1938 PGA Championship

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1938 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates July 10–16, 1938
Location Smithfield Township,
Pennsylvania, U.S.
Course(s) Shawnee Country Club
Organized by PGA of America
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Match play - 6 rounds
Statistics
Par 72[1]
Length 6,656 yards (6,086 m)
Field 107 players,[1]
64 to match play
Cut 151 (+7), playoff
Prize fund $10,000[2]
Winner's share $1,100
Champion
United States Paul Runyan
def. Sam Snead, 8 & 7
Shawnee CC is located in USA
Shawnee CC
Shawnee CC
Location in the United States
Shawnee CC  is located in Pennsylvania
Shawnee CC 
Shawnee CC 
Location in Pennsylvania

The 1938 PGA Championship was the 21st PGA Championship, held July 10–16 at Shawnee Country Club in Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania.

Then a match play championship, Paul Runyan won his second PGA Championship, defeating the favored Sam Snead 8 & 7.[3] Nicknamed "Little Poison," Runyan was one of the shorter hitters on tour, while Snead was one of the longest. Runyan was five holes up after the morning round, then needed just eleven holes to finish off Snead, the largest victory margin ever in the match play finals of the PGA Championship.[4] He won the title four years earlier in 1934.

Two-time defending champion Denny Shute lost in the third round to semifinalist Jimmy Hines.

The course is on an island in the Delaware River, east of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1938 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:[2]

  • Sunday and Monday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier, 18 holes per day;
    • defending champion Denny Shute and top 63 professionals advanced to match play[5]
  • Tuesday – first two rounds, 18 holes each
  • Wednesday – third round – 36 holes
  • Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
  • Friday – semifinals – 36 holes
  • Saturday – final – 36 holes

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won Record Advanced to Finish
Paul Runyan  United States 1934 6–0 Champion 1
Gene Sarazen  United States 1922, 1923, 1933 3–1 Quarterfinals T5
Denny Shute  United States 1936, 1937 2–1 Third round T9
Leo Diegel  United States 1928, 1929 1–1 Second round T17
Johnny Revolta  United States 1935 1–1 Second round T17

Final results

Saturday, July 16, 1938

Place Player Country Money ($)
1 Paul Runyan  United States 1,100
2 Sam Snead  United States 600
T3 Jimmy Hines  United States 350
Henry Picard  United States
T5 Jim Foulis  United States 250
Byron Nelson  United States
Gene Sarazen  United States
Horton Smith  United States

Source:[3]

Final eight bracket

Quarter-finals
July 14		 Semi-finals
July 15		 Finals
July 16
                 
Paul Runyan 4&3
Horton Smith
Paul Runyan 4&3
Henry Picard
Henry Picard 3&2
Gene Sarazen
Paul Runyan 8&7
Sam Snead
Sam Snead 8&7
Jim Foulis
Sam Snead 1up
Jimmy Hines
Jimmy Hines 2&1
Byron Nelson

Video

  • You Tube – 1938 PGA Championship final

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