Golf Network News
Sunday 12 August 1973Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nicklaus wins PGA Championship
Canterbury Golf Club, Beachwood, Ohio · Thursday 9 to Sunday 12 August 1973 · purse $225,000 · winner's share $45,000
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 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 63° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/22°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 45 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R227°/21°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 32 · 20.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R328°/19°C · wind 18 km/h WSW, gusts 36 · 6.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/19°C · wind 20 km/h W, gusts 37 · 12.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
148 started, 75 (cut at 149) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Canterbury Golf Club, Cleveland
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Bruce Crampton
The golfer
b. 1940-01-21, Columbus, Ohio, USA; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 12th 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