Golf Network News
Tuesday 27 July 1954Men’s majorsYear in Review
Harbert wins PGA Championship
Keller Golf Course, Maplewood, Minnesota · Wednesday 21 to Tuesday 27 July 1954 · 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 42 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/17°C · wind 17 km/h E, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/16°C · wind 11 km/h NNE, gusts 25 · 9.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R531°/15°C · wind 8 km/h SE, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R632°/19°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R729°/21°C · wind 15 km/h S, gusts 33 · 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
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Keller Golf Club, Maplewood
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Walter Burkemo
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1915-02-20, Dayton, Ohio; 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