1960 PGA Championship

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.

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
Jay Hebert
281 (+1)
Akron
Location in the United States
Akron
Location in Ohio

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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4005004504652304502254504653,6354053651804604102306253904653,5307,165
Par454434344354434435443570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 21, 1960

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Arnold Palmer67−3
2 Sam Snead68−2
T3 Fred Haas69−1
Paul Harney
T5 Don Fairfield70E
Don January
Doug Sanders
T8 George Bayer71+1
Al Besselink
Bill Collins
Jim Ferree
Jim Ferrier
Ed Griffiths
Bob Harris
John O'Donnell
Ernie Vossler
Don Whitt

Source:[7][10]

Second round

Friday, July 22, 1960

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Jay Hebert72-67=139−1
2 Don January70-70=140E
T3 Arnold Palmer67-74=141+1
Doug Sanders70-71=141
Sam Snead68-73=141
T6 Fred Hawkins73-69=142+2
John O'Donnell71-71=142
Ken Venturi70-72=142
9 Mason Rudolph72-71=143+3
T10 George Bayer71-73=144+4
Tommy Bolt72-72=144
Wes Ellis72-72=144
Ted Kroll73-71=144
Gene Littler74-70=144

Source:[11][12]

Third round

Saturday, July 23, 1960

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Doug Sanders70-71-69=210E
T2 Jim Ferrier71-74-66=211+1
Jay Hebert72-67-72=211
Sam Snead68-73-70=211
5 Don January70-70-72=212+2
T6 Doug Ford75-70-69=214+4
Fred Hawkins73-69-72=214
T8 Dow Finsterwald73-73-69=215+5
Dave Marr75-71-69=215
Ken Venturi70-72-73=215

Source:[13][14]

Final round

Sunday, July 24, 1960

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Jay Hebert72-67-72-70=281+111,000
2 Jim Ferrier
71-74-66-71=282+25,500
T3 Doug Sanders70-71-69-73=283+33,350
Sam Snead68-73-70-72=283
5 Don January70-70-72-72=284+42,800
6 Wes Ellis72-72-72-69=285+52,500
T7 Doug Ford75-70-69-72=286+62,125
Arnold Palmer67-74-75-70=286
9 Ken Venturi70-72-73-72=287+71,900
T10 Fred Hawkins73-69-72-74=288+81,750
Dave Marr75-71-69-73=288

Source:[1]

References
  1. 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. "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. "Sanders fires 67 (69) for lead in PGA as Palmer falters". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 24, 1960. p. 1B.
  7. 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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