1962 PGA Championship

1962 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates July 19–22, 1962
Location Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Course(s) Aronimink Golf Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,045 yards (6,442 m)[1]
Field 170 players,
91 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut
Cut 151 (+11) (1st cut)
222 (+12) (2nd cut)
Prize fund $69,400[2]
Winner's share $13,000
Champion
South Africa Gary Player
278 (−2)
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Aromomink Golf Club
Location in the United States

The 1962 PGA Championship was the 44th PGA Championship, played July 19–22 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Gary Player won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Goalby.[1][3] It was the third of Player's nine major titles.

The Open Championship was played the previous week in Troon, Scotland, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February).

Player missed the 36-hole cut at Troon, the British Open was won by Arnold Palmer for the second straight year. Palmer had also won the Masters in April. Both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship were played in his home state of Pennsylvania in 1962, just five weeks apart. Palmer lost to 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished ten strokes back in a tie for 17th at Aronimink.[4]

Jack Nicklaus, age 20, shot a final round 67 to finish in a tie for third in his first PGA Championship.[5]

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Doug Ford  United States 1955 69 69 73 71 282 +2 5
Jay Hebert  United States 1960 73 72 70 70 285 +5 10
Dow Finsterwald  United States 1958 73 70 70 73 286 +6 T11
Chick Harbert  United States 1954 68 76 69 73 286 +6 T11
Jack Burke, Jr.  United States 1956 73 69 71 75 288 +8 T17
Sam Snead  United States 1942, 1949, 1951 75 70 71 72 288 +8 T17
Walter Burkemo  United States 1953 72 75 72 74 293 +13 T39
Jim Ferrier  Australia 1947 72 71 73 77 293 +13 T39
Vic Ghezzi  United States 1941 76 69 74 79 298 +18 T57

Missed the first cut

Player Country Year won R1 R2 Total To par
Jerry Barber  United States 1961 79 73 152 +10
Lionel Hebert  United States 1957 77 75 152 +10
Jim Turnesa  United States 1952 77 77 154 +12

Source:[2]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1962

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Gary Player  South Africa 72-67-69-70=278 −2 13,000
2 Bob Goalby  United States 69-72-71-67=279 −1 6,700
T3 George Bayer  United States 69-70-71-71=281 +1 3,450
Jack Nicklaus  United States 71-74-69-67=281
5 Doug Ford  United States 69-69-73-71=282 +2 2,900
6 Bobby Nichols  United States 72-70-71-70=283 +3 2,500
T7 Jack Fleck  United States 74-69-70-71=284 +4 2,067
Paul Harney  United States 70-73-72-69=284
Dave Ragan  United States 72-74-70-68=284
10 Jay Hebert  United States 73-72-70-70=285 +5 1,750

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Player strokes way to win". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 23, 1962. p. 8.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tournament Info for: 1962 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 23, 1962). "Gary Player Wins PGA; Goalby 2nd". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). p. 1. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ Wright, Alfred (July 30, 1962). "The Trouble With Leading An Army". Sports Illustrated: 16. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Player, PGA champ, gives credit to Palmer". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. July 23, 1962. p. 14.

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Preceded by
1962 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1963 Masters

Coordinates: 40°00′40″N 75°24′32″W / 40.011°N 75.409°W