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Sunday 13 July 1941Men’s majorsYear in Review

Ghezzi wins PGA Championship

Cherry Hills Country Club, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado · Monday 7 to Sunday 13 July 1941 · purse $10,600 · 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 35 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R130°/12°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R231°/14°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 26 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R331°/15°C · wind 18 km/h W, gusts 45 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R431°/14°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 32 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  5. R524°/14°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 16 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  6. R626°/12°C · wind 14 km/h N, gusts 35 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  7. R724°/12°C · wind 9 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis

The name over time

  1. 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

Cherry Hills Country Club, Englewood

2 of 5 researched

Winner

Vic Ghezzi

won on 38th hole (36-hole final)Total

Runner-up: Byron Nelson

To par and margin not yet researched.

The golfer

b. 1910-10-19, Rumson, New Jersey, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)

Vic Ghezzi’s player card · Source

Top 10

Not yet researched

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet

From the papers

No clipping yet