1960 PGA Championship

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1960 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJuly 21–24, 1960
LocationAkron, Ohio
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatStroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length7,165 yards (6,552 m)[1]
Field183 players,
95 after 1st cut
60 after 2nd cut
Cut151 (+11) (1st cut)
224 (+14) (2nd cut)
Prize fund$63,130[2]
Winner's share$11,000
Champion
United States Jay Hebert
281 (+1)
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The 1960 PGA Championship was the 42nd PGA Championship, played July 21–24 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jay Hebert won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Ferrier, the 1947 champion.[1][3][4] Only one player broke par in the final round; Wes Ellis shot 69 (−1) and finished in sixth place.[5] Hebert's younger brother Lionel won the title in 1957, the last PGA Championship contested in match play format.

Third round leader Doug Sanders shot 73 (+3) on Sunday and finished two strokes back in a tie for third. Arnold Palmer, reigning champion of the Masters and U.S. Open, carded a triple-bogey eight on the 16th hole on Saturday,[6] and finished five strokes back.[1][3]

Palmer was attempting to win a third major in 1960; in addition to his wins at the Masters and U.S. Open, he was runner-up by a stroke at the British Open at St Andrews. At Firestone, Palmer opened with a 67 for the first round lead,[7][8][9] but fell off the pace late on Saturday and tied for seventh; he won seven majors but never a PGA Championship. Through 2017, no player has won all three U.S. majors (Masters, U.S. Open, PGA) in the same calendar year.

Two-time champion Ben Hogan played in the PGA Championship for the first time since his match play victory in 1948. A third round 78 (+8) left him at 225 (+15) and he missed the 54-hole cut by one stroke.[6]

Attendance figures were 14,141 for Sunday's final round, with a four-day total of 53,509.[1]

This was the first of three PGA Championships at the South Course, which later hosted in 1966 and 1975. It is the current venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the World Series of Golf on the PGA Tour. The American Golf Classic was held at Firestone 's south course from 1961 to 1975.

Course layout

Main article: Firestone Country Club

South Course

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 400 500 450 465 230 450 225 450 465 3,635 405 365 180 460 410 230 625 390 465 3,530 7,165
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 21, 1960

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Arnold Palmer 67 −3
2 United States Sam Snead 68 −2
T3 United States Fred Haas 69 −1
United States Paul Harney
T5 United States Don Fairfield 70 E
United States Don January
United States Doug Sanders
T8 United States George Bayer 71 +1
United States Al Besselink
United States Bill Collins
United States Jim Ferree
United States Jim Ferrier
United States Ed Griffiths
United States Bob Harris
United States John O'Donnell
United States Ernie Vossler
United States Don Whitt

Source:[7][10]

Second round

Friday, July 22, 1960

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Jay Hebert 72-67=139 −1
2 United States Don January 70-70=140 E
T3 United States Arnold Palmer 67-74=141 +1
United States Doug Sanders 70-71=141
United States Sam Snead 68-73=141
T6 United States Fred Hawkins 73-69=142 +2
United States John O'Donnell 71-71=142
United States Ken Venturi 70-72=142
9 United States Mason Rudolph 72-71=143 +3
T10 United States George Bayer 71-73=144 +4
United States Tommy Bolt 72-72=144
United States Wes Ellis 72-72=144
United States Ted Kroll 73-71=144
United States Gene Littler 74-70=144

Source:[11][12]

Third round

Saturday, July 23, 1960

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Doug Sanders 70-71-69=210 E
T2 United States Jim Ferrier 71-74-66=211 +1
United States Jay Hebert 72-67-72=211
United States Sam Snead 68-73-70=211
5 United States Don January 70-70-72=212 +2
T6 United States Doug Ford 75-70-69=214 +4
United States Fred Hawkins 73-69-72=214
T8 United States Dow Finsterwald 73-73-69=215 +5
United States Dave Marr 75-71-69=215
United States Ken Venturi 70-72-73=215

Source:[13][14]

Final round

Sunday, July 24, 1960

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Jay Hebert 72-67-72-70=281 +1 11,000
2 United States Jim Ferrier
 71-74-66-71=282 +2 5,500
T3 United States Doug Sanders 70-71-69-73=283 +3 3,350
United States Sam Snead 68-73-70-72=283
5 United States Don January 70-70-72-72=284 +4 2,800
6 United States Wes Ellis 72-72-72-69=285 +5 2,500
T7 United States Doug Ford 75-70-69-72=286 +6 2,125
United States Arnold Palmer 67-74-75-70=286
9 United States Ken Venturi 70-72-73-72=287 +7 1,900
T10 United States Fred Hawkins 73-69-72-74=288 +8 1,750
United States Dave Marr 75-71-69-73=288

Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gundelfinger, Phil (July 25, 1960). "Jay Hebert rallies to win PGA with 281". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 20, 23.
  2. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1960 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Hebert's birdies win PGA". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 25, 1960. p. 10.
  4. ^ Wright, Alfred (August 1, 1960). "Mr. 'A-Bear' Makes It". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Jay Hebert wins PGA Championship". Montreal Gazette. Associated Press. July 25, 1960. p. 17.
  6. ^ a b "Sanders fires 67 (69) for lead in PGA as Palmer falters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 24, 1960. p. 1B.
  7. ^ a b Gundelfinger, Phil (July 22, 1960). "Palmer's sizzling 67 leads way in PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18.
  8. ^ "Palmer grabs PGA lead". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. July 22, 1960. p. 18.
  9. ^ "Palmer gets off to superb start in PGA tourney". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. July 22, 1960. p. 14.
  10. ^ "First round PGA scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 22, 1960. p. 19.
  11. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 23, 1960). "Jay Hebert fires 67, leads PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 13.
  12. ^ "Second round PGA scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 23, 1960. p. 20.
  13. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 24, 1960). "Sanders leads PGA with 210". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1, section 2.
  14. ^ "Third round PGA scores". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 24, 1960. p. 1, section 2.

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