Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 30 – August 2, 1959 |
Location | St. Louis Park, Minnesota |
Course(s) | Minneapolis Golf Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,850 yards (6,264 m) |
Field | 174 players, 100 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut |
Cut | 150 (+10) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut) |
Prize fund | $51,175 [1] |
Winner's share | $8,250 |
Champion | |
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277 (−3) | |
The 1959 PGA Championship was the 41st PGA Championship played from July 30 to August 2 at Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb west of Minneapolis.
Six strokes back at the start of the final round, Bob Rosburg shot a 66 (−4) to win his only major championship at 277 (−3), one stroke ahead of runners-up Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders. [2] [3] [4] Rosburg had managed only five birdies in the first three rounds, [5] but had five in the first nine on Sunday to go out in 30, then a record. [2] Barber shot a 65 on Friday and was the 36-hole and 54-hole leader at 205 (−5), with Sanders a stroke back. [6] Barber won the title two years later, in a Monday playoff in 1961. Tied for fourteenth at 286 (+6) was Arnold Palmer. [3]
This was the second year of stroke play at the PGA Championship, a match play event through 1957. Daily admission was three dollars on Thursday and Friday, and five dollars per day on the weekend. [7] The winner's share was increased fifty per cent to $8,250; two years earlier, it was $8,000 for the final match play competition.
The Open Championship was played several weeks earlier in Scotland at Muirfield; only four Americans (two amateurs) were in the field and none made the cut.
Thursday, July 30, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 |
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69 | −1 |
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T10 |
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70 | E |
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Friday, July 31, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 |
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69-65=134 | −6 |
2 |
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69-67=136 | −4 |
3 |
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72-66=138 | −2 |
T4 |
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71-68=139 | −1 |
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69-70=139 | ||
T6 |
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69-71=140 | E |
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71-69=140 | ||
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72-68=140 | ||
T9 |
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69-71=141 | +1 |
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72-69=141 | ||
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72-69=141 |
Source: [10]
Saturday, August 1, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 |
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69-65-71=205 | −5 |
2 |
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72-66-68=206 | −4 |
3 |
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69-67-71=207 | −3 |
T4 |
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71-68-71=210 | E |
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72-68-70=210 | ||
T6 |
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72-70-69=211 | +1 |
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69-70-72=211 | ||
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71-72-68=211 | ||
T9 |
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73-71-68=212 | +2 |
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71-73-68=212 | ||
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70-72-70=212 |
Sunday, August 2, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( $) |
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1 |
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71-72-68-66=277 | −3 | 8,250 |
T2 |
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69-65-71-73=278 | −2 | 3,563 |
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72-66-68-72=278 | |||
4 |
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71-68-71-70=280 | E | 2,500 |
T5 |
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72-69-72-68=281 | +1 | 2,000 |
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69-67-71-74=281 | |||
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70-72-70-69=281 | |||
T8 |
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72-68-70-72=282 | +2 | 1,600 |
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71-73-68-70=282 | |||
10 |
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69-70-72-73=284 | +4 | 1,450 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source: [3]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | July 30 – August 2, 1959 |
Location | St. Louis Park, Minnesota |
Course(s) | Minneapolis Golf Club |
Organized by | PGA of America |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 6,850 yards (6,264 m) |
Field | 174 players, 100 after 1st cut 64 after 2nd cut |
Cut | 150 (+10) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut) |
Prize fund | $51,175 [1] |
Winner's share | $8,250 |
Champion | |
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277 (−3) | |
The 1959 PGA Championship was the 41st PGA Championship played from July 30 to August 2 at Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb west of Minneapolis.
Six strokes back at the start of the final round, Bob Rosburg shot a 66 (−4) to win his only major championship at 277 (−3), one stroke ahead of runners-up Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders. [2] [3] [4] Rosburg had managed only five birdies in the first three rounds, [5] but had five in the first nine on Sunday to go out in 30, then a record. [2] Barber shot a 65 on Friday and was the 36-hole and 54-hole leader at 205 (−5), with Sanders a stroke back. [6] Barber won the title two years later, in a Monday playoff in 1961. Tied for fourteenth at 286 (+6) was Arnold Palmer. [3]
This was the second year of stroke play at the PGA Championship, a match play event through 1957. Daily admission was three dollars on Thursday and Friday, and five dollars per day on the weekend. [7] The winner's share was increased fifty per cent to $8,250; two years earlier, it was $8,000 for the final match play competition.
The Open Championship was played several weeks earlier in Scotland at Muirfield; only four Americans (two amateurs) were in the field and none made the cut.
Thursday, July 30, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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T1 |
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69 | −1 |
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T10 |
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70 | E |
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Friday, July 31, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 |
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69-65=134 | −6 |
2 |
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69-67=136 | −4 |
3 |
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72-66=138 | −2 |
T4 |
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71-68=139 | −1 |
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69-70=139 | ||
T6 |
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69-71=140 | E |
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71-69=140 | ||
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72-68=140 | ||
T9 |
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69-71=141 | +1 |
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72-69=141 | ||
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72-69=141 |
Source: [10]
Saturday, August 1, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 |
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69-65-71=205 | −5 |
2 |
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72-66-68=206 | −4 |
3 |
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69-67-71=207 | −3 |
T4 |
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71-68-71=210 | E |
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72-68-70=210 | ||
T6 |
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72-70-69=211 | +1 |
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69-70-72=211 | ||
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71-72-68=211 | ||
T9 |
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73-71-68=212 | +2 |
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71-73-68=212 | ||
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70-72-70=212 |
Sunday, August 2, 1959
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ( $) |
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1 |
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71-72-68-66=277 | −3 | 8,250 |
T2 |
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69-65-71-73=278 | −2 | 3,563 |
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72-66-68-72=278 | |||
4 |
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71-68-71-70=280 | E | 2,500 |
T5 |
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72-69-72-68=281 | +1 | 2,000 |
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69-67-71-74=281 | |||
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70-72-70-69=281 | |||
T8 |
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72-68-70-72=282 | +2 | 1,600 |
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71-73-68-70=282 | |||
10 |
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69-70-72-73=284 | +4 | 1,450 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source: [3]