1958 PGA Tour

The 1958 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to December 14. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Ken Venturi won the most tournaments with four. Arnold Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $42,608. Dow Finsterwald was voted the PGA Player of the Year after winning two tournaments including the 1958 PGA Championship. Bob Rosburg won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1958 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 (US$)
Jan 6Los Angeles OpenCaliforniaFrank Stranahan (6)275 (−9)7,000
Jan 12Bing Crosby National Pro-AmCaliforniaBilly Casper (4)277 (−11)4,000
Jan 20Tijuana Open InvitationalMexicoDutch Harrison (18)280 (-8)2,000
Jan 26Thunderbird InvitationalCaliforniaKen Venturi (3)266 (−15)1,500
Jan 29Phoenix Open InvitationalArizonaKen Venturi (4)274 (-10)2,000
Feb 9Tucson Open InvitationalArizonaLionel Hebert (2)265 (−15)2,000
Feb 16Texas Open InvitationalTexasBill Johnston (1)274 (-10)2,000
Feb 24Houston OpenTexasEd Oliver (8)281 (-3)4,300
Mar 2Baton Rouge Open InvitationalLouisianaKen Venturi (5)276 (−12)2,000
Mar 11Greater New Orleans Open InvitationalLouisianaBilly Casper (5)278 (−10)2,800
Mar 16Pensacola Open InvitationalFloridaDoug Ford (13)278 (-10)2,000
Mar 23St. Petersburg Open InvitationalFloridaCary Middlecoff (38)275 (-13)2,000
Mar 30Azalea Open InvitationalNorth CarolinaHowie Johnson[1] (1)282 (−6)2,000
Apr 6Masters TournamentGeorgiaArnold Palmer (9)284 (-4)11,250
Apr 13Greater Greensboro OpenNorth CarolinaBob Goalby (1)275 (−9)2,000
Apr 20Kentucky Derby OpenKentuckyGary Player (1)274 (-14)2,800
Apr 27Tournament of ChampionsNevadaStan Leonard (2)275 (-13)10,000
Apr 27Lafayette Open InvitationalLouisianaJay Hebert[2] (9)273 (−11)2,000
May 4Colonial National InvitationTexasTommy Bolt (12)282 (+2)5,000
May 11Arlington Hotel OpenArkansasJulius Boros (6)273 (-15)2,800
May 18Memphis Open InvitationalTennesseeBilly Maxwell (4)267 (-13)2,800
May 25Kansas City Open InvitationalMissouriErnie Vossler (1)269 (-19)2,800
Jun 1Western OpenMichiganDoug Sanders (2)275 (-13)5,000
Jun 8Dallas Open InvitationalTexasSam Snead (72)272 (-8)3,500
Jun 14U.S. OpenOklahomaTommy Bolt (13)283 (+3)8,000
Jun 23Buick Open InvitationalMichiganBilly Casper (6)285 (-3)9,000
Jun 30Pepsi ChampionshipNew YorkArnold Palmer (10)273 (-11)9,000
Jul 4The Open ChampionshipEnglandPeter Thomson (5)278 (-6)2,800
Jul 6Rubber City Open InvitationalOhioArt Wall Jr. (5)269 (-15)2,800
Jul 13Insurance City Open InvitationalConnecticutJack Burke Jr. (13)268 (-16)3,500
Jul 20PGA ChampionshipPennsylvaniaDow Finsterwald (4)276 (-4)5,500
Jul 27Eastern Open InvitationalMarylandArt Wall Jr. (6)276 (-12)2,800
Aug 4Gleneagles-Chicago Open InvitationalIllinoisKen Venturi[3] (6)272 (-8)9,000
Aug 11Miller Open InvitationalWisconsinCary Middlecoff (37)264 (-16)5,300
Aug 17St. Paul Open InvitationalMinnesotaMike Souchak (7)263 (-25)3,500
Aug 23Canadian OpenCanadaWes Ellis (1)267 (-13)3,500
Sep 1Vancouver Open InvitationalCanadaJim Ferree (1)270 (-18)6,400
Sep 8Utah OpenUtahDow Finsterwald (5)267 (-17)2,000
Sep 14Denver Open InvitationalColoradoTommy Jacobs (1)266 (-14)2,800
Sep 21Hesperia Open InvitationalCaliforniaJohn McMullin (1)271 (−17)2,000
Nov 9Carling Open InvitationalGeorgiaJulius Boros (7)284 (−4)3,500
Nov 16Havana InternationalCubaGeorge Bayer (2)286 (+6)6,500
Nov 23West Palm Beach Open InvitationalFloridaPete Cooper (5)269 (-13)2,000
Nov 30Havana Pro-Am InvitationalCubaBilly Casper (u/o)278 (-10)2,400
Dec 14Mayfair Inn OpenFloridaGeorge Bayer (3)272 (−12)2,000

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Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerArnold Palmer United States
PGA Player of the YearDow Finsterwald United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy)Bob Rosburg United States

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