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

Source:[7][10]

Second round[]

Friday, July 22, 1960

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

Source:[11][12]

Third round[]

Saturday, July 23, 1960

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Doug Sanders  United States 70-71-69=210 E
T3 Jim Ferrier  Australia
 United States		 71-74-66=211 +1
Jay Hebert  United States 72-67-72=211
Sam Snead  United States 68-73-70=211
5 Don January  United States 70-70-72=212 +2
T6 Doug Ford  United States 75-70-69=214 +4
Fred Hawkins  United States 73-69-72=214
T8 Dow Finsterwald  United States 73-73-69=215 +5
Dave Marr  United States 75-71-69=215
Ken Venturi  United States 70-72-73=215

Source:[13][14]

Final round[]

Sunday, July 24, 1960

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Jay Hebert  United States 72-67-72-70=281 +1 11,000
2 Jim Ferrier  Australia
 United States		 71-74-66-71=282 +2 5,500
T3 Doug Sanders  United States 70-71-69-73=283 +3 3,350
Sam Snead  United States 68-73-70-72=283
5 Don January  United States 70-70-72-72=284 +4 2,800
6 Wes Ellis  United States 72-72-72-69=285 +5 2,500
T7 Doug Ford  United States 75-70-69-72=286 +6 2,125
Arnold Palmer  United States 67-74-75-70=286
9 Ken Venturi  United States 70-72-73-72=287 +7 1,900
T10 Fred Hawkins  United States 73-69-72-74=288 +8 1,750
Dave Marr  United States 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. Retrieved December 29, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  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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