1942 PGA Championship: Sam Snead wins at Seaview Country Club

Sam Snead won the 1942 PGA Championship at Seaview Country Club in Galloway Township, New Jersey, beating Jim Turnesa 2 & 1 in the final.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1942 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: May 25, 1942 to May 31, 1942
Course: Seaview Country Club, Galloway Township, New Jersey
Edition: 25th PGA Championship
Format: match play
Par: 71
Field: 32
Match-play field: 32 · 36 every round
Stroke-play medalist: Harry Cooper (138)
Purse: $7,550 · winner's share $1,500
Champion: Sam Snead · age 30 · United States · born Ashwood, Virginia
Champion's title: 1st PGA Championship
Final: 2 & 1 (36-hole final)
Runner-up: Jim Turnesa

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

The final, 1942 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Sam Snead	def.	Jim Turnesa	2 & 1

Semifinals, 1942 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Sam Snead	def.	Jimmy Demaret	3 & 2
Jim Turnesa	def.	Byron Nelson	won on 37th hole

Quarterfinals, 1942 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Sam Snead	def.	Ed Dudley	1 up
Jimmy Demaret	def.	Craig Wood	7 & 6
Jim Turnesa	def.	Ben Hogan	2 & 1
Byron Nelson	def.	Harry Cooper	won on 39th hole

Round of 16, 1942 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Jimmy Demaret	def.	Tom Harman Jr.	7 & 6
Craig Wood	def.	Leland Gibson	7 & 6
Sam Snead	def.	Willie Goggin	9 & 8
Ed Dudley	def.	Toney Penna	4 & 2
Harry Cooper	def.	Lloyd Mangrum	1 up
Byron Nelson	def.	Joe Kirkwood	2 & 1
Jim Turnesa	def.	Jug McSpaden	1 up
Ben Hogan	def.	Ky Laffoon	9 & 8

Round of 32, 1942 PGA Championship

Winner		Beaten	Result
Ky Laffoon	def.	Vic Bass	12 & 11
Jimmy Demaret	def.	Vic Ghezzi	4 & 3
Tom Harmon Jr.	def.	Bruce Coltart	3 & 2
Craig Wood	def.	Rod Munday	5 & 4
Leland Gibson	def.	Jimmy Gauntt	10 & 9
Sam Snead	def.	Sam Byrd	7 & 6
Willie Goggin	def.	Eddie Burke	2 & 1
Ed Dudley	def.	Denny Shute	3 & 2
Toney Penna	def.	Jimmy Hines	3 & 2
Harry Cooper	def.	Mike Turnesa	3 & 1
Lloyd Mangrum	def.	Dick Metz	6 & 5
Byron Nelson	def.	Harry Nettlebladt	5 & 3
Joe Kirkwood	def.	Jimmy Thomson	4 & 2
Jim Turnesa	def.	Dutch Harrison	6 & 5
Harold McSpaden	def.	Sam Parks Jr.	7 & 5
Ben Hogan	def.	Ben Loving	7 & 6

What happened at the 1942 PGA Championship

Army private Jim Turnesa knocked out Ben Hogan 2 & 1 in the 36-hole quarterfinal.

Turnesa then beat Byron Nelson on the 37th hole of the semifinal before losing the final to Snead, whose first major this was.

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).