1956 PGA RECAP  

End Date Tournament Winner Score To Par Margin Winnings Runners Up
01/09 Los Angeles Open Lloyd Mangrum 272 -12 3 6,000.00 Jerry Barber
01/15 Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship Cary Middlecoff 202 -14 5 2,500.00 Mike Souchak
01/22 Agua Caliente Open Mike Souchak 281 N/A 2 2,200.00 Tommy Bolt
01/29 Thunderbird Invitational Jimmy Demaret 269 N/A 1 2,000.00 Cary Middlecoff
01/29 Imperial Valley Open Paul O'Leary 271 N/A 3 1,000.00 Billy Casper,Wes Ellis,Doug Higgins, Jr,Fred Wampler
02/05 Phoenix Open Cary Middlecoff 276 - 8 3 2,400.00 Mike Souchak
02/12 Tucson Open Invitational Ted Kroll 264 N/A 3 2,000.00 Dow Finsterwald
02/19 Texas Open Invitational Gene Littler 276 -12 2 3,750.00 Mike Fetchick,Frank Stranahan,Ernie Vossler
02/26 Houston Open Ted Kroll 277 - 7 3 6,000.00 Jack Burke, Jr.,Dave Douglas
02/27 Port Arthur Pro-Amateur Doug Higgins, Jr 069 N/A 1 400.00 Fred Hawkins,Ted Kroll
03/04 Baton Rouge Open Shelley Mayfield 277 N/A 3 2,200.00 Walter Burkemo,Jimmy Demaret,Doug Ford,Fred Haas,Fred Hawkins
03/05 Metairie Country Club Pro-Am Dick Mayer 068 N/A 1 225.00 Doug Ford,Paul Harney
03/11 Pensacola Open Invitational Don Fairfield 275 N/A 2 2,200.00 Bo Wininger
03/18 St. Petersburg Open Mike Fetchick * 275 N/A 0 2,200.00 Lionel Hebert
03/25 Miami Beach Open Gardner Dickinson 272 N/A 1 2,400.00 Dow Finsterwald,Billy Maxwell
04/01 Azalea Open Invitational Mike Souchak 273 -15 1 2,200.00 Dick Mayer
04/08 Masters Tournament Jack Burke, Jr. 289 + 1 1 6,000.00 Ken Venturi
04/15 Greater Greensboro Open Sam Snead * 279 - 5 0 2,200.00 Fred Wampler
04/22 Arlington Hotel Open Billy Maxwell 272 N/A 1 2,400.00 George Bayer,Ernie Vossler
04/29 Tournament of Champions Gene Littler 281 - 7 4 10,000.00 Cary Middlecoff
05/06 Colonial National Invitational Mike Souchak 280 E 1 5,000.00 Tommy Bolt
05/13 Carling Open Invitational Dow Finsterwald 274 N/A 3 5,000.00 Jack Burke, Jr.,Billy Casper,Billy Maxwell
05/20 Kansas City Open Bo Wininger 273 N/A 1 4,300.00 Fred Hawkins,Bob Rosburg
05/27 Dallas Centennial Open Don January 268 N/A 1 6,000.00 Dow Finsterwald,Doug Ford
06/04 Texas International Open Peter Thomson * 267 N/A 0 13,478.00 Gene Littler,Cary Middlecoff
06/10 Palm Beach Round Robin Gene Littler N/A N/A 0 3,000.00 Ted Kroll
06/11 Piping Rock Pro-Amateur * 

 		 068 N/A 2 875.00 
875.00		 Dow Finsterwald,Claude Harmon
06/16 U.S. Open Championship Cary Middlecoff 281 + 1 1 6,000.00 Julius Boros,Ben Hogan
06/24 Philadelphia Daily News Open Dick Mayer * 269 N/A 0 4,000.00 Bud Holscher
06/25 Apawamis Professional-Amateur * 

 		 069 N/A 1 750.00 
750.00		 Doug Ford,Paul Harney,Jay Hebert
07/01 Insurance City Open Arnold Palmer * 274 -10 0 4,000.00 Ted Kroll
07/06 The Open Championship Peter Thomson 286 - 2 3 2,800.00 Flory Van Donck
07/08 Canadian Open Doug Sanders * 273 -15 0   Dow Finsterwald
07/15 Labatt Open Billy Casper 274 N/A 2 5,000.00 Jimmy Demaret
07/24 PGA Championship Jack Burke, Jr. N/A N/A 0 5,000.00 Ted Kroll
07/29 Eastern Open Arnold Palmer 277 N/A 2 3,800.00 Dow Finsterwald
08/05 All American Open E. J. Harrison 278 N/A 2 3,420.00 Earl Stewart
08/12 World Championship of Golf Ted Kroll 273 N/A 3 50,000.00 Fred Hawkins
08/19 Miller High Life Open Ed Furgol 265 N/A 4 6,000.00 Gene Littler
08/26 St. Paul Open Mike Souchak 271 N/A 1 4,000.00 Jerry Barber
09/02 Motor City Open Bob Rosburg * 284 N/A 0 4,000.00 Ed Furgol
09/09 Rubber City Open Ed Furgol 271 -13 1 3,000.00 Arnold Palmer
09/16 Fort Wayne Open Art Wall * 269 N/A 0 2,400.00 Gardner Dickinson,Bill Trombley
09/23 Oklahoma City Open Fred Hawkins 279 N/A 2 2,400.00 Gardner Dickinson
10/07 Convair-San Diego Open Bob Rosburg 270 -18 2 2,400.00 Dick Mayer
10/14 Western Open Mike Fetchick * 284 - 4 0 5,000.00 Doug Ford,Jay Hebert,Don January
10/16 Apple Valley Clambake Championship Don January 130 N/A 6 1,000.00 Dow Finsterwald,Bill Trombley,Ernie Vossler
12/09 Havana Invitational Al Besselink 276 N/A 2 2,500.00 Ed Furgol
12/16 Mayfair Inn Open Mike Fetchick 263 N/A 2 2,400.00 Frank Stranahan

* indicates a playoff.