1969 PGA Championship


The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Raymond Floyd, age 26, won the first of his four major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Gary Player.
Floyd held a five-shot lead after the third round, at 202, and carded a 74 on Sunday.
During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Player and Jack Nicklaus. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt. Security was stepped up for the final round on Sunday.
This was the first PGA Championship after the formation of the "Tournament Players Division" in December 1968, later renamed the PGA Tour. It also marked the permanent move of the PGA Championship to August, excluding 1971, which was played in Florida in February. Except for 1965, it had been played in July in the 1960s; five times during the decade it was held the week immediately after The Open Championship in Britain, including 1968. The new scheduling allowed more players to participate in both majors, cementing the concept of the modern grand slam.
The attendance on Sunday was 23,543 and a new record was set for the four days at 80,847; including practice days, the week's attendance was 106,043.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Charles Coody69−2
T1Raymond Floyd69−2
T1Al Geiberger69−2
T1Bunky Henry69−2
T1Bob Lunn69−2
T1Larry Mowry69−2
T1Johnny Pott69−2
T1Tom Shaw69−2
T1Larry Ziegler69−2
T10Tommy Aaron70−1
T10Frank Beard70−1
T10Bruce Crampton70−1
T10Jacky Cupit70−1
T10Bruce Devlin70−1
T10George Knudson70−1
T10Jack Nicklaus70−1
T10Phil Rodgers70−1
T10Tom Weiskopf70−1

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Second round

Friday, August 15, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd69-66=135−7
2Gary Player71-65=136−6
3Bunky Henry69-68=137−5
T4Don Bies74-64=138−4
T4Orville Moody70-68=138−4
T4Jack Nicklaus70-68=138−4
T7Bert Greene71-68=139−3
T7Jimmy Wright71-68=139−3
T9Ron Cerrudo74-66=140−2
T9Charles Coody69-71=140−2
T9Bruce Crampton70-70=140−2
T9Larry Mowry69-71=140−2
T9Larry Ziegler69-71=140−2

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Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Raymond Floyd69-66-67=202−11
T2Bert Greene71-68-68=207−6
T2Bunky Henry69-68-70=207−6
T2Gary Player71-65-71=207−6
5Jimmy Wright71-68-69=208−5
T6Don Bies74-64-71=209−4
T6Orville Moody70-68-71=209−4
T6Larry Mowry69-71-69=209−4
T9Ron Cerrudo74-66-70=210−3
T9Larry Ziegler69-71-70=210−3

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Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Raymond Floyd69-66-67-74=276−835,000
2Gary Player71-65-71-70=277−720,000
3Bert Greene71-68-68-71=278−612,400
4Jimmy Wright71-68-69-71=279−58,300
T5Miller Barber73-75-64-68=280−46,725
T5Larry Ziegler69-71-70-70=280−46,725
T7Charles Coody69-71-72-69=281−35,144
T7Orville Moody70-68-71-72=281−35,144
T7Terry Wilcox72-71-72-66=281−35,144
10Frank Beard70-75-68-69=282−24,375

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