Golf Network News
Sunday 20 August 1944Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hamilton wins PGA Championship
Manito Golf and Country Club, Spokane, Washington · Monday 14 to Sunday 20 August 1944 · purse $14,500 · winner's share $3,500
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 45 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 54° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/11°C · wind 17 km/h NNE, gusts 37 · 5.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/12°C · wind 25 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R325°/11°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/12°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/13°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R622°/9°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R725°/11°C · wind 7 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 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
Manito Golf and Country Club, Spokane
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Byron Nelson
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1916-01-10, Evansville, Indiana; United States; age 28 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