Golf Network News
Sunday 15 August 1965Men’s majorsYear in Review
Marr wins PGA Championship
Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier, Pennsylvania · Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August 1965 · purse $149,700 · winner's share $25,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 36 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/12°C · wind 12 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R229°/16°C · wind 20 km/h WSW, gusts 44 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R332°/20°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 30 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R435°/18°C · wind 10 km/h NW, gusts 27 · 0 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.
165 started, 77 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Laurel Valley Golf Club, Ligonier
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus
The golfer
b. 1933-12-27, Houston, Texas; United States; age 31 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