Golf Network News
Saturday 16 July 1938Men’s majorsYear in Review
Runyan wins PGA Championship
Shawnee Country Club, Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania · Sunday 10 to Saturday 16 July 1938 · purse $10,000 · winner's share $1,100
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R1Not yet researched
- R2Not yet researched
- R3Not yet researched
- R4Not yet researched
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Shawnee Country Club, Smithfield Township
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sam Snead
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1908-07-12, Hot Springs, Arkansas; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 2nd major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet