1958 PGA Championship

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1958 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJuly 17–20, 1958
LocationHavertown, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Llanerch Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,710 yards (6,136 m)
Field161 players
93 after first cut
64 after second cut
Cut154 (+14) (first cut)
228 (+18) (second cut)[2]
Prize fund$39,388[1]
Winner's share$5,500
Champion
United States Dow Finsterwald
276 (−4)
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The 1958 PGA Championship was the 40th PGA Championship, played July 17–20 at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. It was the first PGA Championship held in its current stroke play format,[3] 72 holes over four days, ending on Sunday. The previous editions were at match play, with the two most recent ones at seven rounds over five days, the final two rounds at 36 holes per match. The announcement of the change was made eight months earlier in November.[4][5]

Dow Finsterwald, the runner-up in 1957, shot a final round 67 to win his only major title, two shots ahead of runner-up Billy Casper. Finsterwald's round-by-round scores were 67-72-70-67=276, 4-under-par on the par-70 course.[6] Sam Snead led after 54 holes in pursuit of a fourth title, but faded to third with a final round 73 (+3).[7] The winner's share was $5,500, down from the previous year's $8,000.

The Open Championship was held two weeks earlier in England at Royal Lytham & St Annes, with only two Americans in the field; Gene Sarazen finished 16th, but missed the first cut at the PGA Championship.

Round summaries

Thursday, July 17, 1958

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Dow Finsterwald 67 −3
2 United States Jay Hebert 68 −2
T3 United States Jimmy Demaret 69 −1
United States Lionel Hebert
United States Ted Kroll
United States Dick Mayer
United States Felice Torza
T8 United States Jack Burke Jr. 70 E
United States Bob Crowley
T10 United States Leo Biagetti 71 +1
United States Bill Collins
United States Buster Cupit
United States Cary Middlecoff
United States Bob Rosburg
United States Don Whitt
United States Art Wall Jr.

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Dow Finsterwald 67-72=139 −1
United States Jay Hebert 68-71=139
T3 United States Julius Boros 72-68=140 E
United States Billy Casper 73-67=140
United States Sam Snead 73-67=140
T6 United States Bill Collins 71-70=141 +1
United States Felice Torza 69-72=141
T8 United States Tommy Bolt 72-70=142 +2
United States Jack Burke Jr. 70-72=142
United States Doug Ford 72-70=142
United States Lionel Hebert 69-73=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Sam Snead 73-67-67=207 −3
2 United States Billy Casper 73-67-68=208 −2
3 United States Dow Finsterwald 67-72-70=209 −1
4 United States Jack Burke Jr. 70-72-69=211 +1
T5 United States Doug Ford 72-70-70=212 +2
United States Jay Hebert 68-71-73=212
T7 United States Julius Boros 72-68-73=213 +3
United States Mike Souchak 75-69-69=213
T9 United States Buster Cupit 71-74-69=214 +4
United States Dick Mayer 75-69-69=214

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Dow Finsterwald 67-72-70-67=276 −4 5,500
2 United States Billy Casper 73-67-68-70=278 −2 3,500
3 United States Sam Snead 73-67-67-73=280 E 2,400
4 United States Jack Burke Jr. 70-72-69-70=281 +1 2,000
T5 United States Tommy Bolt 72-70-73-70=285 +5 1,600
United States Julius Boros 72-68-73-72=285
United States Jay Hebert 68-71-73-73=285
T8 United States Buster Cupit 71-74-69-73=287 +7 1,300
United States Ed Oliver 74-73-71-69=287
United States Mike Souchak 75-69-69-74=287

Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1958 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Grimsley, Will (July 20, 1958). "Snead takes over PGA command; can become oldest man to win". St. Petersburg Independent. Florida. Associated Press. p. 10-A.
  3. ^ Wind, Herbert Warren (August 4, 1958). "Items from a summer notebook". Sports Illustrated. p. 46.
  4. ^ "Medal play in pro golf slated". Time-News. (Hendersonville, North Carolina). United Press. November 15, 1957. p. 8.
  5. ^ "P.G.A. swings from match to medal play". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 15, 1957. p. 1, part 4.
  6. ^ "Final Scores From PGA". The Salt Lake Tribune. July 21, 1958. p. 41.
  7. ^ a b "Finsterwald wins as Snead 'blows up'". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. July 21, 1958. p. 2, part 2.
  8. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 18, 1959). "Dow Finsterwald's 67 leads PGA tourney". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 15.
  9. ^ "2nd round PGA scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 19, 1959. p. 11.
  10. ^ Bartlett, Charles (July 20, 1958). "Sam Snead fires 67 for 207; takes over PGA lead". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.

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