1922 PGA Championship

August 2023 1922 PGA Championship August 14–18, 1922 Oakmont, Pennsylvania Oakmont Country Club PGA of America PGA Tour 74 6707 yd 64 players Match play - 6 rounds $2,580 $500 USA 1912 Gene Sarazen def. Emmet French, 4 and 3 1921 1923 USA 1 Oakmont 40.526 -79.827 Location in the United States bottom 5 230 USA Pennsylvania 1 Oakmont 40.526 -79.827 Location in Pennsylvania 5 160 The 1922 PGA Championship was the fifth PGA Championship, held August 14–18 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. The match play field of 64 competitors qualified by sectional tournaments. This was the first PGA Championship with a field of 64 in the bracket; the previous four had fields of 32 players. In the Friday final, Gene Sarazen defeated Emmet French, 4 and 3. Sarazen, age 20, also won the U.S. Open a month earlier near Chicago. Defending champion Walter Hagen did not enter this year due to exhibition engagements; the two champions met the following year in the finals, won by Sarazen. This was the first of thirteen major championships at Oakmont; three PGA Championships and ten U.S. Opens through 2025. It has hosted the U.S. Amateur six times and the U.S. Women's Open twice. The PGA Championship returned in 1951 and 1978. Sarazen was the first of four players in history to win the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship in the same calendar year. He was followed by Ben Hogan in 1948 and Jack Nicklaus in 1980. Through 2012, Tiger Woods is the last to win both, in 2000, part of his Tiger Slam of four consecutive majors. Course layout Oakmont Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4823634285163711723702334623,3974613656011643494202262824423,3106,707 Par544543435375453443453774 Source: Format The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1922 called for 10 rounds (180 holes) in five days. The first two rounds were 18-hole matches, contested in the morning and afternoon of the first day, which reduced the field to sixteen players. The third round, quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals were 36-hole matches played on the final four days, Tuesday through Friday. Monday - first two rounds, 18 holes each Tuesday - third round, 36 holes each Wednesday - quarterfinals - 36 holes Thursday - semifinals - 36 holes Friday - final - 36 holes Bracket 1 Round 1August 14 Round 2August 14 Round 3August 15 Quarter-finalsAugust 16 130 35 Gene Sarazen 3&2 Tom Mahan Willie Ogg 2 up Clarence Hackney Frank Sprogell 3&1 Willie Hunter Dan Kenny 2 up Earl Rowley Jock Hutchison 6&5 L. Goldbeck Dan Goss 6&5 Nelson Zimmerman Harry Hampton 3&2 Jack Gordon Charles Hoffner 3&1 Larry Nabholtz Gene Sarazen 2&1 Willie Ogg Frank Sprogell 4&3 Dan Kenny Jock Hutchison 6&4 Dan Goss Harry Hampton 3&2 Charles Hoffner Gene Sarazen 9&7 Frank Sprogell Jock Hutchison 4&3 Harry Hampton Gene Sarazen 3&1 Jock Hutchison Bracket 2 Round 1August 14 Round 2August 14 Round 3August 15 Quarter-finalsAugust 16 130 35 Emmet French 4&2 George Gordon Mike Brady 1 up Gilbert Nicholls R. S. Miner Def. Jim Carberry Fred Baroni 4&3 John Rowe Emil Loeffler 4&3 Walter Loeffler Dave Robertson 3&2 Tom McNamara Eddie Towns Def. Tom Harmon Matt Duffy Def. Laurie Ayton, Snr Emmet French 3&1 Mike Brady R. S. Miner 19h Fred Baroni Emil Loeffler 4&3 Dave Robertson Eddie Towns 1 up Matt Duffy Emmet French 8&7 R. S. Miner Emil Loeffler 2&1 Eddie Towns Emmet French 4&2 Emil Loeffler Bracket 3 Round 1August 14 Round 2August 14 Round 3August 15 Quarter-finalsAugust 16 130 35 Bobby Cruickshank 7&6 George Underwood Al Watrous 1 up George Sargent Francis Gallett 6&4 Wilfrid Reid Fred Brand Def. Charles Clarke Charles Rowe 1 up William Robinson Tom Boyd 5&4 John Edmundson Jack Burgess 4&3 A. J. Chapman Peter Walsh 2&1 Dave McKay Bobby Cruickshank 3&2 Al Watrous Francis Gallett 5&4 Fred Brand Charles Rowe 3&1 Tom Boyd Jack Burgess 3&2 Peter Walsh Bobby Cruickshank 7&6 Francis Gallett Charles Rowe 6&5 Jack Burgess Bobby Cruickshank 3&2 Charles Rowe Bracket 4 Round 1August 14 Round 2August 14 Round 3August 15 Quarter-finalsAugust 16 130 35 Johnny Golden 4&3 Frank Coltart Phil Gaudin 3&2 T. K. Manley Al Ciuci 2 up Carl Giehler George Stark 20h John Rogers Tom Kerrigan 5&4 Archie Loeffler Charles Hilgendorf 5&4 George Dernbach Johnny Farrell 6&5 Jack Campbell Jim Barnes 2&1 George McLean Johnny Golden 8&7 Phil Gaudin Al Ciuci 4&2 George Stark Tom Kerrigan 5&4 Charles Hilgendorf Johnny Farrell 1 up Jim Barnes Johnny Golden 3&2 Al Ciuci Tom Kerrigan 4&3 Johnny Farrell Johnny Golden 4&3 Tom Kerrigan Final four Semi-finalsAugust 17 FinalsAugust 18 35px 130px Gene Sarazen 3&2 Bobby Cruickshank Emmet French 8&7 Johnny Golden Gene Sarazen 4&3 Emmet French References http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=421&date=1922&tourn_name_id=2 Tournament Info for: 1922 PGA Championship PGA Media Guide PGA of America March 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100831/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=421&date=1922&tourn_name_id=2 May 18, 2015 dead https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/14/99055972.pdf P.G.A. Tourney Will Open Today The New York Times New York, New York August 14, 1922 March 29, 2011 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/15/99056503.pdf Pro Golfing Stars Beaten At Oakmont The New York Times New York, New York August 15, 1922 March 29, 2011 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/16/99056988.pdf Tom Kerrigan Puts Out Farrell, 4-3 The New York Times New York, New York August 16, 1922 March 29, 2011 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/17/99057418.pdf Sarazen Once More Defeats Hutchison The New York Times New York, New York August 17, 1922 March 29, 2011 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/18/107068259.pdf Sarazen Wins From Bobby Cruickshank The New York Times New York, New York August 18, 1922 March 29, 2011 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/08/19/107068849.pdf Sarazen Is Victor Over Emmet French The New York Times New York, New York August 19, 1922 March 29, 2011 External links PGA Media Guide 2012 Results at golfobserver.com https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235307/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?style=&tour=Majors&name=&year=1922&tournament=PGA+Championship&in=Search 2016-03-03 PGA.com – 1922 PGA Championship 1922 40.526 -79.827 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Pennsylvania PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship