1974 PGA Tour


The 1974 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Johnny Miller won the most tournaments, eight, including the first three events. There were 10 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 1974 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 Notes
Jan 6Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Johnny Miller 208 27,750
Jan 13Phoenix OpenArizona Johnny Miller 271 30,000
Jan 20Dean Martin Tucson OpenArizona Johnny Miller 272 30,000
Jan 27Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Bobby Nichols 275 34,000
Feb 3Hawaiian OpenHawaii Jack Nicklaus 271 44,000
Feb 10Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Hubert Green 341 32,048
Feb 17Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Dave Stockton 276 30,000
Feb 24Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Leonard Thompson 278 52,000
Mar 3Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Jerry Heard 273 30,000
Mar 10Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Bud Allin 272 30,000
Mar 17Greater Jacksonville OpenFlorida Hubert Green 276 30,000
Mar 24Sea Pines Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Johnny Miller 276 40,000
Mar 31Greater New Orleans OpenLouisiana Lee Trevino 267 30,000
Apr 7Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Bob Charles 270 44,066
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Gary Player 278 35,000
Apr 14Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Dwight Nevil 133 3,500Satellite event
Apr 21Monsanto OpenFlorida Lee Elder 274 30,045
Apr 28Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Johnny Miller 280 40,000
May 5Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Bud Allin 269 30,045
May 12Houston OpenTexas Dave Hill 276 30,000
May 19Colonial National InvitationTexas Rod Curl 276 50,000
May 26Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Gary Player 273 35,000
Jun 2Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Bob Menne 270 50,000
Jun 9IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Hubert Green 271 30,000
Jun 16U.S. OpenNew York Hale Irwin 287 35,000
Jun 23American Golf ClassicOhio Jim Colbert 281 34,000
Jun 30Western OpenIllinois Tom Watson 287 40,000
Jul 6Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Ed Sneed 276 26,000
Jul 13British OpenScotland Gary Player 282 13,200
Jul 14Quad Cities OpenIowa Dave Stockton 271 20,000
Jul 21B.C. OpenNew York Richie Karl 273 30,000
Jul 28Canadian OpenCanada Bobby Nichols 270 40,000
Aug 4Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts Victor Regalado 278 40,000
Aug 11PGA ChampionshipNorth Carolina Lee Trevino 276 45,000
Aug 18Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Dave Stockton 268 40,000
Aug 25Westchester ClassicNew York Johnny Miller 269 50,000
Sep 2Tournament Players ChampionshipGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 272 50,000
Sep 8Southern OpenGeorgia Forrest Fezler 271 20,000
Sep 15World Open Golf ChampionshipNorth Carolina Johnny Miller 281 60,000
Sep 22Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio Miller Barber 277 30,000
Sep 29Kaiser International Open InvitationalCalifornia Johnny Miller 271 30,000
Oct 6Sahara InvitationalNevada Al Geiberger 273 27,000
Oct 20San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Terry Diehl 269 25,000
Nov 3Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Hubert Green
Mac McLendon 		255 25,000

Awards