1967 PGA Championship

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Columbine was scheduled to host the championship in 1966, but flooding of the course by the South Platte River caused a postponement of a year. Firestone Country Club in Ohio, scheduled to host in 1967, swapped years with Columbine and was the site of the tournament in 1966.[2]

There was a possibility of a boycott of the championship by the top tournament players, due to grievances with the PGA of America. An understanding was achieved several weeks before and the top players entered.[3]

At the time, Columbine was the longest course in major championship history at Script error: No such module "convert".. The elevation of the course is over Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level, additionally dry and fast conditions shortened its effective length. Tommy Aaron carded a course record 65 in the second round to take a four-stroke lead,[4] but a 76 on Saturday dropped him two back and he fell out of contention on Sunday with a 78. The 54-hole leader was Dan Sikes, the chairman of the tournament players committee,[5] who shot a final round 73 and finished a stroke out of the playoff, in a tie for third with Jack Nicklaus.[6]

This was the second and final 18-hole Monday playoff at the PGA Championship, formerly a match play event through 1957. The next playoff was ten years later in 1977 and the format was changed to sudden-death, immediately following the fourth round. It was later changed to a three-hole aggregate format, first used in 2000.

The Open Championship was played the previous week near Liverpool, England, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969, where it remained through 2018 (except 1971, when it was played in late February). In 2019, the tournament moved to the weekend before Memorial Day.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 20, 1967

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Dave Hill 66 −6
2 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 67 −5
T3 Template:Flagicon Don Bies 69 −3
Template:Flagicon Julius Boros
Template:Flagicon Davis Love Jr.
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes
T7 Template:Flagicon Tommy Aaron 70 −2
Template:Flagicon Rich Bassett
Template:Flagicon Bob Goalby
Template:Flagicon Don Massengale
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak

Second round

Friday, July 21, 1967

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Tommy Aaron 70-65=135 −9
T2 Template:Flagicon Don Bies 69-70=139 −5
Template:Flagicon Dave Hill 66-73=139
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes 69-70=139
5 Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 70-71=141 −3
6 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 67-75=142 −2
T7 Template:Flagicon Bill Bisdorf 72-71=143 −1
Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd 74-69=143
Template:Flagicon Don January 71-72=143
Template:Flagicon R. H. Sikes 72-71=143
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 70-73=143
Template:Flagicon Dudley Wysong 73-70=143

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Third round

Saturday, July 22, 1967

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes 69-70-70=209 −7
T2 Template:Flagicon Tommy Aaron 70-65-76=211 −5
Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 67-75-69=211
4 Template:Flagicon Bob Goalby 70-74-68=212 −4
T5 Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger 73-71-69=213 −3
Template:Flagicon Dave Hill 66-73-74=213
Template:Flagicon Don January 71-72-70=213
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 70-71-72=213
Template:Flagicon R. H. Sikes 71-71-71=213
Template:Flagicon Mike Souchak 70-73-70=213

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Final round

Sunday, July 23, 1967

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Template:Flagicon Don January 71-72-70-68=281 −7 Playoff
Template:Flagicon Don Massengale 70-75-70-66=281
T3 Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus 67-75-69-71=282 −6 9,000
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes 69-70-70-73=282
T5 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 69-76-70-68=283 −5 6,500
Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger 73-71-69-70=283
T7 Template:Flagicon Frank Beard 71-74-70-70=285 −3 4,750
Template:Flagicon Don Bies 69-70-76-70=285
Template:Flagicon Bob Goalby 70-74-68-73=285
Template:Flagicon Gene Littler 73-72-71-69=285

Source:[6]

Playoff

Monday, July 24, 1967

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Template:Flagicon Don January 36-33=69 −3 25,000
2 Template:Flagicon Don Massengale 36-35=71 −1 15,000

Scorecard

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 3 5 4 3 4 5 5 4 4 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon January E E E +1 +1 +1 +1 E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3
Template:Flagicon Massengale E E E E −1 −1 E E E E E −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1
Birdie Bogey

Source:[7]

References

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