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Tuesday 3 July 1951Men’s majorsYear in Review
Snead wins PGA Championship
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Wednesday 27 June to Tuesday 3 July 1951 · 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 50 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/20°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 42 · 7.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/20°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 19.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/19°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 30 · 24 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R424°/18°C · wind 17 km/h SW, gusts 34 · 19.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R524°/17°C · wind 13 km/h W, gusts 34 · 6.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R626°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R728°/13°C · wind 9 km/h S, gusts 24 · 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
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Walter Burkemo
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-05-27, Ashwood, Virginia, USA; United States; age 39 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
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