1958 PGA Championship

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]

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)[1]
Prize fund$39,388[2]
Winner's share$5,500
Champion
Dow Finsterwald
276 (−4)
Llanerch CC
Location in the United States
Llanerch CC
Location in Pennsylvania

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Dow Finsterwald67−3
2 Jay Hebert68−2
T3 Jimmy Demaret69−1
Lionel Hebert
Ted Kroll
Dick Mayer
Felice Torza
T8 Jack Burke Jr.70E
Bob Crowley
T10 Leo Biagetti71+1
Bill Collins
Buster Cupit
Cary Middlecoff
Bob Rosburg
Don Whitt
Art Wall Jr.

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Dow Finsterwald67-72=139−1
Jay Hebert68-71=139
T3 Julius Boros72-68=140E
Billy Casper73-67=140
Sam Snead73-67=140
T6 Bill Collins71-70=141+1
Felice Torza69-72=141
T8 Tommy Bolt72-70=142+2
Jack Burke Jr.70-72=142
Doug Ford72-70=142
Lionel Hebert69-73=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Sam Snead73-67-67=207−3
2 Billy Casper73-67-68=208−2
3 Dow Finsterwald67-72-70=209−1
4 Jack Burke Jr.70-72-69=211+1
T5 Doug Ford72-70-70=212+2
Jay Hebert68-71-73=212
T7 Julius Boros72-68-73=213+3
Mike Souchak75-69-69=213
T9 Buster Cupit71-74-69=214+4
Dick Mayer75-69-69=214

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Dow Finsterwald67-72-70-67=276−45,500
2 Billy Casper73-67-68-70=278−23,500
3 Sam Snead73-67-67-73=280E2,400
4 Jack Burke Jr.70-72-69-70=281+12,000
T5 Tommy Bolt72-70-73-70=285+51,600
Julius Boros72-68-73-72=285
Jay Hebert68-71-73-73=285
T8 Buster Cupit71-74-69-73=287+71,300
Ed Oliver74-73-71-69=287
Mike Souchak75-69-69-74=287

Source:[7]

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Tournament Info for: 1958 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  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. "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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