Golf Network News
Tuesday 25 May 1948Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hogan wins PGA Championship
Norwood Hills Country Club, Jennings, Missouri · Wednesday 19 to Tuesday 25 May 1948 · 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
14 h 24 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).
- R124°/11°C · wind 13 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/12°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/16°C · wind 20 km/h WNW, gusts 38 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/13°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/13°C · wind 10 km/h SSW, gusts 23 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R621°/11°C · wind 18 km/h NNE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R721°/10°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 38 · 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
Norwood Hills Country Club, St. Louis
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Mike Turnesa
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-08-13, Stephenville, Texas, USA; United States; age 35 at the win (year page); 2nd 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