Golf Network News
Sunday 31 May 1942Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins PGA Championship
Seaview Country Club, Galloway Township, New Jersey · Monday 25 to Sunday 31 May 1942 · purse $7,550 · winner's share $1,500
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 34 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).
- R122°/15°C · wind 14 km/h W, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/14°C · wind 14 km/h WNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/17°C · wind 15 km/h W, gusts 29 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/14°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R523°/13°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R631°/18°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R729°/15°C · wind 20 km/h NNW, gusts 41 · 4.5 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
Seaview Country Club, Galloway Township
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jim Turnesa
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st 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