1959 PGA Tour

The 1959 PGA Tour season was played from January 2 to December 6. The season consisted of 46 official money events. Gene Littler won the most tournaments with five. Art Wall Jr. was the leading money winner with earnings of $53,168. Wall was voted the PGA Player of the Year after four wins including the Masters, and won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1959 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 5Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaKen Venturi (7)278 (−6)5,300
Jan 12Tijuana Open InvitationalMexicoErnie Vossler[1] (2)273 (−15)2,800
Jan 18Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaArt Wall Jr. (7)279 (−9)4,000
Jan 25Thunderbird InvitationalCaliforniaArnold Palmer (11)266 (−11)1,500
Feb 1San Diego Open InvitationalCaliforniaMarty Furgol (4)274 (−14)2,800
Feb 8Phoenix Open InvitationalArizonaGene Littler (10)268 (−12)2,400
Feb 15Tucson Open InvitationalArizonaGene Littler (11)266 (−14)2,000
Feb 22Texas Open InvitationalTexasWes Ellis (2)276 (-8)2,800
Mar 1Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisianaHowie Johnson (2)283 (−5)2,000
Mar 9Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisianaBill Collins (1)280 (−8)2,800
Mar 15Pensacola Open InvitationalFloridaPaul Harney (3)269 (-19)2,000
Mar 23St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFloridaCary Middlecoff (38)275 (-13)2,000
Mar 30Azalea Open InvitationalNorth CarolinaArt Wall Jr.[2] (8)282 (−6)2,000
Apr 5Masters TournamentGeorgiaArt Wall Jr. (9)284 (-4)15,000
Apr 12Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaDow Finsterwald[3] (6)278 (−6)2,800
Apr 19Houston ClassicTexasJack Burke Jr. (14)277 (-7)4,300
Apr 26Tournament of ChampionsNevadaMike Souchak (8)281 (-7)10,000
May 3Colonial National InvitationTexasBen Hogan (64)285 (+5)5,000
May 11Oklahoma City Open InvitationalOklahomaArnold Palmer (12)273 (-15)3,500
May 17Arlington Hotel OpenArkansasGene Littler (12)270 (-18)2,800
May 25Memphis Open InvitationalTennesseeDon Whitt (1)272 (-8)3,500
May 31Kentucky Derby OpenKentuckyDon Whitt (2)274 (-10)2,800
Jun 7Eastern Open InvitationalMarylandDave Ragan (1)273 (-15)2,800
Jun 13U.S. OpenNew YorkBilly Casper (7)282 (+2)12,000
Jun 20Canadian OpenCanadaDoug Ford (14)276 (-12)3,500
Jun 27Gleneagles-Chicago Open InvitationalIllinoisKen Venturi[4] (8)273 (-7)9,000
Jul 3The Open ChampionshipScotlandGary Player (2)284 (-4)2,800
Jul 5Buick Open InvitationalMichiganArt Wall Jr. (10)282 (-6)9,000
Jul 12Western OpenPennsylvaniaMike Souchak (9)272 (-12)5,000
Jul 19Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticutGene Littler (12)272 (-12)3,500
Aug 2PGA ChampionshipMinnesotaBob Rosburg (4)277 (-3)8,250
Aug 9Carling Open InvitationalWashingtonDow Finsterwald (7)276 (−8)3,500
Aug 16Motor City OpenMichiganMike Souchak (10)268 (-16)3,500
Aug 23Rubber City Open InvitationalOhioTom Nieporte (1)267 (-17)2,800
Aug 30Miller Open InvitationalWisconsinGene Littler (13)265 (-15)5,300
Sept 7Kansas City Open InvitationalMissouriDow Finsterwald (8)275 (-13)2,800
Sep 14Dallas Open InvitationalTexasJulius Boros (8)274 (-10)3,500
Sep 20El Paso OpenTexasMarty Furgol (5)273 (−15)2,800
Sep 27Golden Gate ChampionshipCaliforniaMason Rudolph (1)275 (-9)6,400
Oct 4Portland Centennial Open InvitationalOregonBilly Casper[5] (8)269 (−19)2,800
Oct 11Hesperia Open InvitationalCaliforniaEric Monti (2)271 (−17)2,000
Oct 18Orange County Open InvitationalCaliforniaJay Hebert (4)273 (−11)2,000
Nov 15Lafayette Open InvitationalLouisianaBilly Casper[6] (9)273 (−11)2,000
Nov 22Mobile Sertoma Open InvitationalAlabamaBilly Casper (10)280 (−8)2,000
Nov 29West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFloridaArnold Palmer[7] (13)281 (-7)2,000
Dec 6Coral Gables Open InvitationalFloridaDoug Sanders (3)273 (−11)2,800

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerArt Wall Jr. United States
PGA Player of the YearArt Wall Jr. United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Art Wall Jr. United States

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