1968 PGA Championship: Julius Boros wins at Pecan Valley Golf Club
Julius Boros won the 1968 PGA Championship at Pecan Valley Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas with 281 (+1), by 1 stroke over Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1968 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- July 18, 1968 to July 21, 1968
- Course
- Pecan Valley Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas
- Edition
- 50th PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 70 · 7,096 yards
- Field
- 165
- Made the cut
- 76 (cut at 149)
- Purse
- $150,000 · winner's share $25,000
- Champion
- Julius Boros · age 48 · United States · born Fairfield, Connecticut
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- Winning score
- 71-71-70-69 = 281 (+1) · won by 1 stroke
- Runners-up
- Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer
- 54-hole leaders
- Frank Beard, Marty Fleckman (210) · Julius Boros was 2 strokes back
- Low club professional
- Al Mengert (287)
Winner and runners-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julius Boros | 71 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 281 | +1 |
| T2 | Bob Charles | 72 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 282 | +2 |
| T2 | Arnold Palmer | 71 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 282 | +2 |
What happened at the 1968 PGA Championship
Needing a birdie at 18 to take the lead, Arnold Palmer hooked his drive, reached the green with a 3-wood and missed the putt, finishing one behind for the second of his three PGA runner-up finishes.
Julius Boros, 48, pitched close from off the final green and saved par to become the oldest major champion, a record that stood until Mickelson in 2021.
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).