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Tuesday 31 May 1949Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins PGA Championship
Hermitage Country Club, Richmond, Virginia · Wednesday 25 to Tuesday 31 May 1949 · 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 74° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R121°/12°C · wind 18 km/h N, gusts 43 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/10°C · wind 17 km/h SSW, gusts 47 · 2.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R320°/9°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/9°C · wind 10 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 1.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R522°/9°C · wind 11 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R625°/10°C · wind 12 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R726°/13°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 24 · 0.5 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
Men's major
PGA Championship
Hermitage Country Club, Richmond
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Johnny Palmer
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 37 at the win (year page); 4th major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
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