1969 PGA Championship

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]

1969 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 14–17, 1969
LocationKettering, Ohio
Course(s)NCR Country Club,
South Course
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,915 yards (6,323 m)
Field139 players, 79 after cut [1]
Cut149 (+7)
Prize fund$175,000[1]
Winner's share$35,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
276 (−8)
NCR CC
Location in United States
NCR CC
Location in Ohio

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
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Gary Player South Africa196271657170277−72
Jack Nicklaus United States196370687471283−1T11
Don January United States196775707069284ET15
Julius Boros United States196872747071287+3T25
Al Geiberger United States196669727771289+5T35
Bobby Nichols United States196474717571291+7T44
Dave Marr United States196578687175292+8T48
Jay Hebert United States196075747374296+12T63
Sam Snead United States1942, 1949, 195175727178296+12T63
Jack Burke, Jr. United States195674757474297+13T69
Dow Finsterwald United States195875737576299+15T76
Jim Turnesa United States195274747774299+15T76

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Lionel Hebert United States19577674150+8
Bob Rosburg United States19597278150+8
Jerry Barber United States19617576151+9
Jim Ferrier Australia19477479153+11
Doug Ford United States19557974153+11
Denny Shute United States1936, 19378580165+23

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Charles Coody United States69−2
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
T10Tommy Aaron United States70−1
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd United States69-66=135−7
2Gary Player South Africa71-65=136−6
3Bunky Henry United States69-68=137−5
T4Don Bies United States74-64=138−4
Orville Moody United States70-68=138
Jack Nicklaus United States70-68=138
T7Bert Greene United States71-68=139−3
Jimmy Wright United States71-68=139
T9Ron Cerrudo United States74-66=140−2
Charles Coody United States69-71=140
Bruce Crampton Australia70-70=140
Larry Mowry United States69-71=140
Larry Ziegler United States69-71=140

Source:[14]

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd United States69-66-67=202−11
T2Bert Greene United States71-68-68=207−6
Bunky Henry United States69-68-70=207
Gary Player South Africa71-65-71=207
5Jimmy Wright United States71-68-69=208−5
T6Don Bies United States74-64-71=209−4
Orville Moody United States70-68-71=209
Larry Mowry United States69-71-69=209
T9Ron Cerrudo United States74-66-70=210−3
Larry Ziegler United States69-71-70=210

Source:[15]

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Raymond Floyd United States69-66-67-74=276−835,000
2Gary Player South Africa71-65-71-70=277−720,000
3Bert Greene United States71-68-68-71=278−612,400
4Jimmy Wright United States71-68-69-71=279−58,300
T5Miller Barber United States73-75-64-68=280−46,725
Larry Ziegler United States69-71-70-70=280
T7Charles Coody United States69-71-72-69=281−35,144
Orville Moody United States70-68-71-72=281
Terry Wilcox United States72-71-72-66=281
10Frank Beard United States70-75-68-69=282−24,375

Source:[2]

References
  1. "Tournament Info for: 1969 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
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  3. Jenkins, Dan (August 25, 1969). "Golf gets a look at the real world". Sports Illustrated. p. 24.
  4. "Floyd holds five-stroke lead after third round of PGA meet". Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 24.
  5. Gundelfinger, Phil (August 18, 1969). "Floyd scrambles to one-shot PGA win". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 30.
  6. "Civil rights demonstrators disrupt PGA championships". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 4B.
  7. "Gary Player attacked". Telegraph-Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 24.
  8. "Escort new to Floyd". Toledo Blade. Ohio. August 18, 1969. p. 15.
  9. "Tour golfers, PGA settle fuss over tourney control". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. December 14, 1968. p. 15.
  10. "Pro golf struggle is settled; PGA forms tourney group". Milwaukee Journal. December 14, 1968. p. 18.
  11. "Dispute in U.S. settled". Glasgow Herald. Scotland, U.K. December 16, 1968. p. 5.
  12. Gundelfinger, Phil (August 15, 1969). "Nine deadlock for lead in PGA 1st round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17.
  13. "9 share opening PGA lead at 69". Milwaukee Sentinel. UPI. August 15, 1969. p. 1, part 2.
  14. "'Irritable' Ray Floyd starts fire, nabs lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 16, 1969. p. 1B.
  15. "PGA Championship(s)". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 17, 1969. p. 6B.
Preceded by
1969 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1970 Masters

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