1972 PGA Championship

August 2023 1972 PGA Championship August 3–6, 1972 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Oakland Hills Country Club,South Course PGA of America PGA Tour 70 7054 yd 138 players, 77 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=398&date=1972&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1972 PGA Championship August 15, 2012 August 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120809073108/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=398&date=1972&tourn_name_id=2 dead 150 (+10) $224,087 $45,000 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 281 (+1) 1971 1973 USA 1 Oakland Hills Country Club 42.544 -83.277 Location in the United States 5 240 USA Michigan 1 Oakland Hills Country Club 42.544 -83.277 Location in Michigan 5 180 The 1972 PGA Championship was the 54th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Gary Player won his second PGA Championship with a total of 281 (+1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Tommy Aaron and Jim Jamieson.https://www.si.com/vault/1972/08/14/613138/no-muzzle-for-the-monster Sports Illustrated Jenkins Dan Dan Jenkins No muzzle for the monster August 14, 1972 58 It was the sixth of Player's nine major titles, but his first in over four years.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i91VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5eADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6371%2C1726189 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Player recoups faded prestige with win 5B August 7, 1972https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k9kvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ye0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7205%2C2312546 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Nervy Gary Player takes PGA Crown 10 August 7, 1972 The PGA Championship returned to the month of August in 1972 after being played in late February in 1971 in Florida. Defending champion Jack Nicklaus, winner of the year's Masters and U.S. Open and runner-up in the British Open, finished six strokes back in a tie for thirteenth place. He regained the title the following year. It was the fifth major championship held on the South Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, and 1961. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1979 and 2008, the U.S. Open in 1985 and 1996, and the Ryder Cup in 2004. Course layout Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4465212024394423684084582273,5114594205671734683884082014593,5437,054Par453444443354453444343570 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 3, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Buddy Allin 68 −2 USA Stan Thirsk T3 USA Raymond Floyd 69 −1 USA Larry Gilbert USA Jerry Heard USA Jim Jamieson USA Arnold Palmer T8 USA Richard Crawford 70 E USA Rod Funseth USA Johnny Miller USA Dan Sikes USA Sam Snead USA Jim Wiechers Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F8wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5364%2C1283435 Milwaukee Sentinel Two share PGA lead with 68s August 4, 1972 1, part 2 Second round Friday, August 4, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jerry Heard 69-70=139 −1 T2 USA Raymond Floyd 69-71=140 E USA Hale Irwin 71-69=140 T4 USA Gay Brewer 71-70=141 +1 USA Jim Jamieson 69-72=141 USA Bob Smith 69-72=141 T7 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71=142 +2 USA Dan Sikes 70-72=142 USA Lanny Wadkins 74-68=142 T10 USA Billy Casper 73-70=143 +3 USA Phil Rodgers 71-72=143 USA Art Wall Jr. 72-71=143 USA Jim Wiechers 70-73=143 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GMwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bhEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5999%2C1655671 Milwaukee Sentinel UPI Heard tops PGA by stroke August 5, 1972 1, part 2 Third round Saturday, August 5, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71-67=209 −1 2 USA Billy Casper 73-70-67=210 E T3 USA Gay Brewer 71-70-70=211 +1 USA Jerry Heard 69-70-72=211 USA Phil Rodgers 71-72-68=211T6 USA Tommy Aaron 71-71-70=212 +2 USA Doug Sanders 72-72-68=212 USA Jim Wiechers 70-73-69=212 USA Larry Wise 74-71-67=21210 USA Jim Jamieson 69-72-72=213 +3 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ktkvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ye0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6972%2C2039668 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Hot round by Player tops PGA August 5, 1972 1, sports Final round Sunday, August 6, 1972 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 ZAF 1928 Gary Player 71-71-67-72=281 +1 45,000T2 USA Tommy Aaron 71-71-70-71=283 +3 20,850 USA Jim Jamieson 69-72-72-70=283T4 USA Billy Casper 73-70-67-74=284 +4 9,275 USA Raymond Floyd 69-71-74-70=284 USA Sam Snead 70-74-71-69=284T7 USA Gay Brewer 71-70-70-74=285 +5 6,383 USA Jerry Heard 69-70-72-74=285 USA Phil Rodgers 71-72-68-74=285 USA Doug Sanders 72-72-68-73=285 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1972&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1972 PGA Championship August 23, 2013 References External links PGA Media Guide 2012 PGA.com – 1972 PGA Championship 1972 42.544 -83.277 type:event title Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Michigan Category:Bloomfield Hills, Michigan PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship