1972 PGA Tour


The 1972 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to December 3. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, seven, and there were five first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1972 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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScoreWinner's
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Jan 9Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia George Archer 270 25,000
Jan 16Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 284 28,000
Jan 24Tucson OpenArizona Miller Barber 273 30,000
Jan 30Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Paul Harney 275 30,000
Feb 6Hawaiian OpenHawaii Grier Jones 274 40,000
Feb 13Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Bob Rosburg 344 29,000
Feb 20Phoenix OpenArizona Homero Blancas 273 25,000
Feb 27Jackie Gleason's Inverrary ClassicFlorida Tom Weiskopf 278 52,000
Mar 5Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Jack Nicklaus 276 30,000
Mar 12Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Jerry Heard 276 30,000
Mar 19Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Tony Jacklin 283 25,000
Mar 26Greater New Orleans OpenLouisiana Gary Player 279 58,000
Apr 2Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina George Archer 272 40,000
Apr 9Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 286 25,000
Apr 9Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Mike Morley 269 7,000Satellite event
Apr 16Monsanto OpenFlorida Dave Hill 271 30,000
Apr 23Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Bobby Mitchell 280 33,000
Apr 23Tallahassee OpenFlorida Bob Shaw 273 15,000Alternate event
May 1Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Chi Chi Rodriguez 273 25,000
May 8Houston OpenTexas Bruce Devlin 278 25,000
May 14Colonial National InvitationTexas Jerry Heard 275 25,100
May 21Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Lee Trevino 281 35,000
May 28Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Bob Lunn 275 26,000
Jun 4Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Doug Sanders 275 35,000
Jun 11IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania J. C. Snead 282 30,000
Jun 18U.S. OpenCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 290 30,000
Jun 25Western OpenIllinois Jim Jamieson 271 30,000
Jul 3Cleveland OpenOhio David Graham 278 30,000
Jul 9Canadian OpenCanada Gay Brewer 275 30,000
Jul 15British OpenScotland Lee Trevino 278 13,750
Jul 16Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jim Colbert 271 25,000
Jul 23American Golf ClassicOhio Bert Yancey 276 30,000
Jul 30National Team ChampionshipPennsylvania Babe Hiskey &
Kermit Zarley 		262 20,000
Aug 6PGA ChampionshipMichigan Gary Player 281 45,000
Aug 13Westchester ClassicNew York Jack Nicklaus 270 50,000
Aug 20USI ClassicMassachusetts Bruce Devlin 275 40,000
Aug 27U.S. Professional Match Play ChampionshipNorth Carolina Jack Nicklaus 2 & 140,000
Aug 27Liggett & Myers OpenNorth Carolina Lou Graham 285 20,000
Sep 4Greater Hartford Open InvitationalConnecticut Lee Trevino 269 25,000
Sep 10Southern OpenGeorgia DeWitt Weaver 276 20,000
Sep 17Greater St. Louis Golf ClassicMissouri Lee Trevino 269 30,000
Sep 24Robinson's Fall Golf ClassicIllinois Grier Jones 273 20,000
Oct 1Quad Cities OpenIowa Deane Beman 279 20,000
Oct 22Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia George Knudson 271 30,000
Oct 29Sahara InvitationalNevada Lanny Wadkins 273 27,000
Nov 5San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Mike Hill 273 25,000
Nov 27Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Johnny Miller 281 25,000
Dec 3Walt Disney World Open InvitationalFlorida Jack Nicklaus 267 30,000

Rogelio Gonzales suspension

At the Greater New Orleans Open, Tour rookie golfer from Colombia Rogelio Gonzales was disqualified after it was learned he had changed his scorecard earlier in the tournament. In addition to his disqualification, the PGA Tour lifted Gonzales playing privileges.

Awards