Golf Network News
Sunday 28 February 1971Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins PGA Championship
PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 February 1971 · purse $202,440 · 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
11 h 25 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R128°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SE, gusts 25 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/19°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 40 · 0.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/22°C · wind 22 km/h SSE, gusts 46 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R428°/20°C · wind 20 km/h SSE, gusts 37 · 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.
144 started, 83 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
PGA National Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Billy Casper
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 31 at the win (year page); 9th 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