1958 PGA Championship

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1958 PGA Championship was the 40th PGA Championship, played July 17–20 at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. It was the first PGA Championship held in its current stroke play format, 72 holes over four days, ending on Sunday. The previous editions were at match play, with the two most recent ones at seven rounds over five days, the final two rounds at 36 holes per match. The announcement of the change was made eight months earlier in November.

Dow Finsterwald, the runner-up in 1957, shot a final round 67 to win his only major title, two shots ahead of runner-up Billy Casper. Finsterwald's round-by-round scores were 67-72-70-67=276, 4-under-par on the par-70 course. Sam Snead led after 54 holes in pursuit of a fourth title, but faded to third with a final round 73 (+3). The winner's share was $5,500, down from the previous year's $8,000.

The Open Championship was held two weeks earlier in England at Royal Lytham & St Annes, with only two Americans in the field; Gene Sarazen finished 16th, but missed the first cut at the PGA Championship.

Round summaries

Thursday, July 17, 1958

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald	67	−3
2	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	68	−2
T3	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Demaret	69	−1
	Template:Flagicon Lionel Hebert
	Template:Flagicon Ted Kroll
	Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer
	Template:Flagicon Felice Torza
T8	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	70	E
	Template:Flagicon Bob Crowley
T10	Template:Flagicon Leo Biagetti	71	+1
	Template:Flagicon Bill Collins
	Template:Flagicon Buster Cupit
	Template:Flagicon Cary Middlecoff
	Template:Flagicon Bob Rosburg
	Template:Flagicon Don Whitt
	Template:Flagicon Art Wall Jr.

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Second round

Friday, July 18, 1958

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald	67-72=139	−1
	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	68-71=139
T3	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	72-68=140	E
	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	73-67=140
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	73-67=140
T6	Template:Flagicon Bill Collins	71-70=141	+1
	Template:Flagicon Felice Torza	69-72=141
T8	Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt	72-70=142	+2
	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	70-72=142
	Template:Flagicon Doug Ford	72-70=142
	Template:Flagicon Lionel Hebert	69-73=142

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Third round

Saturday, July 19, 1958

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	73-67-67=207	−3
2	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	73-67-68=208	−2
3	Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald	67-72-70=209	−1
4	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	70-72-69=211	+1
T5	Template:Flagicon Doug Ford	72-70-70=212	+2
	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	68-71-73=212
T7	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	72-68-73=213	+3
	Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak	75-69-69=213
T9	Template:Flagicon Buster Cupit	71-74-69=214	+4
	Template:Flagicon Dick Mayer	75-69-69=214

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Final round

Sunday, July 20, 1958

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Dow Finsterwald	67-72-70-67=276	−4	5,500
2	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	73-67-68-70=278	−2	3,500
3	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	73-67-67-73=280	E	2,400
4	Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr.	70-72-69-70=281	+1	2,000
T5	Template:Flagicon Tommy Bolt	72-70-73-70=285	+5	1,600
	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	72-68-73-72=285
	Template:Flagicon Jay Hebert	68-71-73-73=285
T8	Template:Flagicon Buster Cupit	71-74-69-73=287	+7	1,300
	Template:Flagicon Ed Oliver	74-73-71-69=287
	Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak	75-69-69-74=287

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External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1958 PGA Championship