1962 PGA Championship

1962 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	July 19–22, 1962
Location	Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Course(s)	Aronimink Golf Club
Organized by	PGA of America
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
Gary Player
278 (−2)
«1961 1963»

Aronomink
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Aronomink GC

Location in Pennsylvania

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] for the third of his nine major titles and the third leg of his career grand slam.

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 22, shot a final round 67 to finish in a tie for third in his first PGA Championship.^[5]

This championship was originally scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles,^[6]^[7] the first in California since 1929. In November 1960, the PGA of America had voted to retain its "caucasian only" clause, and had gained the ire of California's attorney general Stanley Mosk, who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. In response, the championship for 1962 was moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. The PGA of America dropped the clause in November 1961 by amending its constitution.^[6]^[7] The championship returned to California in 1977 at Pebble Beach, but was not played in southern California until 1983 at Riviera.

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	+12
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	77	75	152	+12
Jim Turnesa	United States	1952	77	77	154	+14

Source:^[2]^[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 19, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	John Barnum	United States	66	−4
2	Chick Harbert	United States	68	−2
T3	George Bayer	United States	69	−1
	Doug Ford	United States
	Bob Goalby	United States
	Frank Stranahan	United States
T7	Leo Biagetti	United States	70	E
	Joe Campbell	United States
	Paul Harney	United States
	Dick Hart	United States
	Don January	United States

Source:^[9]

Second round

Friday, July 20, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Doug Ford	United States	69-69=138	−2
T2	George Bayer	United States	69-70=139	−1
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	73-66=139
	Gary Player	South Africa	72-67=139
T5	John Barnum	United States	66-74=140	E
T5	Bob McCollister	United States	74-66=140	E
7	Bob Goalby	United States	69-72=141	+1
T8	Julius Boros	United States	73-69=142	+2
	Jack Burke Jr.	United States	73-69=142
	Marty Furgol	United States	71-71=142
	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-70=142
	Frank Stranahan	United States	69-73=142

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, July 21, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	South Africa	72-67-69=208	−2
T2	George Bayer	United States	69-70-71=210	E
T2	Bob McCollister	United States	74-66-70=210	E
4	Doug Ford	United States	69-69-73=211	+1
5	Bob Goalby	United States	69-72-71=212	+2
T6	Jack Burke Jr.	United States	73-69-71=213	+3
	Dow Finsterwald	United States	73-70-70=213
	Jack Fleck	United States	74-69-70=213
	Chick Harbert	United States	68-76-69=213
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	73-66-74=213
	Bobby Nichols	United States	72-70-71=213

Source:^[10]

Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1962

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
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
T3	Jack Nicklaus	United States	71-74-69-67=281	+1	3,450
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 2 "Player strokes way to win". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. July 23, 1962. p. 8.
1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1962 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 23, 1962). "Gary Player Wins PGA; Goalby 2nd". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
↑ Wright, Alfred (July 30, 1962). "The trouble with leading an army". Sports Illustrated. p. 16.
↑ "Player, PGA champ, gives credit to Palmer". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. July 23, 1962. p. 14.
1 2 "PGA opens its doors to Negroes, world golfers". Florence Times. Alabama. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 4, section 2.
1 2 "PGA group abolishes 'Caucasian'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. November 10, 1961. p. 22.
1 2 "Ford tops PGA tourney field". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. UPI. July 21, 1962. p. 6.
↑ "Barnum's 66 leads PGA". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. UPI. July 20, 1962. p. 12.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (July 22, 1962). "Player's 208 leads P.G.A. by 2 strokes". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

External links

PGA Media Guide 2012
About.com – 1962 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1962 PGA Championship

Preceded by 1962 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1963 Masters

1962 Men's Major Golf Championships

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Key figures

Frank Chirkinian

Music composers	Earl Klugh ("Take It From The Top") Dave Loggins ("Augusta") David Barrett ("The Gift") E.S. Posthumus ("Burlingame", "Thrill of Victory") Lalo Schifrin ("St. Ives Theme") Yanni ("Fanfare")

Television contract history
Golf on USA Network (early round Masters coverage)

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

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