1958 PGA Championship
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The 1958 PGA Championship was the 40th PGA Championship
played July 17-20 at Llanerch Country Club
in Havertown, Pennsylvania
. It was the first PGA Championship held in its current stroke play
format; previous editions of the tournament had been contested at match play
. Dow Finsterwald
won the tournament by two shots over Billy Casper
for what would be his only major
title.
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
played July 17-20 at Llanerch Country Club
Llanerch country club
The Llanerch Country Club is a private club in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA . In addition to an 18-hole regulation-length golf course, the club grounds also house seven outdoor tennis courts, a swimming pool, and a clubhouse with dining facilities.The Llanerch Country Club...
in Havertown, Pennsylvania
Havertown, Pennsylvania
Havertown is a residential suburban unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 9 miles west of the center of Philadelphia. Havertown's ZIP Code is 19083. Havertown is notable for being the birthplace of Swell Bubble Gum, which closed...
. It was the first PGA Championship held in its current stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
format; previous editions of the tournament had been contested at match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
. Dow Finsterwald
Dow Finsterwald
Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.Finsterwald was born and raised in...
won the tournament by two shots over Billy Casper
Billy Casper
William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:...
for what would be his only major
Men's major golf championships
The men's major golf championships, commonly known as the Major Championships, and often referred to simply as the majors, are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf...
title.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dow Finsterwald Dow Finsterwald Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.Finsterwald was born and raised in... |
67-72-70-67=276 | -4 | 5,500 | |
| 2 | Billy Casper Billy Casper William Earl Casper, Jr. is an American professional golfer who was one of the most prolific tournament winners on the PGA Tour from the mid 1950s to the mid 1970s.-Early years:... |
73-67-68-70=278 | -2 | 3,500 | |
| 3 | Sam Snead Sam Snead Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S... |
73-67-67-73=280 | E | 2,400 | |
| 4 | Jack Burke, Jr. | 70-72-69-70=281 | +1 | 2,000 | |
| T5 | Tommy Bolt Tommy Bolt Thomas Henry Bolt was an American professional golfer.Bolt was born in Haworth, Oklahoma. He served in the United States Army during World War II and turned professional in 1946. He worked as a caddie and club professional in Shreveport, Louisiana... |
72-70-73-70=285 | +5 | 1,600 | |
| Julius Boros Julius Boros Julius Nicholas Boros was a Hungarian-American professional golfer.-Early years:Boros was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut... |
72-68-73-72=285 | ||||
| Jay Hebert | 68-71-73-73=285 | ||||
| T8 | Buster Cupit Buster Cupit John W. "Buster" Cupit is an American professional golfer.Cupit was born in Missouri and grew up in Longview, Texas. His younger brother, Jacky Cupit, won four PGA Tour events.... |
71-74-69-73=287 | +7 | 1,300 | |
| Ed Oliver | 74-73-71-69=287 | ||||
| Mike Souchak Mike Souchak Michael Souchak was an American professional golfer who won 15 times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s, and played for the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams.-Early years, college:... |
75-69-69-74=287 |
External links
- Results - at www.golfobserver.com