By the numbers: Palmer's six decades on the PGA TOUR

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Sep. 9, 2009

Arnold Palmer's PGA TOUR career spanned over five decades, from the 1949 Dapper Dan Open to the 2004 Masters Tournament. He won 62 tournaments, including seven majors, and captured an additional 10 titles on the Champions Tour.

Wins on the PGA TOUR (62)
Date Tournament Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Rd. 4 Rd. 5 Total Runner(s) up Margin of victory
8/20/1955 Canadian Open 64 67 64 70   265 Jack Burke Jr. 4 strokes
7/1/1956 Insurance City Open 66 69 68 71   274 Ted Kroll Playoff
7/29/1956 Eastern Open 70 66 69 72   277 Dow Finsterwald 2 strokes
2/25/1957 Houston Open 67 72 71 69   279 Doug Ford 1 stroke
3/31/1957 Azalea Open Invitational 70 67 70 75   282 Dow Finsterwald 1 stroke
6/9/1957 Rubber City Open Invitational 71 66 67 68   272 Doug Ford Playoff
11/3/1957 San Diego Open Invitational 65 68 68 70   271 Al Balding 1 stroke
3/23/1958 St. Petersburg Open Invitational 70 69 72 65   276 Fred Hawkins, Dow Finsterwald 1 stroke
4/6/1958 Masters Tournament 70 73 68 73   284 Doug Ford, Fred Hawkins 1 stroke
6/29/1958 Pepsi Championship 66 69 67 71   273 Jay Hebert 5 strokes
1/25/1959 *Thunderbird Invitational 67 70 67 62   266 Jimmy Demaret, Ken Venturi 3 strokes
5/11/1959 Oklahoma City Open Invitational 73 64 67 69   273 Bob Goalby 2 strokes
11/29/1959 West Palm Beach Open Invitational 72 67 66 76   281 Gay Brewer, Pete Cooper Playoff
2/7/1960 Palm Springs Desert Golf Classic 67 73 67 66 65 338 Fred Hawkins 3 strokes
2/28/1960 Texas Open Invitational 69 65 67 75   276 Doug Ford, Frank Stranahan 2 strokes
3/6/1960 Baton Rouge Open Invitational 71 71 69 68   279 Ron Reif, Jay Hebert 7 strokes
3/13/1960 Pensacola Open Invitational 68 65 73 67   273 Doug Sanders 1 stroke
4/10/1960 Masters Tournament 67 73 72 70   282 Ken Venturi 1 stroke
6/18/1960 U.S. Open Championship 72 71 72 65   280 Jack Nicklaus - a 2 strokes
8/7/1960 Insurance City Open Invitational 70 68 66 66   270 Bill Collins, Jack Fleck Playoff
11/27/1960 Mobile Sertoma Open Invitational 68 67 74 65   274 Johnny Pott 2 strokes
1/15/1961 San Diego Open Invitational 69 68 69 65   271 Al Balding Playoff
2/12/1961 Phoenix Open Invitational 69 65 66 70   270 Doug Sanders Playoff
2/26/1961 Baton Rouge Open Invitational 65 67 68 66   266 Wes Ellis 7 strokes
4/30/1961 Texas Open Invitational 67 63 72 68   270 Al Balding 1 stroke
6/25/1961 Western Open 65 70 67 69   271 Sam Snead 2 strokes
7/14/1961 *British Open Championship 70 73 69 72   284 Dai Rees 1 stroke
2/4/1962 Palm Springs Golf Classic 69 67 66 71 69 342 Jay Hebert, Gene Littler 3 strokes
2/11/1962 Phoenix Open Invitational 64 68 71 66   269 Billy Casper, Don Fairfield, Bob McCallister, Jack Nicklaus 12 strokes
4/8/1962 Masters Tournament 70 66 69 75   280 Gary Player, Dow Finsterwald Playoff
4/29/1962 Texas Open Invitational 67 69 70 67   273 Joe Campbell, Gene Littler, Mason Rudolph, Doug Sanders 1 stroke
5/6/1962 Tournament of Champions 69 70 69 68   276 Billy Casper 1 stroke
5/13/1962 Colonial National Invitation 67 72 66 76   281 Johnny Pott Playoff
7/13/1962 *British Open Championship 71 69 67 69   276 Kel Nagle 6 strokes
8/12/1962 American Golf Classic 67 69 70 70   276 Mason Rudolph 5 strokes
1/7/1963 Los Angeles Open 69 69 70 66   274 Al Balding, Gary Player 3 strokes
2/12/1963 Phoenix Open Invitational 68 67 68 70   273 Gary Player 1 stroke
3/10/1963 Pensacola Open Invitational 69 68 69 67   273 Harold Kneece, Gary Player 2 strokes
6/16/1963 Thunderbird Classic Invitational 67 70 68 72   277 Paul Harney Playoff
7/1/1963 Cleveland Open Invitational 71 68 66 68   273 Tommy Aaron, Tony Lema Playoff
7/29/1963 Western Open 73 67 67 73   280 Julius Boros, Jack Nicklaus Playoff
10/6/1963 Whitemarsh Open Invitational 70 71 66 74   281 Lionel Hebert 1 stroke
4/12/1964 Masters Tournament 69 68 69 70   276 Dave Marr, Jack Nicklaus 6 strokes
5/18/1964 Oklahoma City Open Invitational 72 69 69 67   277 Lionel Hebert 2 strokes
5/2/1965 *Tournament of Champions 66 69 71 71   277 Chi Chi Rodriguez 2 strokes
1/9/1966 Los Angeles Open 72 66 62 73   273 Miller Barber, Paul Harney 3 strokes
4/18/1966 Tournament of Champions 74 70 70 69   283 Gay Brewer Playoff
