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Tuesday 24 July 1956Men’s majorsYear in Review
Burke wins PGA Championship
Blue Hill Country Club, Canton, Massachusetts · Friday 20 to Tuesday 24 July 1956 · purse $40,000 · 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 30 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/16°C · wind 13 km/h SW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R219°/15°C · wind 13 km/h SE, gusts 29 · 8.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/15°C · wind 14 km/h NNE, gusts 29 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/18°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 43 · 1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R528°/20°C · wind 16 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 0.5 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
Blue Hill Country Club, Canton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ted Kroll
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1923-01-29, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 2nd 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