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Wednesday 25 June 1952Men’s majorsYear in Review
Turnesa wins PGA Championship
Big Spring Country Club, Louisville, Kentucky · Wednesday 18 to Wednesday 25 June 1952 · 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 39 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 75° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R134°/18°C · wind 8 km/h ENE, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R235°/19°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/19°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/20°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 44 · 12.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 6.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R635°/22°C · wind 12 km/h SSW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R736°/24°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 41 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R837°/24°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 42 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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
Big Spring Country Club, Louisville
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Chick Harbert
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1912-12-09, New York City, New York; United States; age 39 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