1972 PGA Tour

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The 1972 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to December 3. The season consisted of 46 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.

[edit] 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize ($)
Jan 9 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open California Flag of the United States George Archer (9) 270 (-14) 25,000
Jan 16 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (39) 284 (-4) 28,000
Jan 23 Tucson Open Arizona Flag of the United States Miller Barber (7) 273 (-15) 30,000
Jan 30 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational California Flag of the United States Paul Harney (6) 275 (-13) 30,000
Feb 6 Hawaiian Open Hawaii Flag of the United States Grier Jones (1) 274 (-14) 40,000
Feb 13 Bob Hope Desert Classic California Flag of the United States Bob Rosburg (6) 344 (-16) 29,000
Feb 20 Phoenix Open Arizona Flag of the United States Homero Blancas (3) 273 (-11) 25,000
Feb 27 Jackie Gleason's Inverrary Classic Florida Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf (5) 278 (-10) 52,000
Mar 5 Doral-Eastern Open Florida Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (40) 276 (-12) 30,000
Mar 12 Florida Citrus Open Florida Flag of the United States Jerry Heard (2) 276 (-12) 30,000
Mar 19 Greater Jacksonville Open Florida Flag of England Tony Jacklin (4) 283 (-5) 25,000
Mar 26 Greater New Orleans Open Louisiana Flag of South Africa Gary Player (16) 279 (-9) 58,000
Apr 2 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Flag of the United States George Archer (10) 272 (-12) 40,000
Apr 9 Masters Georgia Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (41) 286 (-2) 25,000
Apr 16 Monsanto Open Florida Flag of the United States Dave Hill (9) 271 (-13) 30,000
Apr 23 Tallahassee Open Florida Flag of Australia Bob Shaw (1) 273 (-15) 15,000
Apr 23 Tournament of Champions California Flag of the United States Bobby Mitchell (2) 280 (-8) 33,000
Apr 30 Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Flag of Puerto Rico Chi Chi Rodriguez (6) 273 (-7) 25,000
May 7 Houston Open Texas Flag of Australia Bruce Devlin (7) 278 (-10) 25,000
May 14 Colonial National Invitation Texas Flag of the United States Jerry Heard (3) 275 (-5) 25,100
May 21 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (12) 281 (1) 35,000
May 28 Atlanta Classic Georgia Flag of the United States Bob Lunn (6) 275 (-13) 26,000
Jun 4 Kemper Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Doug Sanders (20) 275 (-13) 35,000
Jun 11 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Flag of the United States J. C. Snead (3) 282 (-6) 30,000
Jun 18 U.S. Open California Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (42) 290 (2) 30,000
Jun 28 Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States Jim Jamieson (1) 271 (-13) 30,000
Jul 3 Cleveland Open Ohio Flag of Australia David Graham (1) 278 (-6) 30,000
Jul 9 Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States Gay Brewer (10) 275 (-9) 30,000
Jul 15 British Open Scotland Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (13) 278 (-6) 13,750
Jul 16 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States Jim Colbert (2) 271 (-13) 25,000
Jul 23 American Golf Classic Ohio Flag of the United States Bert Yancey (7) 276 (-4) 30,000
Aug 6 PGA Championship Minnesota Flag of South Africa Gary Player (17) 281 (1) 45,000
Aug 13 Westchester Classic New York Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (43) 270 (-18) 50,000
Aug 20 USI Classic Massachusetts Flag of Australia Bruce Devlin (8) 275 (-13) 40,000
Aug 27 U.S. Professional Match Play Championship North Carolina Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (44) 2&1 40,000
Aug 27 Liggett Myers Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Lou Graham (2) 285 (-3) 20,000
Sep 4 Greater Hartford Open Invitational Connecticut Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (14) 269 (-15) 25,000
Sep 10 Southern Open Georgia Flag of the United States DeWitt Weaver (2) 276 (-4) 20,000
Sep 17 Greater St. Louis Golf Classic Missouri Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (15) 269 (-11) 30,000
Sep 24 Robinson's Fall Golf Classic Illinois Flag of the United States Grier Jones (2) 273 (-11) 20,000
Oct 1 Quad Cities Open Iowa Flag of the United States Deane Beman (3) 279 (-5) 20,000
Oct 22 Kaiser International Open Invitational California Flag of Canada George Knudson (7) 271 (-17) 30,000
Oct 29 Sahara Invitational Nevada Flag of the United States Lanny Wadkins (1) 273 (-15) 27,000
Nov 5 San Antonio Texas Open Texas Flag of the United States Mike Hill (2) 273 (-15) 25,000
Nov 26 Sea Pines Heritage Classic South Carolina Flag of the United States Johnny Miller (2) 281 (-4) 25,000
Dec 3 Walt Disney World Open Invitational Florida Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (45) 267 (-21) 30,000

[edit] Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Jack Nicklaus Flag of the United States United States
PGA Player of the Year Jack Nicklaus Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Lee Trevino Flag of the United States United States

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