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Tuesday 24 June 1947Men’s majorsYear in Review
Ferrier wins PGA Championship
Plum Hollow Country Club, Southfield, Michigan · Wednesday 18 to Tuesday 24 June 1947 · purse $17,700 · 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
15 h 07 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 27 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/10°C · wind 12 km/h NE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R322°/10°C · wind 15 km/h NE, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/14°C · wind 20 km/h E, gusts 44 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R525°/15°C · wind 21 km/h ESE, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R726°/14°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 40 · 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
Men's major
PGA Championship
Plum Hollow Country Club, Southfield
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chick Harbert
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1915-02-24, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australia; age 32 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