1970 PGA Tour
The 1970 PGA Tour season was played from January 8 to December 13. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Billy Casper won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.
Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1970 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 ($) |
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| Jan 11 | Los Angeles Open | California |  Billy Casper (44) | 276 (−8) | 20,000 |
| Jan 18 | Phoenix Open Invitational | Arizona | Dale Douglass (3) | 271 (−13) | 20,000 |
| Jan 25 | Bing Crosby National Pro-Am | California | Bert Yancey (6) | 278 (−10) | 25,000 |
| Feb 1 | Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational | California | Pete Brown (2) | 275 (−13) | 30,000 |
| Feb 8 | Bob Hope Desert Classic | California |  Bruce Devlin (5) | 339 (−21) | 25,000 |
| Feb 15 | Tucson Open Invitational | Arizona | Lee Trevino (4) | 275 (−13) | 20,000 |
| Feb 22 | San Antonio Open Invitational | Texas | Ron Cerrudo (2) | 273 (−7) | 20,000 |
| Mar 1 | Doral-Eastern Open Invitational | Florida | Mike Hill (1) | 279 (−9) | 30,000 |
| Mar 8 | Florida Citrus Invitational | Florida | Bob Lunn (4) | 271 (−17) | 30,000 |
| Mar 15 | Monsanto Open | Florida | Dick Lotz (2) | 275 (−9) | 30,000 |
| Mar 23 | Greater Jacksonville Open | Florida | Don January (8) | 279 (−9) | 20,000 |
| Mar 29 | National Airlines Open Invitational | Florida | Lee Trevino (5) | 274 (−14) | 40,000 |
| Apr 5 | Greater Greensboro Open | North Carolina | .svg.png) Gary Player (13) | 271 (−13) | 36,000 |
| Apr 13 | Masters Tournament | Georgia | Billy Casper (45) | 279 (−9) | 25,000 |
| Apr 20 | Greater New Orleans Open Invitational | Louisiana | Miller Barber (5) | 278 (−10) | 25,000 |
| Apr 26 | Tournament of Champions | California | Frank Beard (9) | 273 (−15) | 30,000 |
| Apr 26 | Tallahassee Open Invitational | Florida | Harold Henning (2) | 277 (−11) | 10,000 |
| May 3 | Byron Nelson Golf Classic | Texas | Jack Nicklaus (31) | 274 (−6) | 20,000 |
| May 10 | Houston Champions International | Texas | Gibby Gilbert (1) | 282 (−2) | 23,000 |
| May 17 | Colonial National Invitation | Texas | Homero Blancas (2) | 273 (−7) | 25,000 |
| May 24 | Atlanta Classic | Georgia | Tommy Aaron (2) | 275 (−13) | 25,000 |
| May 31 | Danny Thomas Memphis Classic | Tennessee | Dave Hill (8) | 267 (−13) | 30,000 |
| Jun 7 | Kemper Open | North Carolina | Dick Lotz (3) | 278 (−10) | 30,000 |
| Jun 14 | Western Open | Illinois | Hugh Royer, Jr. (1) | 273 (−11) | 26,000 |
| Jun 21 | U.S. Open | Minnesota |  Tony Jacklin (3) | 281 (−7) | 30,000 |
| Jun 28 | Cleveland Open | Ohio | Bruce Devlin (6) | 268 (−12) | 30,000 |
| Jul 5 | Canadian Open | Canada | Kermit Zarley (2) | 279 (−9) | 25,000 |
| Jul 12 | Greater Milwaukee Open | Wisconsin | Deane Beman (2) | 276 (−12) | 22,000 |
| Jul 12 | British Open | Scotland | Jack Nicklaus (32) | 283 (−5) | 12,600 |
| Jul 19 | IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic | Pennsylvania | Billy Casper (46) | 274 (−14) | 30,000 |
| Jul 26 | National Four-Ball Championship PGA Players | Pennsylvania | Jack Nicklaus (33)
Arnold Palmer (57) | 259 (−25) | 20,000
each |
| Aug 2 | Westchester Classic | New York | Bruce Crampton (8) | 273 (−15) | 50,000 |
| Aug 9 | American Golf Classic | Ohio | Frank Beard (10) | 276 (−4) | 30,000 |
| Aug 16 | PGA Championship | Oklahoma | Dave Stockton (4) | 279 (−1) | 40,000 |
| Aug 24 | AVCO Golf Classic | Massachusetts | Billy Casper (47) | 277 (−11) | 32,000 |
| Aug 30 | Dow Jones Open Invitational | New Jersey | Bobby Nichols (9) | 276 (−12) | 60,000 |
| Sep 7 | Greater Hartford Open Invitational | Connecticut | Bob Murphy (3) | 267 (−17) | 20,000 |
| Sep 20 | Robinson Open Golf Classic | Illinois |  George Knudson (7) | 268 (−16) | 20,000 |
| Sep 27 | Green Island Open Invitational | Georgia | Mason Rudolph (5) | 274 (−6) | 12,000 |
| Oct 4 | Azalea Open Invitational | North Carolina | Cesar Sanudo (1) | 269 (−15) | 12,000 |
| Oct 25 | Kaiser International Open Invitational | California | Ken Still (3) | 278 (−10) | 30,000 |
| Nov 1 | Sahara Invitational | Nevada | Babe Hiskey (1) | 276 (−12) | 20,000 |
| Nov 29 | Heritage Golf Classic | South Carolina | Bob Goalby (10) | 280 (−4) | 20,000 |
| Dec 6 | Coral Springs Open Invitational | Florida | Bill Garrett (1) | 272 (−12) | 25,000 |
| Dec 13 | Bahama Islands Open | Bahamas | Doug Sanders (19) | 272 (−16) | 26,000 |
Awards
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