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1964 PGA Championship

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1964 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJuly 16–19, 1964
LocationColumbus, Ohio
Course(s)Columbus Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length6,851 yards (6,265 m)
Field162 players,
93 after 1st cut
65 after 2nd cut
Cut150 (+10) (1st cut)
221 (+11) (2nd cut)
Prize fund$100,000[1]
Winner's share$18,000
Champion
United States Bobby Nichols
271 (−9)
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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 permanently to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February).

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, July 16, 1964

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bobby Nichols 64 −6
T2 United States Jack Nicklaus 67 −3
United States Mike Souchak
T4 United States Billy Casper 68 −2
New Zealand Bob Charles
United States Paul Haviland
United States Don January
United States Tom Nieporte
United States Arnold Palmer
T10 United States Joe Conrad 69 −1
United States Jon Gustin
United States Bob Keller
United States Bo Wininger

Second round

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Friday, July 17, 1964

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bobby Nichols 64-71=135 −5
2 United States Arnold Palmer 68-68=136 −4
T3 United States Ken Venturi 72-65=137 −3
United States Bo Wininger 69-68=137
T5 New Zealand Bob Charles 68-71=139 −1
United States Tony Lema 71-68=139
United States Tom Nieporte 68-71=139
United States Mason Rudolph 73-66=139
T9 United States Billy Casper 68-72=140 E
United States Ed Furgol 71-69=140
United States Jack Nicklaus 67-73=140
United States Mike Souchak 67-73=140

Third round

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Saturday, July 18, 1964

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Bobby Nichols 64-71-69=204 −6
2 United States Arnold Palmer 68-68-69=205 −5
T3 United States Tom Nieporte 68-71-68=207 −3
United States Mason Rudolph 73-66-68=207
T5 United States Billy Casper 68-72-70=210 E
United States Ben Hogan 70-72-68=210
United States Jack Nicklaus 67-73-70=210
United States Ken Venturi 72-65-73=210
United States Bo Wininger 69-68-73=210
T10 United States Tony Lema 71-68-72=211 +1
United States Mike Souchak 67-73-71=211

Final round

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Sunday, July 19, 1964

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Bobby Nichols 64-71-69-67=271 −9 18,000
T2 United States Jack Nicklaus 67-73-70-64=274 −6 9,000
United States Arnold Palmer 68-68-69-69=274
4 United States Mason Rudolph 73-66-68-69=276 −4 5,000
T5 United States Tom Nieporte 68-71-68-72=279 −1 3,850
United States Ken Venturi 72-65-73-69=279
7 United States Bo Wininger 69-68-73-70=280 E 3,200
8 United States Gay Brewer 72-71-71-67=281 +1 2,900
T9 United States Billy Casper 68-72-70-72=282 +2 2,300
United States Jon Gustin 69-76-71-66=282
United States Ben Hogan 70-72-68-72=282
United States Tony Lema 71-68-72-71=282

References

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  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1964 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Gundelfinger, Phil (July 20, 1964). "Nichols PGA Champ With Record 271". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Nichols holds of Nicklaus in PGA". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. July 20, 1964. p. 3B.
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