi-Chi Rodríguez ( 2 ) 272 ( −12 ) 50,000 7,500
Feb 2 Palm Springs Golf Classic California Tommy Jacobs ( 4 ) 353 ( −7 ) 50,000 7,500
Feb 9 Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona Jack Nicklaus ( 9 ) 271 ( −13 ) 50,000 7,500
Feb 16 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona Jacky Cupit ( 3 ) 274 ( −14 ) 4,000
Mar 2 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana Mason Rudolph ( 3 ) 283 ( −5 ) 50,000 7,500
Mar 9 Pensacola Open Florida Gary Player ( 8 ) 274 ( −14 ) 30,000 4,000
Mar 15 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida Bruce Devlin ( 1 ) 272 ( −16 ) 3,300
Mar 22 Doral Open Invitational Florida Billy Casper ( 21 ) 277 ( −11 ) 50,000 7,500
Mar 30 Azalea Open North Carolina Al Besselink ( 4 ) 282 ( −6 ) 20,000 2,700
Apr 5 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Julius Boros ( 13 ) 277 ( −7 ) 45,000 6,600
Apr 12 Masters Tournament Georgia Arnold Palmer ( 43 ) 276 ( −12 ) 129,800 20,000
Apr 19 Houston Classic Texas Mike Souchak ( 14 ) 278 ( −6 ) 50,000 7,500
Apr 26 Texas Open Invitational Texas Bruce Crampton ( 3 ) 273 ( −7 ) 40,000 5,800
May 3 Tournament of Champions Nevada Jack Nicklaus ( 10 ) 279 ( −9 ) 12,000
May 3 Waco Turner Open Oklahoma Pete Brown ( 1 ) 280 ( −8 ) 2,700
May 10 Colonial National Invitation Texas Billy Casper ( 22 ) 279 ( −1 ) 75,000 14,000
May 18 Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma Arnold Palmer ( 44 ) 277 ( −11 ) 5,800
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1964 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 .
The 1964 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 22. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Tony Lema won the most tournaments, five, and there were seven first-time winners. Jack Nicklaus was the leading money winner with earnings of $113,285. Ken Venturi was voted the PGA Player of the Year and Arnold Palmer won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.