Golf Network News
Sunday 21 July 1957Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hebert wins PGA Championship
Miami Valley Golf Club, Dayton, Ohio · Wednesday 17 to Sunday 21 July 1957 · purse $42,100 · winner's share $8,000
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 24 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/18°C · wind 13 km/h ENE, gusts 23 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/18°C · wind 14 km/h NE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/21°C · wind 14 km/h ESE, gusts 19 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R433°/22°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 20 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R533°/22°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 27 · 0.1 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
Miami Valley Golf Club, Dayton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dow Finsterwald
To par and margin not yet researched.
The golfer
b. 1928-01-20, Lafayette, Louisiana; United States; age 29 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