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
Dow Finsterwald
276 (−4)
Llanerch CC
Location in the United States
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dow Finsterwald United States67−3
2Jay Hebert United States68−2
T3Jimmy Demaret United States69−1
Lionel Hebert United States
Ted Kroll United States
Dick Mayer United States
Felice Torza Italy
 United States
T8Jack Burke Jr. United States70E
Bob Crowley United States
T10Leo Biagetti United States71+1
Bill Collins United States
Buster Cupit United States
Cary Middlecoff United States
Bob Rosburg United States
Don Whitt United States
Art Wall Jr. United States

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Dow Finsterwald United States67-72=139−1
Jay Hebert United States68-71=139
T3Julius Boros United States72-68=140E
Billy Casper United States73-67=140
Sam Snead United States73-67=140
T6Bill Collins United States71-70=141+1
Felice Torza Italy
 United States		69-72=141
T8Tommy Bolt United States72-70=142+2
Jack Burke, Jr. United States70-72=142
Doug Ford United States72-70=142
Lionel Hebert United States69-73=142

Source:[9]

Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sam Snead United States73-67-67=207−3
2Billy Casper United States73-67-68=208−2
3Dow Finsterwald United States67-72-70=209−1
4Jack Burke, Jr. United States70-72-69=211+1
T5Doug Ford United States72-70-70=212+2
Jay Hebert United States68-71-73=212
T7Julius Boros United States72-68-73=213+3
Mike Souchak United States75-69-69=213
T9Buster Cupit United States71-74-69=214+4
Dick Mayer United States75-69-69=214

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Dow Finsterwald United States67-72-70-67=276−45,500
2Billy Casper United States73-67-68-70=278−23,500
3Sam Snead United States73-67-67-73=280E2,400
4Jack Burke, Jr. United States70-72-69-70=281+12,000
T5Tommy Bolt United States72-70-73-70=285+51,600
Julius Boros United States72-68-73-72=285
Jay Hebert United States68-71-73-73=285
T8Buster Cupit United States71-74-69-73=287+71,300
Ed Oliver United States74-73-71-69=287
Mike Souchak United States75-69-69-74=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. 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.
Preceded by
1958 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1959 Masters

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