1916 PGA Championship: Jim Barnes wins at Siwanoy Country Club

Jim Barnes won the 1916 PGA Championship at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, New York, beating Jock Hutchison 1 up in the final.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1916 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: October 10, 1916 to October 14, 1916
Course: Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, New York
Edition: 1st PGA Championship
Format: match play
Field: 32
Match-play field: 32 · 36 every round
Purse: $2,580 · winner's share $500
Champion: Jim Barnes · age 30 · England · born Lelant, Cornwall, England
Champion's title: 1st PGA Championship
Final: 1 up (36-hole final)
Runner-up: Jock Hutchison

The draw as recorded: Round of 32 to final (complete).

The final, 1916 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Barnes	def.	Jock Hutchison	1 up

Semifinals, 1916 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Barnes	def.	Willie Macfarlane	6 & 5
Jock Hutchison	def.	Walter Hagen	2 up

Quarterfinals, 1916 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jim Barnes	def.	Tom Kerrigan	3 & 1
Willie Macfarlane	def.	Jack Dowling	2 & 1
Jock Hutchison	def.	Cyril Walker	4 & 3
Walter Hagen	def.	J. J. O'Brien	10 & 9

Round of 16, 1916 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Tom Kerrigan	def.	George McLean	2 & 1
Jim Barnes	def.	Alec Smith	8 & 7
Willie Macfarlane	def.	Mike Brady	3 & 2
Jack Dowling	def.	Emmet French	won on 37th hole
J. J. O'Brien	def.	George Simpson	3 & 2
Walter Hagen	def.	Bob MacDonald	3 & 2
Jock Hutchison	def.	W. Brown	11 & 9
Cyril Walker	def.	Jack Hobens	5 & 4

Round of 32, 1916 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Tom Kerrigan	def.	C.G. Adams	6 & 4
George McLean	def.	Tom McNamara	6 & 5
Alec Smith	def.	James Ferguson	4 & 2
Jim Barnes	def.	George Fotheringham	8 & 7
Willie MacFarlane	def.	Robert McNulty	10 & 9
M.J. Brady	def.	James West	7 & 6
Emmett French	def.	Eddie Towns	3 & 1
Jack Dowling	def.	Jack Pirie	won (margin not printed)
J.J. O’Brien	def.	Wilfred Reid	1 up
George Simpson	def.	Walter Fovarque	6 & 5
Bob MacDonald	def.	Jimmie Donaldson	3 & 2
Walter Hagen	def.	J.R. Thomson	7 & 6
Jock Hutchison	def.	Joe Mitchell	11 & 9
W. Brown	def.	F. Clarkson	won by default
Cyril Walker	def.	Louis Tellier	4 & 2
Jack Hobens	def.	Mike Sherman	won by default

What happened at the 1916 PGA Championship

Barnes trailed Hutchison by four holes after eight holes of the 36-hole final.

Barnes won the final on the 36th green by holing a four-foot putt.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H and 2B, every recorded match).