1959 PGA Championship

1959 PGA Championship
Tournament information
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, 99 after 1st cut 63 after 2nd cut
Cut	150 (+10) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut)
Prize fund	$51,175^[1]
Winner's share	$8,250
Champion
Bob Rosburg
277 (−3)
«1958 1960»

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, 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.

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]

Past champions in the field

Minneapolis
Golf Club

Location in the United States

Minneapolis
Golf Club

Location in Minnesota

Made both cuts

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Dow Finsterwald	United States	1958	71	68	71	70	280	E	4
Sam Snead	United States	1942, 1949, 1951	71	73	68	70	282	+2	T8
Doug Ford	United States	1955	71	73	71	70	285	+5	T11
Jack Burke, Jr.	United States	1956	70	73	72	72	287	+7	T17
Walter Burkemo	United States	1953	69	72	73	73	287	+7	T17
Chick Harbert	United States	1954	73	71	71	74	289	+9	T28
Lionel Hebert	United States	1957	71	69	75	75	290	+10	T31
Jim Ferrier	Australia United States	1947	73	71	72	76	292	+12	T38
Jim Turnesa	United States	1952	73	72	74	73	292	+12	T38
Denny Shute	United States	1936, 1937	75	73	70	75	293	+13	T44

Missed the second cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	Total	To par
Gene Sarazen	United States	1922, 1923, 1933	73	74	WD	147	+7
Chandler Harper	United States	1950	73	77	WD	150	+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 30, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Jerry Barber	United States	69	−1
	Jackson Bradley	United States
	Walter Burkemo	United States
	Billy Casper	United States
	Dick Hart	United States
	Chuck Klein	United States
	Mike Krak	United States
	Gene Littler	United States
	Mike Souchak	United States
T10	Jack Burke Jr.	United States	70	E
	Buster Cupit	United States
	Don Fairfield	United States
	Al Feminelli	United States
	Billy Maxwell	United States
	Herman Scharlau	United States
	Don Shock	United States
	Ken Venturi	United States
	Art Wall Jr.	United States

Source:^[8]^[9]

Second round

Friday, July 31, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jerry Barber	United States	69-65=134	−6
2	Mike Souchak	United States	69-67=136	−4
3	Doug Sanders	United States	72-66=138	−2
T4	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-68=139	−1
T4	Gene Littler	United States	69-70=139	−1
T6	Billy Casper	United States	69-71=140	E
	Lionel Hebert	United States	71-69=140
	Cary Middlecoff	United States	72-68=140
T9	Walter Burkemo	United States	69-71=141	E
	Fred Hawkins	United States	72-69=141
	Bob Goalby	United States	72-69=141

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 1, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jerry Barber	United States	69-65-71=205	−5
2	Doug Sanders	United States	72-66-68=206	−4
3	Mike Souchak	United States	69-67-71=207	−3
T4	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-68-71=210	E
T4	Cary Middlecoff	United States	72-68-70=210	E
T6	Jay Hebert	United States	72-70-69=211	+1
	Gene Littler	United States	69-70-72=211
	Bob Rosburg	United States	71-72-68=211
T9	Tommy Jacobs	United States	73-71-68=212	+2
	Sam Snead	United States	71-73-68=212
	Ken Venturi	United States	70-72-70=212

Source:^[5]^[11]

Final round

Sunday, August 2, 1959

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Bob Rosburg	United States	71-72-68-66=277	−3	8,250
T2	Jerry Barber	United States	69-65-71-73=278	−2	3,563
T2	Doug Sanders	United States	72-66-68-72=278	−2	3,563
4	Dow Finsterwald	United States	71-68-71-70=280	E	2,500
T5	Bob Goalby	United States	72-69-72-68=281	+1	2,000
	Mike Souchak	United States	69-67-71-74=281
	Ken Venturi	United States	70-72-70-69=281
T8	Cary Middlecoff	United States	72-68-70-72=282	+2	1,600
T8	Sam Snead	United States	71-73-68-70=282	+2	1,600
10	Gene Littler	United States	69-70-72-73=284	+4	1,450

Source:^[2]^[3]

Scorecard

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4
Rosburg	+1	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Barber	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−2
Sanders	−4	−4	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[3]

References

↑ "Tournament Info for: 1959 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
1 2 3 Bartlett, Charles (August 3, 1959). "Rosburg wins P.G.A. title with 277". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1, part 4.
1 2 3 "Rosburg Rallies to Win PGA". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 3, 1959. pp. 18, 21.
↑ Brown, Gwilym (August 10, 1959). "Drama at Minneapolis in wind and rain". Sports Illustrated. p. 42.
1 2 Bartlett, Charles (August 2, 1959). "Barber keeps P.G.A. lead by stroke with 205". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, part 2.
↑ "Barber keeps lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. August 2, 1959. p. 1C.
↑ Bartlett, Charles (July 30, 1959). "Old timer laments match play passing as 41st PGA meet opens". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3, part 6.
↑ "Nine players tied for PGA lead with 69s". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 31, 1959. p. 17.
↑ "PGA tournament scoreboard". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 31, 1959. p. 18.
↑ "Jerry Barber grabs PGA lead with 134". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 1, 1959. p. 11.
↑ "Barber keeps lead on great final shot". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 2, 1959. p. 1, sports.

External links

PGA Media Guide 2012
About.com – 1959 PGA Championship
PGA.com – 1959 PGA Championship

Preceded by 1959 Open Championship	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1960 Masters

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Coordinates: 44°57′50″N 93°23′42″W / 44.964°N 93.395°W / 44.964; -93.395

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