1969 PGA Tour
The 1969 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to December 7. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Billy Casper, Raymond Floyd, Dave Hill, and Jack Nicklaus won the most tournaments, three each, and there were 14 first-time winners. Frank Beard was the leading money winner with earnings of $164,707. Orville Moody was voted the PGA Player of the Year[1] and Dave Hill won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.
Duration | January 9, 1969 – December 7, 1969 |
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Number of official events | 49 |
Most wins | 3:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Money winner | ![]() |
Player of the Year | ![]() |
← 1968 1970 → |
This is generally regarded as the first season of an independent PGA Tour.[2] The tour began to break off from the PGA of America in August 1968. The players formed a Tournament Players Division within the PGA of America, "a freestanding corporation run by a 10-member tournament policy board of four players, three PGA executives and three consulting businessmen."[3]
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 1969 season.[4][5]
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Location | Purse ($) |
Winner(s) | Notes |
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Sep 20 | Ryder Cup | England | n/a | Tie (![]() |
Team event |
Oct 5 | World Cup | Singapore | 6,300 | ![]() ![]() |
Team event |
World Cup Individual Trophy | ![]() |
Money leaders
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[6]
Position | Player | Prize money ($) |
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1 | ![]() | 175,223 |
2 | ![]() | 156,432 |
3 | ![]() | 140,167 |
4 | ![]() | 123,897 |
5 | ![]() | 118,955 |
Awards
Award | Winner |
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Money winner | ![]() |
PGA Player of the Year | ![]() |
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) | ![]() |
Notes
- 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.
- Official money; unofficial win.
References
- "Golfer of the year". The Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. AP. November 19, 1969. p. 13. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- "Pro golf struggle is settled; PGA forms tourney group". Milwaukee Journal. December 14, 1968. p. 18.
- Gorant, Jim (August 8, 2018). "War for the Tour: The day the PGA Championship nearly died". Golf.com.
- "1969 winners sorted by age". PGA Tour. July 9, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
- Johnson, Sal; Seanor, Dave, eds. (2009). The USA Today Golfers Encyclopedia. New York, New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 675–82. ISBN 978-1-60239-302-8.
- Rew, Karen (December 26, 1969). "Frank Beard Boosting Business of Pro Golf". Mansfield News Journal. Mansfield, Ohio. AP. p. 23.