Golf Network News
Sunday 2 August 1959Men’s majorsYear in Review
Rosburg wins PGA Championship
Minneapolis Golf Club, St. Louis Park, Minnesota · Thursday 30 July to Sunday 2 August 1959 · purse $51,175 · winner's share $8,250
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 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/18°C · wind 17 km/h N, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/18°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/17°C · wind 14 km/h E, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 58 · 43.7 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.
174 started, 97 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Minneapolis Golf Club, St. Louis Park
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jerry Barber, Doug Sanders
The golfer
b. 1926-10-21, San Francisco, California, USA; United States; age 32 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