1964 PGA Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 16–19, 1964 |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio |
| Course(s) | Columbus Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,851 yards (6,265 m) |
| Field | 162 players, 93 after 1st cut 65 after 2nd cut |
| Cut | 150 (+10) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut) |
| Prize fund | $100,000[1] |
| Winner's share | $18,000 |
| Champion | |
| Bobby Nichols | |
| 271 (−9) | |
The 1964 PGA Championship was the 46th PGA Championship, played July 16–19 at Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. Bobby Nichols won his only major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.[2][3] Nichols led wire-to-wire after a first round 64 in the hometown of Nicklaus, who shot a 64 in the final round to gain his third runner-up finish in majors in 1964.[4]
Ben Hogan, age 51, competed at the PGA Championship for the first time since 1960. Tied for fifth place after a third round 68, he finished tied for ninth for his penultimate top ten in a major. His final top ten came at the 1967 Masters.
Nichols' winning score of 271 was the lowest to date at the PGA Championship, the seventh as a 72-hole stroke play championship. It stood as the record for thirty years, until Nick Price's 269 in 1994.
Nichols' win marked the third time that all of the professional major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year.
The British Open was played the previous week in St Andrews, Scotland, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February) until 2019, when it was moved to the weekend before Memorial Day in May.[5]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, July 16, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64 | −6 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | −3 |
| Mike Souchak | |||
| T4 | Billy Casper | 68 | −2 |
| Bob Charles | |||
| Paul Haviland | |||
| Don January | |||
| Tom Nieporte | |||
| Arnold Palmer | |||
| T10 | Joe Conrad | 69 | −1 |
| Jon Gustin | |||
| Bob Keller | |||
| Bo Wininger |
Second round
Friday, July 17, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71=135 | −5 |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | 68-68=136 | −4 |
| T3 | Ken Venturi | 72-65=137 | −3 |
| Bo Wininger | 69-68=137 | ||
| T5 | Bob Charles | 68-71=139 | −1 |
| Tony Lema | 71-68=139 | ||
| Tom Nieporte | 68-71=139 | ||
| Mason Rudolph | 73-66=139 | ||
| T9 | Billy Casper | 68-72=140 | E |
| Ed Furgol | 71-69=140 | ||
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-73=140 | ||
| Mike Souchak | 67-73=140 |
Third round
Saturday, July 18, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71-69=204 | −6 |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | 68-68-69=205 | −5 |
| T3 | Tom Nieporte | 68-71-68=207 | −3 |
| Mason Rudolph | 73-66-68=207 | ||
| T5 | Billy Casper | 68-72-70=210 | E |
| Ben Hogan | 70-72-68=210 | ||
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-73-70=210 | ||
| Ken Venturi | 72-65-73=210 | ||
| Bo Wininger | 69-68-73=210 | ||
| T10 | Tony Lema | 71-68-72=211 | +1 |
| Mike Souchak | 67-73-71=211 |
Final round
Sunday, July 19, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71-69-67=271 | −9 | 18,000 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 67-73-70-64=274 | −6 | 9,000 |
| Arnold Palmer | 68-68-69-69=274 | |||
| 4 | Mason Rudolph | 73-66-68-69=276 | −4 | 5,000 |
| T5 | Tom Nieporte | 68-71-68-72=279 | −1 | 3,850 |
| Ken Venturi | 72-65-73-69=279 | |||
| 7 | Bo Wininger | 69-68-73-70=280 | E | 3,200 |
| 8 | Gay Brewer | 72-71-71-67=281 | +1 | 2,900 |
| T9 | Billy Casper | 68-72-70-72=282 | +2 | 2,300 |
| Jon Gustin | 69-76-71-66=282 | |||
| Ben Hogan | 70-72-68-72=282 | |||
| Tony Lema | 71-68-72-71=282 |
References
- ^ "Tournament Info for: 1964 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
- ^ Wright, Alfred (July 27, 1964). "'You Aren't Going To Believe This, But...'". Sports Illustrated. p. 48. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 20, 1964). "Nichols PGA Champ With Record 271". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ "Nichols holds of Nicklaus in PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 20, 1964. p. 3B.
- ^ "Report: PGA Championship set for May in 2019". ESPN.com. August 7, 2017. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
External links
- PGA Media Guide 2012
- PGA.com – 1964 PGA Championship