1958 PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald wins at Llanerch Country Club

Dow Finsterwald won the 1958 PGA Championship at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania with 276 (−4), by 2 strokes over Billy Casper.

Updated October 23, 2026

See 1958 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.

Dates: July 17, 1958 to July 20, 1958
Course: Llanerch Country Club, Havertown, Pennsylvania
Edition: 40th PGA Championship
Format: stroke play
Par: 70 · 6,710 yards
Field: 161
Made the cut: 93 (cut at 154)
Purse: $39,388 · winner's share $5,500
Champion: Dow Finsterwald · age 28 · United States · born Athens, Ohio
Champion's title: 1st PGA Championship
Winning score: 67-72-70-67 = 276 (−4) · won by 2 strokes
Runner-up: Billy Casper
54-hole leader: Sam Snead (207) · Dow Finsterwald was 2 strokes back

Winner and runner-up

Pos.	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par
1	Dow Finsterwald	67	72	70	67	276	−4
2	Billy Casper	73	67	68	70	278	−2

What happened at the 1958 PGA Championship

The first PGA Championship played at stroke play was also the first televised, with CBS airing the last three holes and the trophy presentation.

Finsterwald shot a front-nine 31 in his closing 67 to overtake 54-hole leader Sam Snead, who closed with 73 and finished third.

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).

1958 PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald wins at Llanerch Country Club

Winner and runner-up

What happened at the 1958 PGA Championship

How this was built

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