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, 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.
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. Sam Snead led after 54 holes in pursuit of a fourth title, but faded to third with a final round 73. 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; finished 16th, but missed the first cut at the PGA Championship.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

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Missed the second cut

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Missed the first cut

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Round summaries

Thursday, July 17, 1958
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dow Finsterwald67−3
2Jay Hebert68−2
T3Jimmy Demaret69−1
T3Lionel Hebert69−1
T3Ted Kroll69−1
T3Dick Mayer69−1
T3Felice Torza
69−1
T8Jack Burke Jr.70E
T8Bob Crowley70E
T10Leo Biagetti71+1
T10Bill Collins71+1
T10Buster Cupit71+1
T10Cary Middlecoff71+1
T10Bob Rosburg71+1
T10Don Whitt71+1
T10Art Wall Jr.71+1

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Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Dow Finsterwald67-72=139−1
T1Jay Hebert68-71=139−1
T3Julius Boros72-68=140E
T3Billy Casper73-67=140E
T3Sam Snead73-67=140E
T6Bill Collins71-70=141+1
T6Felice Torza
69-72=141+1
T8Tommy Bolt72-70=142+2
T8Jack Burke, Jr.70-72=142+2
T8Doug Ford72-70=142+2
T8Lionel Hebert69-73=142+2

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Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sam Snead73-67-67=207−3
2Billy Casper73-67-68=208−2
3Dow Finsterwald67-72-70=209−1
4Jack Burke, Jr.70-72-69=211+1
T5Doug Ford72-70-70=212+2
T5Jay Hebert68-71-73=212+2
T7Julius Boros72-68-73=213+3
T7Mike Souchak75-69-69=213+3
T9Buster Cupit71-74-69=214+4
T9Dick Mayer75-69-69=214+4

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Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Dow Finsterwald67-72-70-67=276−45,500
2Billy Casper73-67-68-70=278−23,500
3Sam Snead73-67-67-73=280E2,400
4Jack Burke, Jr.70-72-69-70=281+12,000
T5Tommy Bolt72-70-73-70=285+51,600
T5Julius Boros72-68-73-72=285+51,600
T5Jay Hebert68-71-73-73=285+51,600
T8Buster Cupit71-74-69-73=287+71,300
T8Ed Oliver74-73-71-69=287+71,300
T8Mike Souchak75-69-69-74=287+71,300

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