1938 PGA Championship

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Then a match play championship, Paul Runyan won his second PGA Championship, defeating the favored Sam Snead 8 and 7.[1] 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.[2] Snead won only one of the 29 holes, the 24th, which Runyan bogeyed. Runyan's victory four years earlier in 1934 took 38 holes to decide.

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

The course, now The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort, 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:[3]

  • Sunday and Monday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier, 18 holes per day;
    • defending champion Denny Shute and top 63 professionals advanced to match play[4]
  • Tuesday – first two rounds, 18 holes each
  • Wednesday – third round – 36 holes
  • Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
  • Friday – semifinals – 36 holes
  • Saturday – final – 36 holes

Final results

Saturday, July 16, 1938

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

Source:[1]

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 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 3
Template:Flagicon Runyan 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 2 4 4 4 3 4 3
Template:Flagicon Snead 4 4 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 3
Leader R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R3 R4 R4 R4 R5 R5 R5 R5

Afternoon

Hole  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 3 5 3
Template:Flagicon Runyan 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 3 4 4 4 Runyan wins
8 and 7
Template:Flagicon Snead 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 4
Leader R5 R6 R7 R7 R7 R6 R6 R7 R7 R8 R8

Source:[1]

Video

  • You Tube – 1938 PGA Championship final

References

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