Golf Network News
Sunday 19 July 1964Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nichols wins PGA Championship
Columbus Country Club, Columbus, Ohio · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July 1964 · purse $100,000 · winner's share $18,000
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 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 71° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/17°C · wind 9 km/h SW, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/19°C · wind 8 km/h S, gusts 20 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 9 km/h SSW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/19°C · wind 7 km/h N, gusts 15 · 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.
162 started, 91 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Columbus Country Club, Columbus
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer
The golfer
b. 1936-04-14, Louisville, Kentucky; 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