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1958 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 3, 1958 (1958-01-03) – December 14, 1958 (1958-12-14)
Number of official events45
Most wins4:
United States Ken Venturi
Money winnerUnited States Arnold Palmer
Player of the YearUnited States Dow Finsterwald
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The 1958 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to December 14. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Ken Venturi won the most tournaments with four. Arnold Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $42,608. Dow Finsterwald was voted the PGA Player of the Year after winning two tournaments including the 1958 PGA Championship. Bob Rosburg won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 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 (US$)
Jan 6 Los Angeles Open California Frank Stranahan (6) 275 (−9) 7,000
Jan 12 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Billy Casper (4) 277 (−11) 4,000
Jan 20 Tijuana Open Invitational Mexico Dutch Harrison (18) 280 (-8) 2,000
Jan 26 Thunderbird Invitational California Ken Venturi (3) 266 (−15) 1,500
Jan 29 Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona Ken Venturi (4) 274 (-10) 2,000
Feb 9 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona Lionel Hebert (2) 265 (−15) 2,000
Feb 16 Texas Open Invitational Texas Bill Johnston (1) 274 (-10) 2,000
Feb 24 Houston Open Texas Ed Oliver (8) 281 (-3) 4,300
Mar 2 Baton Rouge Open Invitational Louisiana Ken Venturi (5) 276 (−12) 2,000
Mar 11 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana Billy Casper (5) 278 (−10) 2,800
Mar 16 Pensacola Open Invitational Florida Doug Ford (13) 278 (-10) 2,000
Mar 23 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida Cary Middlecoff (38) 275 (-13) 2,000
Mar 30 Azalea Open Invitational North Carolina Howie Johnson[1] (1) 282 (−6) 2,000
Apr 6 Masters Tournament Georgia Arnold Palmer (9) 284 (-4) 11,250
Apr 13 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Bob Goalby (1) 275 (−9) 2,000
Apr 20 Kentucky Derby Open Kentucky Gary Player (1) 274 (-14) 2,800
Apr 27 Tournament of Champions Nevada Stan Leonard (2) 275 (-13) 10,000
Apr 27 Lafayette Open Invitational Louisiana Jay Hebert[2] (9) 273 (−11) 2,000
May 4 Colonial National Invitation Texas Tommy Bolt (12) 282 (+2) 5,000
May 11 Arlington Hotel Open Arkansas Julius Boros (6) 273 (-15) 2,800
May 18 Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee Billy Maxwell (4) 267 (-13) 2,800
May 25 Kansas City Open Invitational Missouri Ernie Vossler (1) 269 (-19) 2,800
Jun 1 Western Open Michigan Doug Sanders (2) 275 (-13) 5,000
Jun 8 Dallas Open Invitational Texas Sam Snead (72) 272 (-8) 3,500
Jun 14 U.S. Open Oklahoma Tommy Bolt (13) 283 (+3) 8,000
Jun 23 Buick Open Invitational Michigan Billy Casper (6) 285 (-3) 9,000
Jun 30 Pepsi Championship New York Arnold Palmer (10) 273 (-11) 9,000
Jul 4 The Open Championship England Peter Thomson (5) 278 (-6) 2,800
Jul 6 Rubber City Open Invitational Ohio Art Wall Jr. (5) 269 (-15) 2,800
Jul 13 Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut Jack Burke Jr. (13) 268 (-16) 3,500
Jul 20 PGA Championship Pennsylvania Dow Finsterwald (4) 276 (-4) 5,500
Jul 27 Eastern Open Invitational Maryland Art Wall Jr. (6) 276 (-12) 2,800
Aug 4 Gleneagles-Chicago Open Invitational Illinois Ken Venturi[3] (6) 272 (-8) 9,000
Aug 11 Miller Open Invitational Wisconsin Cary Middlecoff (37) 264 (-16) 5,300
Aug 17 St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota Mike Souchak (7) 263 (-25) 3,500
Aug 23 Canadian Open Canada Wes Ellis (1) 267 (-13) 3,500
Sep 1 Vancouver Open Invitational Canada Jim Ferree (1) 270 (-18) 6,400
Sep 8 Utah Open Utah Dow Finsterwald (5) 267 (-17) 2,000
Sep 14 Denver Open Invitational Colorado Tommy Jacobs (1) 266 (-14) 2,800
Sep 21 Hesperia Open Invitational California John McMullin (1) 271 (−17) 2,000
Nov 9 Carling Open Invitational Georgia Julius Boros (7) 284 (−4) 3,500
Nov 16 Havana International Cuba George Bayer (2) 286 (+6) 6,500
Nov 23 West Palm Beach Open Invitational Florida Pete Cooper (5) 269 (-13) 2,000
Nov 30 Havana Pro-Am Invitational Cuba Billy Casper (u/o) 278 (-10) 2,400
Dec 14 Mayfair Inn Open Florida George Bayer (3) 272 (−12) 2,000

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Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Arnold Palmer  United States
PGA Player of the Year Dow Finsterwald  United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Bob Rosburg  United States

References

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  2. ^ "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. ^ "The Spokesman-Review - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  4. ^ "PGA 1958". www.kronishsports.com. Archived from the original on 2022-02-11.
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