Golf Network News
Sunday 21 July 1968Men’s majorsYear in Review
Boros wins PGA Championship
Pecan Valley Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July 1968 · purse $150,000 · 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 81° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R133°/22°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R233°/23°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/22°C · wind 10 km/h ESE, gusts 22 · 1.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R434°/22°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, 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.
165 started, 76 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Pecan Valley Golf Club, San Antonio
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bob Charles, Arnold Palmer
The golfer
b. 1920-03-03, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; United States; age 48 at the win (year page); 3rd 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