1969 PGA Championship

1969 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates	August 14–17, 1969
Location	Kettering, Ohio
Course(s)	NCR Country Club, South Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,915 yards (6,323 m)
Field	139 players, 79 after cut ^[1]
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$175,000^[1]
Winner's share	$35,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
276 (−8)
«1968 1970»

NCR CC

Location in United States

NCR CC

Location in Ohio

The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Raymond Floyd, age 26, won the first of his four major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Gary Player.^[2]^[3]

Floyd held a five-shot lead after the third round, at 202 (−11),^[4] and carded a 74 (+3) on Sunday.^[5]

During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Player and Jack Nicklaus. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt.^[6]^[7] Security was stepped up for the final round on Sunday.^[3]^[8]

This was the first PGA Championship after the formation of the "Tournament Players Division" in December 1968,^[9]^[10]^[11] later renamed the PGA Tour. It also marked the permanent move of the PGA Championship to August, excluding 1971, which was played in Florida in February. Except for 1965, it had been played in July in the 1960s; five times during the decade it was held the week immediately after The Open Championship in Britain, including 1968. The new scheduling allowed more players to participate in both majors, cementing the concept of the modern grand slam.

The attendance on Sunday was 23,543 and a new record was set for the four days at 80,847; including practice days, the week's attendance was 106,043.^[5]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Gary Player	South Africa	1962	71	65	71	70	277	−7	2
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1963	70	68	74	71	283	−1	T11
Don January	United States	1967	75	70	70	69	284	E	T15
Julius Boros	United States	1968	72	74	70	71	287	+3	T25
Al Geiberger	United States	1966	69	72	77	71	289	+5	T35
Bobby Nichols	United States	1964	74	71	75	71	291	+7	T44
Dave Marr	United States	1965	78	68	71	75	292	+8	T48
Jay Hebert	United States	1960	75	74	73	74	296	+12	T63
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	75	72	71	78	296	+12	T63
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	74	75	74	74	297	+13	T69
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	75	73	75	76	299	+15	T76
Jim Turnesa	United States	1952	74	74	77	74	299	+15	T76

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	76	74	150	+8
Bob Rosburg	United States	1959	72	78	150	+8
Jerry Barber	United States	1961	75	76	151	+9
Jim Ferrier	Australia	1947	74	79	153	+11
Doug Ford	United States	1955	79	74	153	+11
Denny Shute	United States	1936, 1937	85	80	165	+23

Source:^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Charles Coody	United States	69	−2
	Raymond Floyd	United States
	Al Geiberger	United States
	Bunky Henry	United States
	Bob Lunn	United States
	Larry Mowry	United States
	Johnny Pott	United States
	Tom Shaw	United States
	Larry Ziegler	United States
T10	Tommy Aaron	United States	70	−1
	Frank Beard	United States
	Bruce Crampton	Australia
	Jacky Cupit	United States
	Bruce Devlin	Australia
	George Knudson	Canada
	Jack Nicklaus	United States
	Phil Rodgers	United States
	Tom Weiskopf	United States

Source:^[12]^[13]

Second round

Friday, August 15, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Raymond Floyd	United States	69-66=135	−7
2	Gary Player	South Africa	71-65=136	−6
3	Bunky Henry	United States	69-68=137	−5
T4	Don Bies	United States	74-64=138	−4
	Orville Moody	United States	70-68=138
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-68=138
T7	Bert Greene	United States	71-68=139	−3
T7	Jimmy Wright	United States	71-68=139	−3
T9	Ron Cerrudo	United States	74-66=140	−2
	Charles Coody	United States	69-71=140
	Bruce Crampton	Australia	70-70=140
	Larry Mowry	United States	69-71=140
	Larry Ziegler	United States	69-71=140

Source:^[14]

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Raymond Floyd	United States	69-66-67=202	−11
T2	Bert Greene	United States	71-68-68=207	−6
	Bunky Henry	United States	69-68-70=207
	Gary Player	South Africa	71-65-71=207
5	Jimmy Wright	United States	71-68-69=208	−5
T6	Don Bies	United States	74-64-71=209	−4
	Orville Moody	United States	70-68-71=209
	Larry Mowry	United States	69-71-69=209
T9	Ron Cerrudo	United States	74-66-70=210	−3
T9	Larry Ziegler	United States	69-71-70=210	−3

Source:^[15]

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Raymond Floyd	United States	69-66-67-74=276	−8	35,000
2	Gary Player	South Africa	71-65-71-70=277	−7	20,000
3	Bert Greene	United States	71-68-68-71=278	−6	12,400
4	Jimmy Wright	United States	71-68-69-71=279	−5	8,300
T5	Miller Barber	United States	73-75-64-68=280	−4	6,725
T5	Larry Ziegler	United States	69-71-70-70=280	−4	6,725
T7	Charles Coody	United States	69-71-72-69=281	−3	5,144
	Orville Moody	United States	70-68-71-72=281
	Terry Wilcox	United States	72-71-72-66=281
10	Frank Beard	United States	70-75-68-69=282	−2	4,375

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 3 "Tournament Info for: 1969 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
1 2 Taylor, Jim (August 18, 1969). "Angelic Floyd Holds Off Mob". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
1 2 Jenkins, Dan (August 25, 1969). "Golf gets a look at the real world". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
↑ "Floyd holds five-stroke lead after third round of PGA meet". Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 24.
1 2 Gundelfinger, Phil (August 18, 1969). "Floyd scrambles to one-shot PGA win". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 30.
↑ "Civil rights demonstrators disrupt PGA championships". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 4B.
↑ "Gary Player attacked". Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 24.
↑ "Escort new to Floyd". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 18, 1969. p. 15.
↑ "Tour golfers, PGA settle fuss over tourney control". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1968. p. 15.
↑ "Pro golf struggle is settled; PGA forms tourney group". Milwaukee Journal. December 14, 1968. p. 18.
↑ "Dispute in U.S. settled". Glasgow Herald. Scotland, U.K. December 16, 1968. p. 5.
↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (August 15, 1969). "Nine deadlock for lead in PGA 1st round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
↑ "9 share opening PGA lead at 69". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. August 15, 1969. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "'Irritable' Ray Floyd starts fire, nabs lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 16, 1969. p. 1B.
↑ "PGA Championship(s)". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 6B.

External links

PGA Media Guide 2012
About.com – 1969 PGA Championship
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