The 1962 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to December 9. The season consisted of 50 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $81,448. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year [ 1] Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold .
Date
Tournament
Location
Winner
Score
1st prize ($ )
Jan 8
Los Angeles Open California Phil Rodgers (1)268 (−16)
7,500
Jan 14
San Diego Open Invitational California Tommy Jacobs (2)277 (−7)
3,500
Jan 22
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Doug Ford (17)286 (−2)
5,300
Jan 28
Lucky International Open California Gene Littler (18)274 (−10)
9,000
Feb 4
Palm Springs Golf Classic California Arnold Palmer (28)342 (−17)
5,300
Feb 11
Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona Arnold Palmer (29)269 (−15)
5,300
Feb 18
Tucson Open Invitational Arizona Phil Rodgers (2)263 (−17)
2,800
Feb 25
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana Bo Wininger (4)281 (−7)
4,300
Mar 4
Baton Rouge Open Invitational Louisiana Joe Campbell (2)274 (−14)
2,800
Mar 11
Pensacola Open Invitational Florida Doug Sanders (9)270 (−18)
2,800
Mar 19
St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida Bobby Nichols (1)272 (−16)
2,800
Mar 26
Doral C.C. Open Invitational Florida Billy Casper (15)283 (−5)
9,000
Apr 1
Azalea Open North Carolina Dave Marr (2)281 (−7)
2,800
Apr 9
Masters Tournament Georgia Arnold Palmer 280 (−8)
20,000
Apr 15
Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Billy Casper (16)275 (−9)
5,300
Apr 23
Houston Classic Texas Bobby Nichols (2)278 (−2)
9,000
Apr 29
Texas Open Invitational Texas Arnold Palmer (31)273 (−11)
4,300
May 6
Tournament of Champions Nevada Arnold Palmer (32)276 (−12)
11,000
May 6
Waco Turner Open Oklahoma Johnny Pott (3)276 (−16)
2,800
May 14
Colonial National Invitation Texas Arnold Palmer (33)281 (+1)
7,000
May 20
Hot Springs Open Invitational Arkansas Al Johnston (1)273 (−15)
2,800
May 27
500 Festival Open Invitation Indiana Billy Casper (17)264 (−20)
9,000
Jun 3
Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee Lionel Hebert (4)267 (−13)
6,400
Jun 10
Thunderbird Classic Invitational New Jersey Gene Littler (19)275 (−13)
25,000
Jun 17
U.S. Open Pennsylvania Jack Nicklaus 283 (−1)
17,500
Jun 24
Eastern Open Invitational Maryland Doug Ford (18)279 (−9)
5,300
Jul 1
Western Open Illinois Jacky Cupit (2)281 (−3)
11,000
Jul 8
Buick Open Invitational Michigan Bill Collins (4)284 (−4)
9,000
Jul 13
British Open Scotland Arnold Palmer 276 (−12)
3,920
Jul 15
Motor City Open Michigan Bruce Crampton (2)267 (−17)
5,300
Jul 22
PGA Championship Pennsylvania Gary Player 278 (−2)
13,000
Jul 29
Canadian Open Canada Ted Kroll (8)278 (−10)
4,300
Aug 5
Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut Bob Goalby (5)271 (−13)
5,300
Aug 12
American Golf Classic Ohio Arnold Palmer (35)276 (−4)
9,000
Aug 19
St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota Doug Sanders (10)269 (−19)
4,300
Aug 26
Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma Doug Sanders (11)280 (−8)
5,300
Sep 3
Dallas Open Invitational Texas Billy Maxwell (7)277 (−3)
5,300
Sep 9
Denver Open Invitational Colorado Bob Goalby (6)277 (−3)
4,300
Sep 16
Seattle World's Fair Open Invitational Washington Jack Nicklaus (2)265 (−15)
4,300
Sep 23
Portland Open Invitational Oregon Jack Nicklaus (3)269 (−19)
3,500
Sep 30
Sahara Invitational Nevada Tony Lema (1)270 (−14)
2,800
Oct 14
Bakersfield Open Invitational California Billy Casper (18)272 (−16)
6,400
Oct 21
Ontario Open Invitational California Al Geiberger (1)276 (−8)
3,500
Oct 28
Orange County Open Invitational California Tony Lema (2)267 (−17)
2,800
Nov 4
Beaumont Open Invitational Texas Dave Ragan (2)283 (−5)
2,800
Nov 11
Cajun Classic Open Invitational Louisiana John Barnum (1)270 (−14)
2,400
Nov 18
Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational Alabama Tony Lema (3)273 (−15)
2,000
Nov 25
Carling Open Invitational Florida Bo Wininger (5)274 (−10)
5,300
Dec 2
West Palm Beach Open Invitational Florida Dave Ragan (3)277 (−11)
2,800
Dec 9
Coral Gables Open Invitational Florida Gardner Dickinson (3)274 (−10)
2,800
Source:[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Money leaders
Rank
Player
Country
Earnings ($ )
1
Arnold Palmer United States 81,448
2
Gene Littler United States 66,201
3
Jack Nicklaus United States 61,869
4
Billy Casper United States 61,842
5
Bob Goalby United States 46,241
6
Gary Player South Africa 45,838
7
Doug Sanders United States 43,340
8
Dave Ragan United States 37,327
9
Bobby Nichols United States 34,312
10
Phil Rodgers United States 32,182
Source:[ 9]
Awards
References
^ "Palmer Tops PGA Ranks Second Time". The Daily Courier Connellsville, Pennsylvania . UPI. October 4, 1962. p. 6. For the first time, the award was open to PGA members only, so Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, both approved tournament players, were not eligible. ^ "1962 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. 630–7. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 ^ "An Old (39) Ford Beats Young Joe". St. Petersburg Times ^ "Nichols Irons Out Lakewood In 64-272". St. Petersburg Times ^ "Casper Wins Doral Open Golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ "Nichols Gets Eagle To Win At Houston". Chicago Tribune ^ "Palmer Does It Again -- Pott Beaten In Playoff". St. Petersburg Times ^ "Arnie Again Pro Golf's Top Winner" . Beaver County Times Beaver, Pennsylvania . UPI. December 11, 1962. p. 14. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .
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