1968 PGA Championship

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The 1968 PGA Championship was the 50th PGA Championship played July 18–21 at Pecan Valley Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas. Julius Boros, age 48, won the third of his three major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer.[1] Boros was the oldest winner of a major championship for over a half century, until Phil Mickelson won in the PGA Championship in 2021 at age fifty. The tournament was played in very hot conditions.[1] Palmer had an Script error: No such module "convert". putt to tie on the 72nd green, but it missed on the high side of the hole.[2][3] It was the second of his three runner-up finishes at the only major he never won; he also tied for second in 1964 and 1970.

This was the final major before the formation of the Tournament Players Division, later renamed the PGA Tour. The tour pros broke away from the PGA of America in August and formed an independent tour, the American Professional Golfers, Inc. (APG).[4][5][6][7] A compromise was reached in December which brought the tournament players back to the PGA in a separate division with its own policy board and commissioner.[8][9][10]

In his seventh PGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus missed his first cut in the event by a stroke; five of his six previous finishes were in the top three, with a victory in 1963 in Dallas. He made the next nine cuts at the PGA Championship and won four more times (1971, 1973, 1975, 1980).

This PGA Championship was played immediately after the Open Championship in Scotland, the fifth time during the 1960s which the final two majors were played in consecutive weeks. This PGA Championship was also the last held in July (until 2016); it moved to August in 1969 (except 1971 when it was played in February in Florida).

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 18, 1968

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Marty Fleckman 66 −4
2 Template:Flagicon Frank Beard 68 −2
T3 Template:Flagicon Don Bies 69 −1
Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino
T6 Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 70 E
Template:Flagicon Frank Boynton
Template:Flagicon Charles Coody
Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger
Template:Flagicon Laurie Hammer
Template:Flagicon Johnny Pott
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes

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Second round

Friday, July 19, 1968

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Frank Beard 68-70=138 −2
Template:Flagicon Marty Fleckman 66-72=138
3 Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 72-67=139 −1
T4 Template:Flagicon George Archer 71-69=140 E
Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 70-70=140
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 71-69=140
Template:Flagicon Johnny Pott 70-70=140
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 69-71=140
T9 Template:Flagicon Don Bies 69-73=142 +2
Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-71=142
Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 72-70=142
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes 70-72=142

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Third round

Saturday, July 20, 1968

Place Player Score To par
T1 Template:Flagicon Frank Beard 68-70-72=210 E
Template:Flagicon Marty Fleckman 66-72-72=210
T3 Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 70-70-72=212 +2
Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-71-70=212
Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 72-70-70=212
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 71-69-72=212
Template:Flagicon Dick Rhyan 72-72-68=212
Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 72-67-73=212
Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino 69-71-72=212
10 Template:Flagicon Lou Graham 73-70-70=213 +3

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Final round

Sunday, July 21, 1968

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Template:Flagicon Julius Boros 71-71-70-69=281 +1 25,000
T2 Template:Flagicon Bob Charles 72-70-70-70=282 +2 12,500
Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer 71-69-72-70=282
T4 Template:Flagicon George Archer 71-69-74-69=283 +3 7,500
Template:Flagicon Marty Fleckman 66-72-72-73=283
T6 Template:Flagicon Frank Beard 68-70-72-74=284 +4 5,750
Template:Flagicon Billy Casper 74-70-70-70=284
T8 Template:Flagicon Miller Barber 70-70-72-73=285 +5 3,406
Template:Flagicon Frank Boynton 70-73-72-70=285
Template:Flagicon Charles Coody 70-77-70-68=285
Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger 70-73-71-71=285
Template:Flagicon Bob Goalby 73-72-70-70=285
Template:Flagicon Lou Graham 73-70-70-72=285
Template:Flagicon Doug Sanders 72-67-73-73=285
Template:Flagicon Dan Sikes 70-72-73-70=285
Template:Flagicon Kermit Zarley 72-75-68-70=285

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References

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