The 1958 PGA Tour was the 43rd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States.
Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1958 season.
DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerNotes Jan 6 Los Angeles Open California 35,000 Frank Stranahan (6) Jan 12 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship California 50,000 Billy Casper (4) Pro-Am Jan 20 Tijuana Open Invitational Mexico 20,000 Dutch Harrison (18) Jan 26 Thunderbird Invitational California 15,000 Ken Venturi (3) Jan 29 Phoenix Open Invitational Arizona 15,000 Ken Venturi (4) Feb 9 Tucson Open Invitational Arizona 15,000 Lionel Hebert (2) Feb 16 Texas Open Invitational Texas 15,000 Bill Johnston (1) Feb 24 Houston Open Texas 30,000 Ed Oliver (8) Mar 2 Baton Rouge Open Invitational Louisiana 15,000 Ken Venturi (5) Mar 11 Greater New Orleans Open Invitational Louisiana 20,000 Billy Casper (5) Mar 16 Pensacola Open Invitational Florida 15,000 Doug Ford (13) Mar 23 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Florida 15,000 Arnold Palmer (8) Mar 30 Azalea Open Invitational North Carolina 15,000 Howie Johnson (1) Apr 6 Masters Tournament Georgia 60,000 Arnold Palmer (9) Major championship Apr 13 Greater Greensboro Open North Carolina 15,000 Bob Goalby (1) Apr 20 Kentucky Derby Open Kentucky 20,000 Gary Player (1) Apr 27 Tournament of Champions Nevada 20,000 Stan Leonard (2) Winners-only event Apr 27 Lafayette Open Invitational Louisiana 15,000 Jay Hebert (9) New tournamentAlternate event May 4 Colonial National Invitation Texas 25,000 Tommy Bolt (12) Invitational May 11 Arlington Hotel Open Arkansas 20,000 Julius Boros (6) May 18 Memphis Open Tennessee 20,000 Billy Maxwell (4) New tournament May 25 Kansas City Open Missouri 20,000 Ernie Vossler (1) Jun 1 Western Open Michigan 25,000 Doug Sanders (2) Jun 8 Dallas Open Invitational Texas 25,000 Sam Snead (72) Jun 14 U.S. Open Oklahoma 35,000 Tommy Bolt (13) Major championship Jun 23 Buick Open Invitational Michigan 57,000 Billy Casper (6) New tournament Jun 30 Pepsi Championship New York 52,000 Arnold Palmer (10) New tournament Jul 4 The Open Championship England £4,850 Peter Thomson (5) Major championship Jul 6 Rubber City Open Invitational Ohio 20,000 Art Wall Jr. (5) Jul 13 Insurance City Open Invitational Connecticut 25,000 Jack Burke Jr. (13) Jul 20 PGA Championship Pennsylvania 40,000 Dow Finsterwald (4) Major championship Jul 27 Eastern Open Invitational Maryland 20,000 Art Wall Jr. (6) Aug 4 Gleneagles-Chicago Open Invitational Illinois 50,000 Ken Venturi (6) Aug 11 Miller Open Invitational Wisconsin 35,000 Cary Middlecoff (37) Aug 17 St. Paul Open Invitational Minnesota 25,000 Mike Souchak (7) Aug 23 Canadian Open Canada 25,000 Wes Ellis (1) Sep 1 Vancouver Open Invitational Canada 42,000 Jim Ferree (1) New tournament Sep 8 Utah Open Utah 15,000 Dow Finsterwald (5) Sep 14 Denver Open Colorado 20,000 Tommy Jacobs (1) Sep 21 Hesperia Open Invitational California 15,000 John McMullin (1) Nov 9 Carling Open Invitational Georgia 25,000 Julius Boros (7) Nov 16 Havana International Cuba 45,000 George Bayer (2) Nov 23 West Palm Beach Open Invitational Florida 15,000 Pete Cooper (5) Nov 30 Havana Invitational Cuba 15,000 Billy Casper (n/a) Pro-Am Dec 14 Mayfair Inn Open Florida 15,000 George Bayer (3)
Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)NotesNov 23Canada CupMexicon/a Harry Bradshaw and Christy O'Connor SnrTeam eventCanada Cup Individual Trophy Ángel Miguel
Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.
Position Player Prize money ($)1 Arnold Palmer 42,6082 Billy Casper 41,3243 Ken Venturi 36,2684 Dow Finsterwald 35,3935 Art Wall Jr. 29,8416 Julius Boros 29,8177 Tommy Bolt 26,9418 Jay Hebert 26,3859 Bob Rosburg 25,17110 Doug Ford 21,875
Awards AwardWinner PGA Player of the Year Dow Finsterwald Scoring leader (Vardon Trophy) Bob Rosburg
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