1931 PGA Championship

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This was the first year the defending champion was exempt from qualifying; Tommy Armour lost in the quarterfinals to Shute, 3 and 1.[6] Sarazen was the medalist in the qualifying with 145 (+5).[7][8]

Through 2016, Sarazen remains the youngest winner of a modern major title at age 20 (in 1922) and Creavy was just 2 months older.[9][10] Finalist Shute won consecutive titles in 1936 and 1937.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1931 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[2]

  • Monday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
    • defending champion Tommy Armour and top 31 professionals advanced to match play
  • Tuesday – first round – 36 holes
  • Wednesday – second round – 36 holes
  • Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
  • Friday – semifinals – 36 holes
  • Saturday – final – 36 holes

Final results

Saturday, September 19, 1931

Place Player Money ($)
1 Template:Flagicon Tom Creavy 1,000
2 Template:Flagicon Denny Shute 500
T3 Template:Flagicon Billy Burke 250
Template:Flagicon Gene Sarazen
T5 Template:Flagicon Tommy Armour 200
Template:Flagicon Abe Espinosa
Template:Flagicon Horton Smith
Template:Flagicon Cyril Walker

Final eight bracket

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Final match scorecards

Morning

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4
Template:Flagicon Creavy 4 4 2 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 5 6
Template:Flagicon Shute 4 4 3 5 4 6 4 3 5 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 5 6
Leader C1 C1 C1 C2 C2 C1 C2 C2 C3 C2 C1 C1 C2 C2 C2 C2

Afternoon

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 5 4
Template:Flagicon Creavy 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 5 5 3 6 5
Template:Flagicon Shute 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 2 4 6
Leader C2 C1 C1 C1 C1 C2 C1 C1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C3 C3 C2 C1 C2

References

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