The following table lists official events during the 1964 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Location
PurseUS$ )
Winner[ a]
Notes
Jan 6
Los Angeles Open California
50,000
Paul Harney (4)
Jan 12
San Diego Open Invitational California
30,000
Art Wall Jr. (12)
Jan 19
Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California
60,000
Tony Lema (5)Pro-Am
Jan 27
Lucky International Open California
50,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (2)
Feb 2
Palm Springs Golf Classic California
50,000
Tommy Jacobs (4)Pro-Am
Feb 9
Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona
50,000
Jack Nicklaus (9)
Feb 16
Tucson Open Invitational Arizona
30,000
Jacky Cupit (3)
Mar 2
Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana
50,000
Mason Rudolph (3)
Mar 9
Pensacola Open Invitational Florida
30,000
Gary Player (8)
Mar 15
St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida
25,000
Bruce Devlin (1)
Mar 22
Doral Open Invitational Florida
50,000
Billy Casper (21)
Mar 30
Azalea Open North Carolina
20,000
Al Besselink (4)
Apr 5
Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina
45,000
Julius Boros (13)
Apr 12
Masters Tournament Georgia
130,000
Arnold Palmer Major championship
Apr 19
Houston Classic Texas
50,000
Mike Souchak (14)
Apr 26
Texas Open Invitational Texas
40,000
Bruce Crampton (3)
May 3
Tournament of Champions Nevada
65,000
Jack Nicklaus (10)Winners-only event
May 3
Waco Turner Open Oklahoma
20,000
Pete Brown (1)Alternate event
May 10
Colonial National Invitation Texas
75,000
Billy Casper (22)Invitational
May 18
Oklahoma City Open Invitational Oklahoma
40,000
Arnold Palmer (44)
May 24
Memphis Open Invitational Tennessee
50,000
Mike Souchak (15)
May 31
500 Festival Open Invitation Indiana
70,000
Gary Player (9)
Jun 7
Thunderbird Classic New York
100,000
Tony Lema (6)
Jun 14
Buick Open Invitational Michigan
60,000
Tony Lema (7)
Jun 20
U.S. Open Maryland
88,000
Ken Venturi Major championship
Jun 28
Cleveland Open Invitational Ohio
100,000
Tony Lema (8)
Jul 5
Whitemarsh Open Invitational Pennsylvania
25,000
Jack Nicklaus (11)
Jul 10
The Open Championship Scotland
£8,500
Tony Lema Major championship [ b]
Jul 19
PGA Championship Ohio
100,000
Bobby Nichols Major championship
Jul 26
Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut
50,000
Ken Venturi (12)
Aug 2
Canadian Open Canada
50,000
Kel Nagle (2)
Aug 9
Western Open Illinois
65,000
Chi-Chi Rodríguez (3)
Aug 16
St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota
65,000
Chuck Courtney (1)
Aug 23
American Golf Classic Ohio
50,000
Ken Venturi (13)
Aug 30
Carling World Open Michigan
200,000
Bobby Nichols (5)
Sep 7
Dallas Open Invitational Texas
40,000
Charles Coody (1)
Sep 20
Portland Open Invitational Oregon
40,000
Jack Nicklaus (12)
Sep 27
Greater Seattle Open Invitational Washington
40,000
Billy Casper (23)
Oct 4
Fresno Open Invitational California
35,000
George Knudson (3)
Oct 11
Sunset-Camellia Open Invitational California
25,000
Bob McCallister (2)New tournament
Oct 18
Sahara Invitational Nevada
70,000
R. H. Sikes (1)
Oct 25
Mountain View Open California
40,000
Jack McGowan (1)New tournament
Nov 3
Almaden Open Invitational California
25,000
Billy Casper (24)
Nov 22
Cajun Classic Open Invitational Louisiana
25,000
Miller Barber (1)
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[ 3] [ 4]
Position
Player
Prize money ($)
1
Jack Nicklaus 113,285
2
Arnold Palmer 113,203
3
Billy Casper 90,130
4
Tony Lema 74,130
5
Bobby Nichols 74,013
6
Ken Venturi 62,466
7
Gary Player 61,450
8
Mason Rudolph 52,569
9
Chi-Chi Rodríguez 49,339
10
Mike Souchak 39,559
^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.
^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.
^ "1964 winners sorted by age" . PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .^ Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia . New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 643–50. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8 ^ "Nicklaus Exempt From Fees In 1965 Events" . The Robesonian . Lumberton, North Carolina. Associated Press. November 24, 1964. p. 8. Retrieved March 20, 2013 – via Google News Archive.^ a b "Nicklaus the Richest; Palmer Vardon Winner" Star-Gazette . Elmira, New York. December 24, 1964. p. 11. Retrieved November 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.^ "P.G.A. Picks Venturi As Golfer of Year" . The New York Times . UPI. October 4, 1964. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
Tony Lema (5)
Gary Player