1977 PGA Tour


The 1977 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, five, and 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 1977 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 9Phoenix OpenArizona Jerry Pate 277 40,000
Jan 16Joe Garagiola-Tucson OpenArizona Bruce Lietzke 275 40,000
Jan 23Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Tom Watson 273 40,000
Jan 30Andy Williams-San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Tom Watson 269 36,000
Feb 6Hawaiian OpenHawaii Bruce Lietzke 273 48,000
Feb 13Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Rik Massengale 337 40,000
Feb 20Glen Campbell-Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Tom Purtzer 273 40,000
Feb 27Jackie Gleason-Inverrary ClassicFlorida Jack Nicklaus 275 50,000
Mar 7Florida Citrus OpenFlorida Gary Koch 274 40,000
Mar 13Doral-Eastern OpenFlorida Andy Bean 277 40,000
Mar 20Tournament Players ChampionshipFlorida Mark Hayes 289 60,000
Mar 27Heritage ClassicSouth Carolina Graham Marsh 273 45,000
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Danny Edwards 276 47,000
Apr 10Masters TournamentGeorgia Tom Watson 276 40,000
Apr 10Magnolia State ClassicMississippi Mike McCullough269 7,000Satellite event
Apr 17MONY Tournament of ChampionsCalifornia Jack Nicklaus 281 45,000
Apr 17Tallahassee OpenFlorida Ed Sneed 276 16,000Alternate event
Apr 24First NBC New Orleans OpenLouisiana Jim Simons 273 35,000
May 1Houston OpenTexas Gene Littler 276 40,000
May 8Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Raymond Floyd 276 40,000
May 15Colonial National InvitationTexas Ben Crenshaw 272 40,000
May 23Memorial TournamentOhio Jack Nicklaus 281 45,000
May 29Atlanta ClassicGeorgia Hale Irwin 273 40,000
Jun 5Kemper OpenNorth Carolina Tom Weiskopf 277 50,000
Jun 12Danny Thomas Memphis ClassicTennessee Al Geiberger 273 40,000
Jun 19U.S. OpenOklahoma Hubert Green 278 45,000
Jun 26Western OpenIllinois Tom Watson 283 40,000
Jul 3Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Dave Eichelberger 278 26,000
Jul 9The Open ChampionshipScotland Tom Watson 268 17,000
Jul 10Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities OpenIllinois Mike Morley 267 25,000
Jul 17Pleasant Valley ClassicMassachusetts Raymond Floyd 271 50,000
Jul 24Canadian OpenCanada Lee Trevino 280 45,000
Jul 31IVB-Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Jerry McGee 272 40,000
Aug 7Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Billy Kratzert 265 42,000
Aug 14PGA ChampionshipCalifornia Lanny Wadkins 282 45,000
Aug 21American Express Westchester ClassicNew York Andy North 272 60,000
Aug 28Colgate Hall of Fame Golf ClassicNorth Carolina Hale Irwin 264 50,000
Sep 4Buick OpenMichigan Bobby Cole 271 20,000
Sep 5World Series of GolfOhio Lanny Wadkins 267 100,000
Sep 11B.C. OpenNew York Gil Morgan 270 40,000
Sep 25Ohio Kings Island OpenOhio Mike Hill 269 30,000
Oct 2Anheuser-Busch Golf ClassicCalifornia Miller Barber 272 40,000
Oct 16San Antonio Texas OpenTexas Hale Irwin 266 30,000
Oct 23Southern OpenGeorgia Jerry Pate 266 25,000
Oct 30Pensacola OpenFlorida Leonard Thompson 268 25,000
Nov 6Walt Disney World National Team ChampionshipFlorida Gibby Gilbert
Grier Jones
253 20,000

Awards