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Sunday 20 July 1958Men’s majorsYear in Review
Finsterwald wins PGA Championship
Llanerch Country Club, Havertown, Pennsylvania · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1958 · purse $39,388 · winner's share $5,500
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 15 km/h NW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/16°C · wind 13 km/h S, gusts 29 · 5.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 27 km/h W, gusts 54 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/18°C · wind 17 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0 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.
161 started, 93 (cut at 154) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Llanerch Country Club, Havertown
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Billy Casper
The golfer
b. 1929-09-06, Athens, Ohio; United States; age 28 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