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
United States Dow Finsterwald
276 (−4)
Llanerch CC is located in the United States
Llanerch CC
Llanerch CC
Location in the United States
Llanerch CC is located in Pennsylvania
Llanerch CC
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
1United States Dow Finsterwald67−3
2United States Jay Hebert68−2
T3United States Jimmy Demaret69−1
United States Lionel Hebert
United States Ted Kroll
United States Dick Mayer
United States Felice Torza
T8United States Jack Burke Jr.70E
United States Bob Crowley
T10United States Leo Biagetti71+1
United States Bill Collins
United States Buster Cupit
United States Cary Middlecoff
United States Bob Rosburg
United States Don Whitt
United States Art Wall Jr.

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Dow Finsterwald67-72=139−1
United States Jay Hebert68-71=139
T3United States Julius Boros72-68=140E
United States Billy Casper73-67=140
United States Sam Snead73-67=140
T6United States Bill Collins71-70=141+1
United States Felice Torza69-72=141
T8United States Tommy Bolt72-70=142+2
United States Jack Burke Jr.70-72=142
United States Doug Ford72-70=142
United States Lionel Hebert69-73=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Sam Snead73-67-67=207−3
2United States Billy Casper73-67-68=208−2
3United States Dow Finsterwald67-72-70=209−1
4United States Jack Burke Jr.70-72-69=211+1
T5United States Doug Ford72-70-70=212+2
United States Jay Hebert68-71-73=212
T7United States Julius Boros72-68-73=213+3
United States Mike Souchak75-69-69=213
T9United States Buster Cupit71-74-69=214+4
United States Dick Mayer75-69-69=214

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Dow Finsterwald67-72-70-67=276−45,500
2United States Billy Casper73-67-68-70=278−23,500
3United States Sam Snead73-67-67-73=280E2,400
4United States Jack Burke Jr.70-72-69-70=281+12,000
T5United States Tommy Bolt72-70-73-70=285+51,600
United States Julius Boros72-68-73-72=285
United States Jay Hebert68-71-73-73=285
T8United States Buster Cupit71-74-69-73=287+71,300
United States Ed Oliver74-73-71-69=287
United States 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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