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Sunday 24 July 1960Men’s majorsYear in Review
Hebert wins PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 1960 · purse $63,130 · winner's share $11,000
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 69° up at noon, and that night a new moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/11°C · wind 8 km/h WNW, gusts 15 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/16°C · wind 18 km/h SW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/20°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 7.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/15°C · wind 16 km/h NE, gusts 29 · 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.
183 started, 93 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jim Ferrier
The golfer
b. 1923-02-14, St. Martinville, Louisiana; United States; age 37 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