1965 PGA Championship

The 1965 PGA Championship was the 47th PGA Championship, played August 12–15 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, a suburb southeast of Pittsburgh. Dave Marr won his only major championship, two strokes ahead of runners-up Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus.[2][3][4]

1965 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 12–15, 1965
LocationLigonier, Pennsylvania
Course(s)Laurel Valley Golf Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,090 yards (6,483 m)
Field165 players, 77 after cut
Cut151 (+9)
Prize fund$149,700[1]
Winner's share$25,000
Champion
Dave Marr
280 (−4)
Laurel Valley Golf Club
Location in United States
Laurel Valley Golf Club
Location in Pennsylvania

Marr was the co-leader after 54 holes with Tommy Aaron, a stroke ahead of Gardner Dickinson and two shots ahead of major champions Nicklaus and Casper.[5] Aaron shot 78 and Dickinson 74 on Sunday, while Marr matched an even-par 71 with Nicklaus and Casper.[6]

Not far from his hometown of Latrobe, Laurel Valley was co-founded by Arnold Palmer in 1959,[7][8] who had another disappointing major in his home state and finished 14 strokes back, tied for 33rd.[9] Three years earlier, he lost an 18-hole playoff to Nicklaus in the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished tied for 17th five weeks later at the PGA Championship at Aronimink, outside Philadelphia. (Palmer won the other two majors of 1962, the Masters and the Open Championship, but never won the PGA Championship for a career grand slam.)

After the practice rounds, a 60-foot (18 m) fir tree was installed on the par-5 third hole to prevent corner-cutting from the tee to an adjacent fairway, over the objections of the club professional.[9][10][11][12]

This was the final PGA Championship appearance for two-time champion Ben Hogan, age 53, who tied for 15th place. After his near-fatal auto accident in early 1949, Hogan's legs could not withstand the grueling match play schedule and he did not play again in the championship until it became a stroke play event. He missed the 54-hole cut by a stroke in 1960 and tied for ninth place in 1964. Hogan won the title as a match play event in 1946 and 1948. Twenty former champions were in the field and twelve made the cut. Palmer was assessed a two-stroke penalty in both of the first two rounds and was at 147 (+5), ten shots back.[12]

A decade later, Laurel Valley hosted the Ryder Cup in 1975, the last Ryder Cup held in the U.S. without players from continental Europe.

Course layout
Main article: Laurel Valley Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4404005404312165053752384553,6004125354333971903754482304703,4907,090
Par445435434364544344343571

Source:[13]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tommy Aaron66−5
T2 Gardner Dickinson67−4
Mason Rudolph
T4 Bruce Devlin68−3
Raymond Floyd
Sam Snead
7 Jack Nicklaus69−2
T8 Billy Casper70−1
Dave Marr
Mike Souchak
Wynsol Spencer

Source:[14]

Second round

Friday, August 13, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tommy Aaron66-71=137−5
T2 Dave Marr70-69=139−3
Jack Nicklaus69-70=139
4 Billy Casper70-70=140−2
T5 Gardner Dickinson67-74=141−1
Raymond Floyd68-73=141
T7 Don Bies71-71=142E
R. H. Sikes71-71=142
Mike Souchak70-72=142
T10 Bruce Devlin68-75=143+1
Doug Ford73-70=143
Mason Rudolph67-76=143
Sam Snead68-75=143

Source:[12]

Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Tommy Aaron66-71-72=209−4
Dave Marr70-69-70=209
3 Gardner Dickinson67-74-69=210−3
T4 Billy Casper70-70-71=211−2
Jack Nicklaus69-70-72=211
T6 Raymond Floyd68-73-72=213E
R. H. Sikes71-71-71=213
Sam Snead68-75-70=213
9 Bob McCallister76-68-70=214+1
10 Bruce Devlin68-75-72=215+2

Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, August 15, 1965

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Dave Marr70-69-70-71=280−425,000
T2 Billy Casper70-70-71-71=282−212,500
Jack Nicklaus69-70-72-71=282
4 Bo Wininger73-72-72-66=283−18,000
5 Gardner Dickinson67-74-69-74=284E7,000
T6 Bruce Devlin68-75-72-70=285+15,750
Sam Snead68-75-70-72=285
T8 Tommy Aaron66-71-72-78=287+34,040
Jack Burke Jr.75-71-72-69=287
Jacky Cupit72-76-70-69=287
Rod Funseth75-72-69-71=287
Bob McCallister76-68-70-73=287

Source:[2][3]

Television

This was the first PGA Championship televised by the ABC network, which retained the broadcast rights through 1990, when it was succeeded by CBS.

References
  1. "Tournament Info for: 1965 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  2. Gundelfinger, Phil (August 16, 1965). "Dave Marr wins PGA with 280". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. pp. 1, 30. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  3. Kienzl, Ray (August 16, 1965). "Marr bulldogs way to PGA title". Pittsburgh Press. p. 28.
  4. Wright, Alfred (August 23, 1965). "Diary of a career in turmoil". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  5. "Dapper David ties tiring Tom as PGA leader". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 15, 1965. p. 3B.
  6. "Confidence top prize". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 16, 1965. p. 3B.
  7. Bires, Mike (July 9, 2004). "Big time: Laurel Valley stands out". Beaver County Times. Pennsylvania. p. C8.
  8. Gundelfinger, Phil (August 12, 1965). "Jack Nicklaus PGA 'Pick' in Palmerland". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 28.
  9. Parascenzo, Marino (June 23, 1989). "A place in the world of golf". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 23.
  10. "Laurel Valley prexy discounts Erath move". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 14, 2016. p. 12.
  11. "Tree grows, Laruel feud flares". Pittsburgh Press. UPI. August 15, 1965. p. 1, section 4.
  12. "Aaron leads by 2; Palmer in rhubarb". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. August 14, 1965. p. 2, part 2.
  13. "Laurel Valley". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (yardages). August 12, 1965. p. 28.
  14. "Aaron's 66 leads PGA". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. August 13, 1965. p. 2, part 2.

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