1967 PGA Championship

1967 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	July 20–24, 1967
Location	Columbine Valley, Colorado
Course(s)	Columbine Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,436 yards (6,799 m)^[1]
Field	143 players, 75 after cut
Cut	151 (+7)
Prize fund	$148,200^[2]
Winner's share	$25,000
Champion
Don January
281 (−7), playoff
«1966 1968»

Columbine CC

Location in United States

The 1967 PGA Championship was the 49th PGA Championship, played July 20–24 at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Don January won his only major title in an 18-hole playoff over Don Massengale (69-71).^[3] Both had overtaken the leaders with low scores in the fourth round on Sunday.

Columbine was scheduled to host the championship in 1966, but flooding of the course by the South Platte River caused a postponement of a year. Firestone Country Club in Ohio, scheduled to host in 1967, swapped years with Columbine and was the site of the tournament in 1966.^[4]

There was a possibility of a boycott of the championship by the top tournament players, due to grievances with the PGA of America. An understanding was achieved several weeks before and the top players entered.^[5]

At the time, Columbine was the longest course in major championship history at 7,436 yards (6,799 m). The elevation of the course is over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above sea level, but dry and fast conditions shortened its effective length. Tommy Aaron carded a course record 65 in the second round to take a four-stroke lead,^[6] but a 76 on Saturday dropped him two back and he fell out of contention on Sunday with a 78. The 54-hole leader was Dan Sikes, the chairman of the tournament players committee,^[7] who shot a final round 73 and finished a stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for third with Jack Nicklaus.^[1]

This was the second and final 18-hole Monday playoff at the PGA Championship, formerly a match play event through 1957. The next playoff was ten years later in 1977 and the format was changed to sudden-death, immediately following the fourth round. It was later changed to a three-hole aggregate format, first used in 2000.

The Open Championship was played the previous week near Liverpool, England, one 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).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963	67	75	69	67	282	−6	T3
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	73	71	69	70	283	−5	T5
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	75	71	70	71	287	−1	T14
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	75	75	67	70	287	−1	T14
Dave Marr	United States	1965	75	72	71	75	293	+5	T33
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	73	78	71	73	295	+7	T42
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	74	75	74	76	299	+11	T64
Jim Ferrier	Australia	1947	74	75	75	77	301	+13	T64
Chick Harbert	United States	1954	73	76	77	76	302	+14	T67

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Doug Ford	United States	1955	78	74	152	+8
Jay Hebert	United States	1960	77	75	152	+8
Bob Rosburg	United States	1959	79	74	153	+9
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	75	80	155	+11
Walter Burkemo	United States	1953	81	75	156	+12
Chandler Harper	United States	1950	DQ

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dave Hill	United States	66	−6
2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	67	−5
T3	Don Bies	United States	69	−3
	Julius Boros	United States
	Davis Love, Jr.	United States
	Dan Sikes	United States
T7	Tommy Aaron	United States	70	−2
	Rich Bassett	United States
	Bob Goalby	United States
	Don Massengale	United States
	Arnold Palmer	United States
	Mike Souchak	United States

Second round

Friday, July 21, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tommy Aaron	United States	70-65=135	−9
T2	Don Bies	United States	69-70=139	−5
	Dave Hill	United States	66-73=139
	Dan Sikes	United States	69-70=139
4	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-71=141	−3
5	Jack Nicklaus	United States	67-75=142	−2
T6	Bill Biedorf	United States	72-71=143	−1
	Raymond Floyd	United States	74-69=143
	Don January	United States	71-72=143
	R. H. Sikes	United States	71-71=143
	Mike Souchak	United States	70-73=143
	Dudley Wysong	United States	73-70=143

Source:^[6]

Third round

Saturday, July 22, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Dan Sikes	United States	69-70-70=209	−7
T2	Tommy Aaron	United States	70-65-76=211	−5
T2	Jack Nicklaus	United States	67-75-69=211	−5
4	Bob Goalby	United States	70-74-68=212	−4
T5	Al Geiberger	United States	73-71-69=213	−3
	Dave Hill	United States	66-73-74=213
	Don January	United States	71-72-70=213
	Arnold Palmer	United States	70-71-72=213
	R. H. Sikes	United States	71-71-71=213
	Mike Souchak	United States	70-73-70=213

Source:^[7]

Final round

Sunday, July 23, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Don January	United States	71-72-70-68=281	−7	Playoff
T1	Don Massengale	United States	70-75-70-66=281	−7	Playoff
T3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	67-75-69-71=282	−6	9,000
T3	Dan Sikes	United States	69-70-70-73=282	−6	9,000
T5	Julius Boros	United States	69-76-70-68=283	−5	6,500
T5	Al Geiberger	United States	73-71-69-70=283	−5	6,500
T7	Frank Beard	United States	71-74-70-70=285	−3	4,750
	Don Bies	United States	69-70-76-70=285
	Bob Goalby	United States	70-74-68-73=285
	Gene Littler	United States	73-72-71-69=285

Source:^[1]

Playoff

Monday, July 24, 1967

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Don January	United States	36-33=69	−3	25,000
2	Don Massengale	United States	36-35=71	−1	15,000

Scorecard

	Birdie		Bogey

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	3	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4
January	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3
Massengale	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1

Source:^[8]

References

1 2 3 "Texans Massengale, January tie in down-to-wire PGA final round". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 24, 1967. p. 10.
↑ "Tournament Info for: 1967 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
↑ "January breaks playoff jinx to win PGA by two strokes". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 25, 1967.
↑ Wright, Alfred (July 31, 1967). "Two Dons In Quest Of A Title". Sports Illustrated. p. 18. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
↑ "Pro golfers settle odds with PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 6, 1967. p. 1C.
1 2 "Aaron erases course record". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 22, 1967. p. 1B.
1 2 "PGA rebel grabs lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 23, 1967. p. 1B.
↑ "January Beats Massengale in PGA Playoff". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 25, 1967. p. 16. Retrieved January 2, 2013.

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Key figures

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Coordinates: 39°36′00″N 105°02′10″W / 39.60°N 105.036°W / 39.60; -105.036

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