1933 PGA Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 8–13, 1933 |
Location | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Course(s) | Blue Mound Country Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Match play - 5 rounds |
Statistics | |
Par | 70[1] |
Length | 6,270 yards (5,733 m)[2] |
Field | 100 players, 32 to match play[2] |
Cut | 146 (+6) |
Prize fund | $7,200[3] |
Winner's share | $1,000 |
Champion | |
Gene Sarazen | |
def. Willie Goggin, 5 & 4 | |
Wauwatosa
Blue Mound
Country Club
Country Club
The 1933 PGA Championship was the 16th PGA Championship, held August 8–13 at Blue Mound Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Then a match play championship, Gene Sarazen won the third of his three PGA Championship titles, defeating Willie Goggin 5 & 4.[4][5] It was the sixth of his seven major titles.
Defending champion Olin Dutra lost in the second round to semifinalist Johnny Farrell, 1 up.[6]
This was Wisconsin's first and only major for 71 years; the PGA Championship returned to the state in 2004 at Whistling Straits near Kohler.
Format[]
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1933 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[3]
- Tuesday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
- defending champion Olin Dutra and top 31 professionals advanced to match play
- Wednesday – first round – 36 holes
- Thursday – second round – 36 holes
- Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
- Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes
- Sunday – final – 36 holes
Past champions in the field[]
Player | Country | Year(s) won | Record | Advanced to | Finish |
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Gene Sarazen | United States | 1922, 1923 | 5–0 | Champion | 1 |
Tom Creavy | United States | 1931 | 2–1 | Quarterfinals | T5 |
Olin Dutra | United States | 1930 | 1–1 | Second round | T9 |
Leo Diegel | United States | 1928, 1929 | 0–1 | First round | T17 |
Final results[]
Sunday, August 13, 1933
Place | Player | Country | Money ($) |
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1 | Gene Sarazen | United States | 1,000 |
2 | Willie Goggin | United States | 500 |
T3 | Johnny Farrell | United States | 250 |
Jimmy Hines | United States | ||
T5 | Tom Creavy | United States | 200 |
Ed Dudley | United States | ||
Johnny Golden | United States | ||
Paul Runyan | United States |
Final eight bracket[]
Quarter-finals August 11 | Semi-finals August 12 | Finals August 13 | ||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | 6&5 | |||||||||||||
Ed Dudley | ||||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | 5&4 | |||||||||||||
Johnny Farrell | ||||||||||||||
Johnny Farrell | 5&4 | |||||||||||||
Johnny Golden | ||||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | 5&4 | |||||||||||||
Willie Goggin | ||||||||||||||
Willie Goggin | 6&5 | |||||||||||||
Paul Runyan | ||||||||||||||
Willie Goggin | 1up | |||||||||||||
Jimmy Hines | ||||||||||||||
Jimmy Hines | 4&3 | |||||||||||||
Tom Creavy |
Final match scorecards[]
Morning
Afternoon
References[]
- ^ "Mortie Dutra, Hines in medal tie". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 9, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "National P.G.A. tourney to open today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 8, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- ^ a b "Tournament Info for: 1933 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved May 3, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Nevada, Charles (August 14, 1933). "Sarazen beats Goggin in pro golf, 5 and 4". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 21.
- ^ a b "Sarazen beats Goggin for P.G.A. title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 14, 1933. p. 13. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- ^ "Farrell eliminates Olin Dutra, one up". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 11, 1933. p. 17. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
External links[]
- PGA Media Guide 2012
- About.com – 1933 PGA Championship
- PGA.com – 1933 PGA Championship
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