1969 PGA Championship

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]

1969 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 14–17, 1969
Location	Kettering, Ohio
Course(s)	NCR Country Club, South Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,915 yards (6,323 m)
Field	139 players, 79 after cut [1]
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$175,000[1]
Winner's share	$35,000
Champion
Raymond Floyd
276 (−8)
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NCR CC

Location in United States

NCR CC

Location in Ohio

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Charles Coody	69	−2
	Raymond Floyd
	Al Geiberger
	Bunky Henry
	Bob Lunn
	Larry Mowry
	Johnny Pott
	Tom Shaw
	Larry Ziegler
T10	Tommy Aaron	70	−1
	Frank Beard
	Bruce Crampton
	Jacky Cupit
	Bruce Devlin
	George Knudson
	Jack Nicklaus
	Phil Rodgers
	Tom Weiskopf

Source:^[12][13]

Second round

Friday, August 15, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Raymond Floyd	69-66=135	−7
2	Gary Player	71-65=136	−6
3	Bunky Henry	69-68=137	−5
T4	Don Bies	74-64=138	−4
	Orville Moody	70-68=138
	Jack Nicklaus	70-68=138
T7	Bert Greene	71-68=139	−3
	Jimmy Wright	71-68=139
T9	Ron Cerrudo	74-66=140	−2
	Charles Coody	69-71=140
	Bruce Crampton	70-70=140
	Larry Mowry	69-71=140
	Larry Ziegler	69-71=140

Source:^[14]

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Raymond Floyd	69-66-67=202	−11
T2	Bert Greene	71-68-68=207	−6
	Bunky Henry	69-68-70=207
	Gary Player	71-65-71=207
5	Jimmy Wright	71-68-69=208	−5
T6	Don Bies	74-64-71=209	−4
	Orville Moody	70-68-71=209
	Larry Mowry	69-71-69=209
T9	Ron Cerrudo	74-66-70=210	−3
	Larry Ziegler	69-71-70=210

Source:^[15]

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Raymond Floyd	69-66-67-74=276	−8	35,000
2	Gary Player	71-65-71-70=277	−7	20,000
3	Bert Greene	71-68-68-71=278	−6	12,400
4	Jimmy Wright	71-68-69-71=279	−5	8,300
T5	Miller Barber	73-75-64-68=280	−4	6,725
	Larry Ziegler	69-71-70-70=280
T7	Charles Coody	69-71-72-69=281	−3	5,144
	Orville Moody	70-68-71-72=281
	Terry Wilcox	72-71-72-66=281
10	Frank Beard	70-75-68-69=282	−2	4,375

Source:^[2]

References

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

External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1969 PGA Championship

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