1967 PGA Championship


The 1967 PGA Championship was the 49th PGA Championship, played July 20–24 at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. Don January won his only major title in an 18-hole playoff over Don Massengale.
Both had overtaken the leaders with low scores in the fourth round on Sunday.
Columbine was scheduled to host the championship in 1966, but flooding of the course by the South Platte River caused a postponement of a year. Firestone Country Club in Ohio, scheduled to host in 1967, swapped years with Columbine and was the site of the tournament in 1966.
There was a possibility of a boycott of the championship by the top tournament players, due to grievances with the PGA of America. An understanding was achieved several weeks before and the top players entered.
At the time, Columbine was the longest course in major championship history at. The elevation of the course is over above sea level, additionally dry and fast conditions shortened its effective length. Tommy Aaron carded a course record 65 in the second round to take a four-stroke lead, but a 76 on Saturday dropped him two back and he fell out of contention on Sunday with a 78. The 54-hole leader was Dan Sikes, the chairman of the tournament players committee, who shot a final round 73 and finished a stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for third with Jack Nicklaus.
This was the second and final 18-hole Monday playoff at the PGA Championship, formerly a match play event through 1957. The next playoff was ten years later in 1977 and the format was changed to sudden-death, immediately following the fourth round. It was later changed to a three-hole aggregate format, first used in 2000.
The Open Championship was played the previous week near Liverpool, England, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969, where it remained through 2018. In 2019, the tournament moved to the weekend before Memorial Day.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 1967
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dave Hill66−6
2Jack Nicklaus67−5
T3Don Bies69−3
T3Julius Boros69−3
T3Davis Love, Jr.69−3
T3Dan Sikes69−3
T7Tommy Aaron70−2
T7Rich Bassett70−2
T7Bob Goalby70−2
T7Don Massengale70−2
T7Arnold Palmer70−2
T7Mike Souchak70−2

Second round

Friday, July 21, 1967
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tommy Aaron70-65=135−9
T2Don Bies69-70=139−5
T2Dave Hill66-73=139−5
T2Dan Sikes69-70=139−5
5Arnold Palmer70-71=141−3
6Jack Nicklaus67-75=142−2
T7Bill Biedorf72-71=143−1
T7Raymond Floyd74-69=143−1
T7Don January71-72=143−1
T7R. H. Sikes72-71=143−1
T7Mike Souchak70-73=143−1
T7Dudley Wysong73-70=143−1

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Third round

Saturday, July 22, 1967
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dan Sikes69-70-70=209−7
T2Tommy Aaron70-65-76=211−5
T2Jack Nicklaus67-75-69=211−5
4Bob Goalby70-74-68=212−4
T5Al Geiberger73-71-69=213−3
T5Dave Hill66-73-74=213−3
T5Don January71-72-70=213−3
T5Arnold Palmer70-71-72=213−3
T5R. H. Sikes71-71-71=213−3
T5Mike Souchak70-73-70=213−3

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Final round

Sunday, July 23, 1967
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Don January71-72-70-68=281−7Playoff
T1Don Massengale70-75-70-66=281−7Playoff
T3Jack Nicklaus67-75-69-71=282−69,000
T3Dan Sikes69-70-70-73=282−69,000
T5Julius Boros69-76-70-68=283−56,500
T5Al Geiberger73-71-69-70=283−56,500
T7Frank Beard71-74-70-70=285−34,750
T7Don Bies69-70-76-70=285−34,750
T7Bob Goalby70-74-68-73=285−34,750
T7Gene Littler73-72-71-69=285−34,750

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Playoff

Monday, July 24, 1967
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Don January36-33=69−325,000
2Don Massengale36-35=71−115,000

Scorecard

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