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1957 PGA RECAP  

nd Date Tournament Winner Score To Par Margin Winnings Runners Up
01/07 Los Angeles Open Doug Ford 280 - 4 1 7,000.00 Jay Hebert
01/13 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship Jay Hebert 213 - 3 2 2,500.00 Cary Middlecoff
01/20 Agua Caliente Open Ed Furgol * 280 N/A 0 2,000.00 Al Besselink
01/27 Thunderbird Invitational Jimmy Demaret * 273 N/A 0 2,000.00 Mike Souchak,Ken Venturi
01/27 Imperial Valley Open Tony Lema * 276 N/A 0 1,000.00 Paul Harney
02/03 Phoenix Open Invitational Billy Casper 271 - 9 3 2,000.00 Cary Middlecoff,Mike Souchak
02/10 Tucson Open Invitational Dow Finsterwald * 269 N/A 0 2,000.00 Don Whitt
02/17 Texas Open Invitational Jay Hebert 271 -13 1 2,800.00 Ed Furgol
02/25 Houston Open Arnold Palmer 279 - 5 1 7,500.00 Doug Ford
02/26 Port Arthur Pro-Amateur Joe Zakarian 066 N/A 3 575.00 Bob Gajda,Paul O'Leary
03/03 Baton Rouge Open Invitational Jimmy Demaret 278 N/A 1 2,000.00 Peter Thomson
03/10 Pensacola Open Invitational Art Wall 273 N/A 2 2,000.00 Peter Thomson
03/17 St. Petersburg Open Invitational Pete Cooper 269 N/A 4 1,700.00 Jack Burke, Jr.
03/20 Latham-Reed Pro-Am

 
139 N/A 2 1,400.00 
1,400.00
Ben Hogan,Sam Snead
03/21 Coral Ridge Pro-Am Walter Burkemo 068 N/A 2 700.00 Ed Furgol,Jay Hebert
03/22 Walter E. Olson Pro-Am * 

 
067 N/A 1 430.00 
430.00
Herman Barron,Walter Burkemo,Marty Furgol,Don January,Shelley Mayfield,Peter Thomson
03/24 Miami Beach Open Al Balding 137 N/A 1 1,200.00 Chick Harbert
03/31 Azalea Open Invitational Arnold Palmer 282 - 6 1 1,700.00 Dow Finsterwald
04/07 Masters Tournament Doug Ford 283 - 5 3 8,750.00 Sam Snead
04/14 Greater Greensboro Open Stan Leonard 276 - 8 3 2,000.00 Mike Souchak
04/21 Tournament of Champions Gene Littler 285 - 3 3 10,000.00 Billy Casper,Jimmy Demaret,Dow Finsterwald,Billy Maxwell
04/28 Kentucky Derby Open Invitational Billy Casper 277 N/A 1 4,300.00 Peter Thomson
05/05 Colonial National Invitational Roberto De Vicenzo 284 + 4 1 5,000.00 Dick Mayer
05/12 Arlington Hotel Open Jimmy Demaret 276 N/A 1 2,800.00 Jack Burke, Jr.,Lloyd Mangrum,Billy Maxwell,Johnny Palmer,Mike Souchak
05/19 Greenbrier Invitational E. J. Harrison 266 N/A 2 2,300.00 Paul Harney,Sam Snead
05/26 Kansas City Open Invitational Al Besselink 279 N/A 3 2,800.00 George Bayer,Dow Finsterwald
06/02 Palm Beach Round Robin Sam Snead N/A N/A 0 3,000.00 Doug Ford
06/09 Rubber City Open Invitational Arnold Palmer * 272 -12 0 2,800.00 Doug Ford
06/15 U.S. Open Championship Dick Mayer * 282 + 2 0 7,200.00 Cary Middlecoff
06/23 Carling Open Invitational Paul Harney 275 N/A 3 5,700.00 Dow Finsterwald
06/30 Western Open Doug Ford * 279 - 9 0 5,000.00 George Bayer,Gene Littler,Billy Maxwell
07/05 The Open Championship Bobby Locke 279 N/A 3 2,800.00 Peter Thomson
07/07 Labatt Open Invitational Paul Harney 278 N/A 1 3,500.00 George Bayer
07/13 Canadian Open George Bayer 271 -13 2 3,500.00 Bo Wininger
07/21 Erie Open Invitational Paul O'Leary 137 N/A 1 1,000.00 Gay Brewer
07/21 PGA Championship Lionel Hebert N/A N/A 0 8,000.00 Dow Finsterwald
07/28 Eastern Open Invitational Tommy Bolt 276 N/A 4 2,800.00 Billy Casper,Fred Hawkins
08/05 All American Open Roberto De Vicenzo 273 N/A 4 3,500.00 Gene Littler
08/11 World Championship of Golf Dick Mayer 279 N/A 1 50,000.00 Al Balding,Sam Snead
08/18 St. Paul Open Invitational Ken Venturi 266 N/A 2 2,800.00 Bob Rosburg
08/19 Oak Ridge Professional-Amateur Bob Toski 064 N/A 3 400.00 Lionel Hebert,Billy Maxwell
08/25 Miller High Life Open Ken Venturi 267 N/A 5 6,000.00 Al Balding,Sam Snead
09/02 Insurance City Open Invitational Gardner Dickinson 272 -12 2 2,800.00 George Bayer
09/03 Apawamis Professional-Amateur Marty Furgol 067 N/A 2 700.00 Otto Greiner,Al Mengert,Bill Nary
09/04 Stamford Open (Professionals) Billy Maxwell 066 N/A 2 600.00 Bob Hill
09/05 Concord International * 

 
068 N/A 1 366.67 
366.67
Al Brosch,Jack Burke, Jr.,Jimmy Demaret,Al Mengert,Bill Nary,Bob Rosburg
09/16 Dallas Open Invitational Sam Snead 264 -20 10 8,000.00 Bob Inman,Billy Maxwell,Cary Middlecoff
10/27 Hesperia Open Invitational Billy Maxwell 275 N/A 2 2,000.00 Dow Finsterwald
11/03 San Diego Open Invitational Arnold Palmer 271 -17 1 2,800.00 Al Balding
11/10 Long Beach Open Invitational Charles Sifford * 203 N/A 0 1,200.00 Eric Monti
11/24 West Palm Beach Open Invitational Al Balding 209 N/A 1 1,200.00 Dow Finsterwald,Bert Weaver
12/01 Caracas Open Invitational Al Besselink * 279 N/A 0 4,000.00 Bob Rosburg
12/08 Havana Invitational Al Balding * 281 N/A 0 2,400.00 Al Besselink
12/15 Mayfair Inn Open Walter Burkemo 269 N/A 1 2,000.00 Jay Hebert,Ed Oliver

* indicates a playoff.

 

 

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