1923 PGA Championship

The 1923 PGA Championship was the sixth PGA Championship, held September 24–29 in New York at Pelham Country Club in Pelham Manor, Westchester County. The field of 64 qualified by sectional tournaments, and competed in six rounds of match play, all at 36 holes[2] in a single-elimination tournament.[3][4][5][6][7]

1923 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	September 24–29, 1923
Location	Pelham Manor, New York
Course(s)	Pelham Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Match play - 6 rounds
Statistics
Par	74[1]
Length	6,419 yards (5,870 m)[1]
Field	64 players to match play
Prize fund	$3,600[2]
Champion
Gene Sarazen
def. Walter Hagen, 38 holes

Pelham
Manor

Location in the United States

Pelham CC 

Location in New York

Pelham CC 

Location near New York City

In the final match on Saturday, defending champion Gene Sarazen met 1921 winner Walter Hagen, who had skipped the event the previous year.[8][9] Sarazen won in 38 holes for his second consecutive PGA Championship and the third of his seven major titles.

Even in strokes (77) and holes after the morning round, Sarazen was two up with three holes to play, but consecutive bogeys left them all square and the 36th hole was halved with par fours.[10] Both birdied the first extra hole with fours and the next was a driveable par four, a short downhill dogleg, and both went for the green. Hagen's tee shot was only twenty feet (6 m) from the cup but in a bunker, while Sarazen was in the rough and fifty feet (15 m) out. Hagen failed to exit the sand with his second shot, while Sarazen pitched to four feet (1.2 m) and sank it for a birdie to win.[10] Hagen rebounded and won the next four PGA Championships (1924–1927).