Tournament information | |
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Dates | September 14–19, 1931 |
Location | Rumford, Rhode Island |
Course(s) | Wannamoisett Country Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Match play - 5 rounds |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 [1] [2] |
Field | 32 to match play |
Cut | 153 (+13), playoff |
Prize fund | $7,200 [3] |
Winner's share | $1,000 |
Champion | |
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def. Denny Shute, 2 and 1 | |
The 1931 PGA Championship was the 14th PGA Championship, held September 14–19 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island, northeast of Providence. Then a match play championship, Tom Creavy, age 20, defeated Gene Sarazen 5 and 3 in the semifinals [4] and Denny Shute 2 and 1 in the finals. [3] [5] [6] [7]
This was the first year the defending champion was exempt from qualifying; Tommy Armour lost in the quarterfinals to Shute, 3 and 1. [8] Sarazen was the medalist in the qualifying with 145 (+5). [9] [10]
Through 2016, Sarazen remains the youngest winner of a modern major title at age 20 (in 1922) and Creavy was just 2 months older. [11] [12] Finalist Shute won consecutive titles in 1936 and 1937.
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1931 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days: [3]
Saturday, September 19, 1931
Place | Player | Money ( $) |
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1 |
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1,000 |
2 |
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500 |
T3 |
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250 |
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T5 |
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200 |
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Quarter-finals September 17 | Semi-finals September 18 | Finals September 19 | ||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 3&1 | |||||||||||||
Cyril Walker | ||||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 5&3 | |||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | ||||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | 5&4 | |||||||||||||
Horton Smith | ||||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 2&1 | |||||||||||||
Denny Shute | ||||||||||||||
Denny Shute | 3&1 | |||||||||||||
Tommy Armour | ||||||||||||||
Denny Shute | 1up | |||||||||||||
Billy Burke | ||||||||||||||
Billy Burke | 5&3 | |||||||||||||
Abe Espinosa |
Morning
Afternoon
Tournament information | |
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Dates | September 14–19, 1931 |
Location | Rumford, Rhode Island |
Course(s) | Wannamoisett Country Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Match play - 5 rounds |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 [1] [2] |
Field | 32 to match play |
Cut | 153 (+13), playoff |
Prize fund | $7,200 [3] |
Winner's share | $1,000 |
Champion | |
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def. Denny Shute, 2 and 1 | |
The 1931 PGA Championship was the 14th PGA Championship, held September 14–19 at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rumford, Rhode Island, northeast of Providence. Then a match play championship, Tom Creavy, age 20, defeated Gene Sarazen 5 and 3 in the semifinals [4] and Denny Shute 2 and 1 in the finals. [3] [5] [6] [7]
This was the first year the defending champion was exempt from qualifying; Tommy Armour lost in the quarterfinals to Shute, 3 and 1. [8] Sarazen was the medalist in the qualifying with 145 (+5). [9] [10]
Through 2016, Sarazen remains the youngest winner of a modern major title at age 20 (in 1922) and Creavy was just 2 months older. [11] [12] Finalist Shute won consecutive titles in 1936 and 1937.
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1931 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days: [3]
Saturday, September 19, 1931
Place | Player | Money ( $) |
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1 |
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1,000 |
2 |
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500 |
T3 |
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250 |
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T5 |
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200 |
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Quarter-finals September 17 | Semi-finals September 18 | Finals September 19 | ||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 3&1 | |||||||||||||
Cyril Walker | ||||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 5&3 | |||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | ||||||||||||||
Gene Sarazen | 5&4 | |||||||||||||
Horton Smith | ||||||||||||||
Tom Creavy | 2&1 | |||||||||||||
Denny Shute | ||||||||||||||
Denny Shute | 3&1 | |||||||||||||
Tommy Armour | ||||||||||||||
Denny Shute | 1up | |||||||||||||
Billy Burke | ||||||||||||||
Billy Burke | 5&3 | |||||||||||||
Abe Espinosa |
Morning
Afternoon