1959 PGA Championship 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 to win his only major championship at one stroke ahead of runners-up Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders . Rosburg had managed only five birdies in the first three rounds, but had five in the first nine on Sunday to go out in 30, then a record . Barber shot a 65 on Friday and was the 36-hole and 54-hole leader at 205 , with Sanders a stroke back. Barber won the title two years later, in a Monday playoff in 1961 . Tied for fourteenth at 286 was 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. 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 were in the field and none made the cut.Past champions in the field Made both cuts Missed the second cut Round summaries First round Thursday, July 30, 1959 Place Player Country Score To par T1 Jerry Barber 69 −1 T1 Jackson Bradley 69 −1 T1 Walter Burkemo 69 −1 T1 Billy Casper 69 −1 T1 Dick Hart 69 −1 T1 Chuck Klein 69 −1 T1 Mike Krak 69 −1 T1 Gene Littler 69 −1 T1 Mike Souchak 69 −1 T10 Jack Burke Jr.70 E T10 Buster Cupit 70 E T10 Don Fairfield 70 E T10 Al Feminelli 70 E T10 Billy Maxwell 70 E T10 Herman Scharlau 70 E T10 Don Shock 70 E T10 Ken Venturi 70 E T10 Art Wall Jr.70 E
Source:Second round Friday, July 31 , 1959 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Jerry Barber 69-65=134 −6 2 Mike Souchak 69-67=136 −4 3 Doug Sanders 72-66=138 −2 T4 Dow Finsterwald 71-68=139 −1 T4 Gene Littler 69-70=139 −1 T6 Billy Casper 69-71=140 E T6 Lionel Hebert 71-69=140 E T6 Cary Middlecoff 72-68=140 E T9 Walter Burkemo 69-71=141 +1 T9 Fred Hawkins 72-69=141 +1 T9 Bob Goalby 72-69=141 +1
Source:Third round Saturday, August 1 , 1959 Place Player Country Score To par 1 Jerry Barber 69-65-71=205 −5 2 Doug Sanders 72-66-68=206 −4 3 Mike Souchak 69-67-71=207 −3 T4 Dow Finsterwald 71-68-71=210 E T4 Cary Middlecoff 72-68-70=210 E T6 Jay Hebert 72-70-69=211 +1 T6 Gene Littler 69-70-72=211 +1 T6 Bob Rosburg 71-72-68=211 +1 T9 Tommy Jacobs 73-71-68=212 +2 T9 Sam Snead 71-73-68=212 +2 T9 Ken Venturi 70-72-70=212 +2
Source:Final round Sunday, August 2, 1959 Place Player Country Score To par Money 1 Bob Rosburg 71-72-68-66=277 −3 8,250 T2 Jerry Barber 69-65-71-73=278 −2 3,563 T2 Doug Sanders 72-66-68-72=278 −2 3,563 4 Dow Finsterwald 71-68-71-70=280 E 2,500 T5 Bob Goalby 72-69-72-68=281 +1 2,000 T5 Mike Souchak 69-67-71-74=281 +1 2,000 T5 Ken Venturi 70-72-70-69=281 +1 2,000 T8 Cary Middlecoff 72-68-70-72=282 +2 1,600 T8 Sam Snead 71-73-68-70=282 +2 1,600 10 Gene Littler 69-70-72-73=284 +4 1,450
Source:Scorecard 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:
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