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
United States Raymond Floyd
276 (−8)
NCR CC is located in the United States
NCR CC
NCR CC
Location in United States
NCR CC is located in Ohio
NCR CC
NCR CC
Location in Ohio

The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 on 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]

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]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Charles Coody69−2
United States 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
T10United States Tommy Aaron70−1
United States Frank Beard
Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Jacky Cupit
Australia Bruce Devlin
Canada George Knudson
United States Jack Nicklaus
United States Phil Rodgers
United States Tom Weiskopf

Source:[12][13]

Second round

Friday, August 15, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Raymond Floyd69-66=135−7
2South Africa Gary Player71-65=136−6
3United States Bunky Henry69-68=137−5
T4United States Don Bies74-64=138−4
United States Orville Moody70-68=138
United States Jack Nicklaus70-68=138
T7United States Bert Greene71-68=139−3
United States Jimmy Wright71-68=139
T9United States Ron Cerrudo74-66=140−2
United States Charles Coody69-71=140
Australia Bruce Crampton70-70=140
United States Larry Mowry69-71=140
United States Larry Ziegler69-71=140

Source:[14]

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Raymond Floyd69-66-67=202−11
T2United States Bert Greene71-68-68=207−6
United States Bunky Henry69-68-70=207
South Africa Gary Player71-65-71=207
5United States Jimmy Wright71-68-69=208−5
T6United States Don Bies74-64-71=209−4
United States Orville Moody70-68-71=209
United States Larry Mowry69-71-69=209
T9United States Ron Cerrudo74-66-70=210−3
United States Larry Ziegler69-71-70=210

Source:[15]

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1United States Raymond Floyd69-66-67-74=276−835,000
2South Africa Gary Player71-65-71-70=277−720,000
3United States Bert Greene71-68-68-71=278−612,400
4United States Jimmy Wright71-68-69-71=279−58,300
T5United States Miller Barber73-75-64-68=280−46,725
United States Larry Ziegler69-71-70-70=280
T7United States Charles Coody69-71-72-69=281−35,144
United States Orville Moody70-68-71-72=281
United States Terry Wilcox72-71-72-66=281
10United States Frank Beard70-75-68-69=282−24,375

Source:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tournament Info for: 1969 PGA Championship". PGA of America. Archived from the original on August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Jim (August 18, 1969). "Angelic Floyd Holds Off Mob". Toledo Blade. Ohio. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.

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