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Tuesday 7 July 1953Men’s majorsYear in Review
Burkemo wins PGA Championship
Birmingham Country Club, Birmingham, Michigan · Wednesday 1 to Tuesday 7 July 1953 · purse $20,700 · winner's share $5,000
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 59 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 70° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/21°C · wind 20 km/h SW, gusts 46 · 3.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/22°C · wind 29 km/h WSW, gusts 59 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/12°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/12°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R530°/18°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 32 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R627°/20°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 32 · 10.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R728°/14°C · wind 28 km/h WSW, gusts 55 · 0.2 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
Birmingham Country Club, Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Felice Torza
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1918-10-09, Detroit, Michigan; United States; age 34 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