11/20/1966 Houston Champions International 70 68 68 69   275 Gardner Dickinson 1 stroke
1/29/1967 Los Angeles Open 70 64 67 68   269 Gay Brewer 5 strokes
2/19/1967 Tucson Open Invitational 66 67 67 73   273 Charles Courtney 1 stroke
8/13/1967 American Golf Classic 70 67 72 67   276 Doug Sanders 3 strokes
9/24/1967 Thunderbird Classic 71 71 72 69   283 Charles Coody, Jack Nicklaus, Art Wall 1 stroke
2/4/1968 *Bob Hope Desert Classic 72 70 67 71 68 348 Deane Beman Playoff
9/15/1968 Kemper Open 69 70 70 67   276 Bruce Crampton, Art Wall 4 strokes
11/30/1969 Heritage Golf Classic 68 71 70 74   283 Richard Crawford, Bert Yancey 3 strokes
12/7/1969 Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic 68 67 70 65   270 Gay Brewer 2 strokes
7/26/1970 *National Four-Ball Championship             Jack Nicklaus Partner
2/14/1971 *Bob Hope Desert Classic 67 71 66 68 70 342 Raymond Floyd Playoff
3/14/1971 Florida Citrus Invitational 66 68 68 68   270 Julius Boros 1 stroke
7/25/1971 Westchester Classic 64 70 68 68   270 Gibby Gilbert, Hale Irwin 5 strokes
8/1/1971 National Team Championship             Jack Nicklaus Partner
2/11/1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic 71 66 69 68 69 343 Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus 2 strokes
PGA TOUR Career Summary
Year Number of events Number of Rounds 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Cuts made Cuts missed Money
Total 734 2567 62 38 27 245 388 574 149 1,861,857
1949 - a 1 4           1    
1953 - a 2 6           1 1  
1954 - a 4 8       1 3 4    
1954 1               1  
1955 30 106 1   1 8 15 26 2 7,958
1956 29 103 2 1   8 13 28   16,145
1957 31 114 4   2 13 20 28 3 27,803
1958 32 118 3 5 2 14 23 30 2 42,608
1959 31 115 3 1 3 16 25 31   32,462
1960 27 104 8 1 2 19 24 26 1 75,263
1961 25 100 6 5 2 20 23 24 1 61,091
1962 21 85 8 1   13 19 21   81,448
1963 20 80 7 3   14 16 20   128,230
1964 26 96 2 6 4 18 24 26   113,203
1965 21 78 1 3   6 13 19 1 57,771
1966 21 79 3 2 2 13 15 21   110,468
1967 25 95 4 4 1 16 19 22 2 184,065
1968 23 87 2 2   8 13 20 3 87,496
1969 26 100 2   1 10 16 25   95,267
1970 22 85 1 3 2 11 14 22   100,941
1971 24 90 4   1 10 20 24   162,896
1972 22 75   1 2 10 15 19 3 81,440
1973 22 86 1   1 7 15 20 2 87,275
1974 20 66       2 7 14 6 32,627
1975 20 69     1 5 12 16 4 59,018
1976 19 61         6 14 4 17,018
1977 21 72         7 17 4 21,950
1978 15 54       2 4 11 4 27,073
1979 16 53         1 9 7 9,276
1980 14 47         3 10 4 16,589
1981 13 36           7 6 4,164
1982 11 32         1 4 7 6,621
1983 11 38       1 1 6 5 16,904
1984 8 23           2 6 2,452
1985 6 18           2 4 3,327
1986 6 11             6  
1987 4 12           1 3 1,650
1988 5 12             4  
1989 4 12           1 3 2,290
1990 4 10             4  
1991 5 14         1 1 4 7,738
1992 5 13             5  
1993 5 14           1 4 1,970
1994 6 15             6  
1995 5 13             5  
1996 3 8             3  
1997 2 3             1  
1998 3 8             3  
1999 3 8             3  
2000 3 8             3  
2001 4 8             3  
2002 3 7             2  
2003 2 4             2  
2004 2 4             2  
Top tournament summary
Year THE PLAYERS Masters U.S. Open British Open PGA
1953     CUT    
1954     CUT    
1955   T10 T21    
1956   21 7    
1957   T7 CUT    
1958   1 T23   T40
1959   3 T5   T14
1960   1 1 2 T7
1961   T2 T14 1 T5
1962   1 2 1 T17
1963   T9 T2 T26 T40
1964   1 T5   T2
1965   T2 CUT 16 T33
1966   T4 2 T8 T6
1967   4 2   T14
1968   CUT T59 T10 T2
1969   26 T6   W/D
1970   T36 T54 12 T2
1971   T18 T24   T18
1972   T33 3 T6 T16
1973   T24 T4 T14 CUT
1974 CUT T11 T5   T28
1975 CUT T13 T9 T16 T33
1976 T51 CUT T50 T55 T15
1977 T40 T24 T19 7 T19
1978 T77 T37 CUT T34 CUT
1979 T50 CUT T59   CUT
1980   T24 61 CUT T72
1981 T45 CUT CUT T23 76
1982 CUT 47 CUT T27 CUT
1983 T54 T36 T60 T56 T67
1984 T66 CUT   CUT CUT
1985 T69 CUT     T65
1986 CUT CUT     CUT
1987   CUT   CUT T65
1988   CUT     CUT
1989   CUT   CUT T63
1990   CUT   CUT CUT
1991   CUT     CUT
1992   CUT     CUT
1993   CUT     CUT
1994   CUT CUT   CUT
1995   CUT   CUT  
1996   CUT      
1997   CUT      
1998   CUT      
1999   CUT      
2000   CUT      
2001   CUT      
2002   CUT      
2003   CUT      
2004   CUT      
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