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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize
Jan 11Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Paul Harney 276 12,000
Jan 17San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Wes Ellis 267 4,850
Jan 24Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Bruce Crampton 284 11,000
Jan 31Lucky International OpenCalifornia George Archer 278 8,500
Feb 7Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Billy Casper 348 15,000
Feb 14Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Rod Funseth 274 10,500
Feb 21Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Bob Charles 271 6,800
Mar 7Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Doug Sanders 277 10,000
Mar 14Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Doug Sanders 274 11,000
Mar 21Jacksonville OpenFlorida Bert Weaver 285 8,500
Mar 28Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Dick Hart 276 3,850
Apr 4Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Sam Snead 273 11,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 271 20,000
Apr 18Houston ClassicTexas Bobby Nichols 273 12,000
Apr 25Texas Open InvitationalTexas Frank Beard 270 7,500
May 2Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer 277 14,000
May 11Colonial National InvitationTexas Bruce Crampton 276 20,000
May 16Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Dick Mayer 273 20,000
May 23Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Jack Nicklaus 271 9,000
May 30500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Bruce Crampton 279 15,200
Jun 6Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Tony Lema 280 20,000
Jun 13Cleveland Open InvitationalOhio Dan Sikes 272 25,000
Jun 21U.S. OpenMissouri Gary Player 282 26,000
Jun 27St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesota Raymond Floyd 270 20,000
Jul 4Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper 270 11,000
Jul 9British OpenEngland Peter Thomson 285 4,900
Jul 17Canadian OpenCanada Gene Littler 273 20,000
Jul 25Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Billy Casper 274 11,000
Aug 1Thunderbird ClassicNew York Jack Nicklaus 270 20,000
Aug 8Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Jack Nicklaus 277 24,300
Aug 15PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania Dave Marr 280 25,000
Aug 23Carling World OpenMassachusetts Tony Lema 279 35,000
Aug 29American Golf ClassicOhio Al Geiberger 280 20,000
Sep 5Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Jack Rule, Jr. 283 10,000
Sep 19Portland Open InvitationalOregon Jack Nicklaus 273 6,600
Sep 26Greater Seattle Open InvitationalWashington Gay Brewer 279 6,600
Oct 23Sahara InvitationalNevada Billy Casper 269 20,000
Oct 31Almaden Open InvitationalCalifornia Bobby Verwey 273 6,800
Nov 7Hawaiian OpenHawaii Gay Brewer 281 9,000
Nov 28Cajun ClassicLouisiana Babe Hiskey 275 4,250

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Money leaders

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Awards