1962 PGA Championship


The 1962 PGA Championship was the 44th PGA Championship, played July 19–22 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Gary Player won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Goalby, for the third of his nine major titles and the third leg of his career grand slam.
The Open Championship was played the previous week in Troon, Scotland, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969.
Player missed the 36-hole cut at Troon, the British Open was won by Arnold Palmer for the second straight year. Palmer had also won the Masters in April. Both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship were played in his home state of Pennsylvania in 1962, just five weeks apart. Palmer lost to 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished ten strokes back in a tie for 17th at Aronimink.
Jack Nicklaus, age 22, shot a final round 67 to finish in a tie for third in his first PGA Championship.
This championship was originally scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles, the first in California since 1929. In November 1960, the PGA of America had voted to retain its "caucasian only" clause, and had gained the ire of California's attorney general Stanley Mosk, who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. In response, the championship for 1962 was moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. The PGA of America dropped the clause in November 1961 by amending its constitution. The championship returned to California in 1977 at Pebble Beach, but was not played in southern California until 1983 at Riviera.

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Missed the first cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 19, 1962
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Barnum66−4
2Chick Harbert68−2
T3George Bayer69−1
T3Doug Ford69−1
T3Bob Goalby69−1
T3Frank Stranahan69−1
T7Leo Biagetti70E
T7Joe Campbell70E
T7Paul Harney70E
T7Dick Hart70E
T7Don January70E

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Second round

Friday, July 20, 1962
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Doug Ford69-69=138−2
T2George Bayer69-70=139−1
T2Cary Middlecoff73-66=139−1
T2Gary Player72-67=139−1
T5John Barnum66-74=140E
T5Bob McCollister74-66=140E
7Bob Goalby69-72=141+1
T8Julius Boros73-69=142+2
T8Jack Burke Jr.73-69=142+2
T8Marty Furgol71-71=142+2
T8Bobby Nichols72-70=142+2
T8Frank Stranahan69-73=142+2

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Third round

Saturday, July 21, 1962
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Gary Player72-67-69=208−2
T2George Bayer69-70-71=210E
T2Bob McCollister74-66-70=210E
4Doug Ford69-69-73=211+1
5Bob Goalby69-72-71=212+2
T6Jack Burke Jr.73-69-71=213+3
T6Dow Finsterwald73-70-70=213+3
T6Jack Fleck74-69-70=213+3
T6Chick Harbert68-76-69=213+3
T6Cary Middlecoff73-66-74=213+3
T6Bobby Nichols72-70-71=213+3

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Final leaderboard

Sunday, July 22, 1962
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Gary Player72-67-69-70=278−213,000
2Bob Goalby69-72-71-67=279−16,700
T3George Bayer69-70-71-71=281+13,450
T3Jack Nicklaus71-74-69-67=281+13,450
5Doug Ford69-69-73-71=282+22,900
6Bobby Nichols72-70-71-70=283+32,500
T7Jack Fleck74-69-70-71=284+42,067
T7Paul Harney70-73-72-69=284+42,067
T7Dave Ragan72-74-70-68=284+42,067
10Jay Hebert73-72-70-70=285+51,750