1977 PGA Tour

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The 1977 PGA Tour season was played from January 6 to November 6. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tom Watson won the most tournaments, five, and there were 10 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 1977 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 Phoenix Open Arizona Flag of the United States Jerry Pate (3) 277 (-7) 40,000
Jan 16 Joe Garagiola-Tucson Open Arizona Flag of the United States Bruce Lietzke (1) 275 (-13) 40,000
Jan 23 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am California Flag of the United States Tom Watson (4) 273 (-14) 40,000
Jan 30 Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational California Flag of the United States Tom Watson (5) 269 (-19) 36,000
Feb 6 Hawaiian Open Hawaii Flag of the United States Bruce Lietzke (2) 273 (-15) 48,000
Feb 16 Bob Hope Desert Classic California Flag of the United States Rik Massengale (3) 337 (-23) 40,000
Feb 20 Glen Campbell-Los Angeles Open California Flag of the United States Tom Purtzer (1) 273 (-11) 40,000
Feb 27 Jackie Gleason-Inverrary Classic Florida Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (62) 275 (-13) 50,000
Mar 7 Florida Citrus Open Florida Flag of the United States Gary Koch (2) 274 (-14) 40,000
Mar 13 Doral-Eastern Open Florida Flag of the United States Andy Bean (1) 277 (-11) 40,000
Mar 20 Tournament Players Championship Florida Flag of the United States Mark Hayes (3) 289 (1) 60,000
Mar 27 Heritage Classic South Carolina Flag of Australia Graham Marsh (1) 273 (-11) 45,000
Apr 3 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Danny Edwards (1) 276 (-8) 47,000
Apr 10 Masters Georgia Flag of the United States Tom Watson (6) 276 (-12) 40,000
Apr 17 Tallahassee Open Florida Flag of the United States Ed Sneed (3) 276 (-12) 16,000
Apr 17 MONY Tournament of Champions California Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (63) 281 (-7) 45,000
Apr 24 First NBC New Orleans Open Louisiana Flag of the United States Jim Simons (1) 273 (-15) 35,000
May 1 Houston Open Texas Flag of the United States Gene Littler (29) 276 (-12) 40,000
May 8 Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas Flag of the United States Raymond Floyd (9) 276 (-8) 40,000
May 15 Colonial National Invitation Texas Flag of the United States Ben Crenshaw (5) 272 (-8) 40,000
May 22 Memorial Tournament Ohio Flag of the United States Jack Nicklaus (64) 281 (-7) 45,000
May 29 Atlanta Classic Georgia Flag of the United States Hale Irwin (8) 273 (-15) 40,000
Jun 5 Kemper Open North Carolina Flag of the United States Tom Weiskopf (13) 277 (-11) 50,000
Jun 12 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States Al Geiberger (10) 273 (-15) 40,000
Jun 19 U.S. Open Oklahoma Flag of the United States Hubert Green (12) 278 (-2) 45,000
Jun 26 Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States Tom Watson (7) 283 (-5) 40,000
Jul 3 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States Dave Eichelberger (2) 278 (-10) 26,000
Jul 9 British Open Scotland Flag of the United States Tom Watson (8) 268 (-12) 17,000
Jul 10 Ed McMahon-Jaycees Quad Cities Open Illinois Flag of the United States Mike Morley (1) 267 (-17) 25,000
Jul 17 Pleasant Valley Classic Massachusetts Flag of the United States Raymond Floyd (10) 271 (-13) 50,000
Jul 24 Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States Lee Trevino (22) 280 (-8) 45,000
Jul 31 IVB-Philadelphia Golf Classic Pennsylvania Flag of the United States Jerry McGee (2) 272 (-12) 40,000
Aug 7 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Flag of the United States Billy Kratzert (2) 265 (-19) 42,000
Aug 14 PGA Championship California Flag of the United States Lanny Wadkins (4) 282 (-6) 45,000
Aug 21 American Express Westchester Classic New York Flag of the United States Andy North (1) 272 (-16) 60,000
Aug 28 Colgate Hall of Fame Golf Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States Hale Irwin (9) 264 (-20) 50,000
Sep 4 Buick Open Michigan Flag of South Africa Bobby Cole (1) 271 (-17) 20,000
Sep 5 World Series of Golf Ohio Flag of the United States Lanny Wadkins (5) 267 (-13) 100,000
Sep 11 B.C. Open New York Flag of the United States Gil Morgan (1) 270 (-14) 40,000
Sep 25 Ohio Kings Island Open Ohio Flag of the United States Mike Hill (3) 269 (-11) 30,000
Oct 2 Anheuser-Busch Golf Classic California Flag of the United States Miller Barber (10) 272 (-16) 40,000
Oct 16 San Antonio Texas Open Texas Flag of the United States Hale Irwin (10) 266 (-14) 30,000
Oct 23 Southern Open Georgia Flag of the United States Jerry Pate (4) 266 (-14) 25,000
Oct 30 Pensacola Open Florida Flag of the United States Leonard Thompson (2) 268 (-16) 25,000
Nov 6 Walt Disney World National Team Championship Florida Flag of the United States Gibby Gilbert (3)
Flag of the United States Grier Jones (3)
253 (-35) 20,000
(each)

[edit] Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner Tom Watson Flag of the United States United States
PGA Player of the Year Tom Watson Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Tom Watson Flag of the United States United States

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