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Sunday 24 July 1966Men’s majorsYear in Review
Geiberger wins PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 21 to Sunday 24 July 1966 · purse $149,360 · 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
14 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/10°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 29 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/10°C · wind 9 km/h SE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/15°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/19°C · wind 14 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 8.4 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, 77 (cut at 151) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Dudley Wysong
The golfer
b. 1937-09-01, Red Bluff, California, USA; 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