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Sunday 17 August 1969Men’s majorsYear in Review
Floyd wins PGA Championship
NCR Country Club, Kettering, Ohio · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 1969 · purse $175,000 · winner's share $35,000
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 29 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/18°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R231°/20°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 23 · 3.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/22°C · wind 11 km/h SSE, gusts 28 · 8.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 35 · 16.8 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.
139 started, 80 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
NCR Country Club (South Course), Dayton
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Gary Player
The golfer
b. 1942-09-04, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; United States; age 26 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