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Sunday 16 August 1970Men’s majorsYear in Review
Stockton wins PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 August 1970 · purse $200,000 · winner's share $40,000
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 20 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R135°/19°C · wind 11 km/h ESE, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R236°/22°C · wind 19 km/h SSE, gusts 36 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R336°/24°C · wind 18 km/h S, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R436°/23°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 23 · 0.1 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.
136 started, 70 (cut at 150) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Arnold Palmer, Bob Murphy
The golfer
b. 1941-11-02, San Bernardino, 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