1964 PGA Championship

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1964 PGA Championship was the 46th PGA Championship, played July 16–19 at Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. Bobby Nichols won his only major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Nichols led wire-to-wire after a first round 64 in the hometown of Nicklaus, who shot a 64 in the final round to gain his third runner-up finish in majors in 1964.

Ben Hogan, age 51, competed at the PGA Championship for the first time since 1960. Tied for fifth place after a third round 68, he finished tied for ninth for his penultimate top ten in a major. His final top ten came at the 1967 Masters.

Nichols' winning score of 271 was the lowest to date at the PGA Championship, the seventh as a 72-hole stroke play championship. It stood as the record for thirty years, until Nick Price's 269 in 1994.

Nichols' win marked the third time that all of the professional major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year.

The British Open was played the previous week in St Andrews, Scotland, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February) until 2019, when it was moved to the weekend before Memorial Day in May.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 16, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	64	−6
T2	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	67	−3
	Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak
T4	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	68	−2
	Template:Flagicon Bob Charles
	Template:Flagicon Paul Haviland
	Template:Flagicon Don January
	Template:Flagicon Tom Nieporte
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
T10	Template:Flagicon Joe Conrad	69	−1
	Template:Flagicon Jon Gustin
	Template:Flagicon Bob Keller
	Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger

Second round

Friday, July 17, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	64-71=135	−5
2	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	68-68=136	−4
T3	Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi	72-65=137	−3
	Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger	69-68=137
T5	Template:Flagicon Bob Charles	68-71=139	−1
	Template:Flagicon Tony Lema	71-68=139
	Template:Flagicon Tom Nieporte	68-71=139
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	73-66=139
T9	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	68-72=140	E
	Template:Flagicon Ed Furgol	71-69=140
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	67-73=140
	Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak	67-73=140

Third round

Saturday, July 18, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	64-71-69=204	−6
2	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	68-68-69=205	−5
T3	Template:Flagicon Tom Nieporte	68-71-68=207	−3
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	73-66-68=207
T5	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	68-72-70=210	E
	Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan	70-72-68=210
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	67-73-70=210
	Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi	72-65-73=210
	Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger	69-68-73=210
T10	Template:Flagicon Tony Lema	71-68-72=211	+1
	Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak	67-73-71=211

Final round

Sunday, July 19, 1964

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Nichols	64-71-69-67=271	−9	18,000
T2	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	67-73-70-64=274	−6	9,000
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	68-68-69-69=274
4	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	73-66-68-69=276	−4	5,000
T5	Template:Flagicon Tom Nieporte	68-71-68-72=279	−1	3,850
	Template:Flagicon Ken Venturi	72-65-73-69=279
7	Template:Flagicon Bo Wininger	69-68-73-70=280	E	3,200
8	Template:Flagicon Gay Brewer	72-71-71-67=281	+1	2,900
T9	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	68-72-70-72=282	+2	2,300
	Template:Flagicon Jon Gustin	69-76-71-66=282
	Template:Flagicon Ben Hogan	70-72-68-72=282
	Template:Flagicon Tony Lema	71-68-72-71=282

External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1964 PGA Championship