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Monday 2 September 1940Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nelson wins PGA Championship
Hershey Country Club, Hershey, Pennsylvania · Monday 26 August to Monday 2 September 1940 · purse $11,050 · 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
12 h 47 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 57° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/15°C · wind 15 km/h ENE, gusts 33 · 14.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/16°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 28 · 19.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R319°/16°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 38 · 9.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/16°C · wind 15 km/h E, gusts 37 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R524°/18°C · wind 10 km/h SE, gusts 24 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R624°/21°C · wind 11 km/h S, gusts 28 · 39.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R727°/20°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 24 · 3.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R825°/18°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
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
Hershey Country Club, Hershey
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sam Snead
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-02-04, Waxahachie, Texas, USA; United States; age 28 at the win (year page); 3rd 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