Golf Network News
Sunday 15 July 1945Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nelson wins PGA Championship
Moraine Country Club, Kettering, Ohio · Monday 9 to Sunday 15 July 1945 · purse $14,700 · winner's share $3,750
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 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/19°C · wind 23 km/h SW, gusts 49 · 1.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/17°C · wind 20 km/h NW, gusts 42 · 2.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/12°C · wind 10 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R529°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R625°/20°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 27 · 13.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R722°/15°C · wind 23 km/h NNW, gusts 46 · 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
Moraine Country Club, Kettering
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sam Byrd
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-02-04, Waxahachie, Texas, USA; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 5th 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