1966 PGA Tour


The 1966 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 27. The season consisted of 40 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. Casper was the leading money winner with earnings of $121,945. He was voted the PGA Player of the Year and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1966 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 9Los Angeles OpenCalifornia Arnold Palmer 273 11,000
Jan 16San Diego Open InvitationalCalifornia Billy Casper 268 5,800
Jan 23Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCalifornia Don Massengale 283 11,000
Jan 31Lucky International OpenCalifornia Ken Venturi 273 8,500
Feb 6Bob Hope Desert ClassicCalifornia Doug Sanders 349 15,000
Feb 14Phoenix Open InvitationalArizona Dudley Wysong 278 9,000
Feb 20Tucson Open InvitationalArizona Joe Campbell 278 9,000
Mar 7Pensacola Open InvitationalFlorida Gay Brewer 272 10,000
Mar 13Doral Open InvitationalFlorida Phil Rodgers 278 20,000
Mar 20Florida Citrus Open InvitationalFlorida Lionel Hebert 279 21,000
Mar 27Jacksonville OpenFlorida Doug Sanders 273 13,500
Apr 3Greater Greensboro OpenNorth Carolina Doug Sanders 276 20,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia Jack Nicklaus 288 20,000
Apr 17Azalea Open InvitationalNorth Carolina Bert Yancey 278 3,200
Apr 18Tournament of ChampionsNevada Arnold Palmer 283 20,000
Apr 26Dallas Open InvitationalTexas Roberto De Vicenzo 276 15,000
May 1Texas Open InvitationalTexas Harold Henning 272 13,000
May 16Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisiana Frank Beard 276 20,000
May 22Colonial National InvitationTexas Bruce Devlin 280 22,000
May 29Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahoma Tony Lema 271 8,500
Jun 5Memphis Open InvitationalTennessee Bert Yancey 265 20,000
Jun 12Buick Open InvitationalMichigan Phil Rodgers 284 20,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenCalifornia Billy Casper 278 26,500
Jun 26Western OpenIllinois Billy Casper 283 20,000
Jul 9British OpenScotland Jack Nicklaus 282 5,880
Jul 17Minnesota Golf ClassicMinnesota Bobby Nichols 270 20,000
Jul 24PGA ChampionshipOhio Al Geiberger 280 25,000
Jul 31500 Festival Open InvitationIndiana Billy Casper 277 16,400
Aug 7Cleveland OpenOhio R. H. Sikes 268 20,000
Aug 14Thunderbird ClassicNew Jersey Mason Rudolph 278 20,000
Aug 21Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticut Art Wall, Jr. 266 20,000
Aug 28Philadelphia Golf ClassicPennsylvania Don January 278 21,000
Sep 3Carling World OpenEngland Bruce Devlin 286 35,000
Sep 18Portland Open InvitationalOregon Bert Yancey 271 6,800
Sep 25Greater Seattle-Everett ClassicWashington Homero Blancas 266 6,600
Oct 2Canadian OpenCanada Don Massengale 280 20,000
Oct 15Sahara InvitationalNevada Jack Nicklaus 282 20,000
Oct 30Hawaiian OpenHawaii Ted Makalena 271 8,500
Nov 20Houston Champions InternationalTexas Arnold Palmer 275 21,000
Nov 27Cajun ClassicLouisiana Jacky Cupit 271 4,850

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Money leaders

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Awards