1969 PGA Championship

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 on the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Raymond Floyd, age 26, won the first of his four major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Gary Player.

Floyd held a five-shot lead after the third round, at 202 (−11), and carded a 74 (+3) on Sunday.

During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Player and Jack Nicklaus. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt. Security was stepped up for the final round on Sunday.

This was the first PGA Championship after the formation of the "Tournament Players Division" in December 1968, later renamed the PGA Tour. It also marked the permanent move of the PGA Championship to August, excluding 1971, which was played in Florida in February. Except for 1965, it had been played in July in the 1960s; five times during the decade it was held the week immediately after The Open Championship in Britain, including 1968. The new scheduling allowed more players to participate in both majors, cementing the concept of the modern grand slam.

The attendance on Sunday was 23,543 and a new record was set for the four days at 80,847; including practice days, the week's attendance was 106,043.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Charles Coody	69	−2
	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd
	Template:Flagicon Al Geiberger
	Template:Flagicon Bunky Henry
	Template:Flagicon Bob Lunn
	Template:Flagicon Larry Mowry
	Template:Flagicon Johnny Pott
	Template:Flagicon Tom Shaw
	Template:Flagicon Larry Ziegler
T10	Template:Flagicon Tommy Aaron	70	−1
	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard
	Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton
	Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit
	Template:Flagicon Bruce Devlin
	Template:Flagicon George Knudson
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
	Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers
	Template:Flagicon Tom Weiskopf

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Second round

Friday, August 15, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	69-66=135	−7
2	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	71-65=136	−6
3	Template:Flagicon Bunky Henry	69-68=137	−5
T4	Template:Flagicon Don Bies	74-64=138	−4
	Template:Flagicon Orville Moody	70-68=138
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	70-68=138
T7	Template:Flagicon Bert Greene	71-68=139	−3
	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wright	71-68=139
T9	Template:Flagicon Ron Cerrudo	74-66=140	−2
	Template:Flagicon Charles Coody	69-71=140
	Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton	70-70=140
	Template:Flagicon Larry Mowry	69-71=140
	Template:Flagicon Larry Ziegler	69-71=140

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Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	69-66-67=202	−11
T2	Template:Flagicon Bert Greene	71-68-68=207	−6
	Template:Flagicon Bunky Henry	69-68-70=207
	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	71-65-71=207
5	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wright	71-68-69=208	−5
T6	Template:Flagicon Don Bies	74-64-71=209	−4
	Template:Flagicon Orville Moody	70-68-71=209
	Template:Flagicon Larry Mowry	69-71-69=209
T9	Template:Flagicon Ron Cerrudo	74-66-70=210	−3
	Template:Flagicon Larry Ziegler	69-71-70=210

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Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1969

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	69-66-67-74=276	−8	35,000
2	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	71-65-71-70=277	−7	20,000
3	Template:Flagicon Bert Greene	71-68-68-71=278	−6	12,400
4	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Wright	71-68-69-71=279	−5	8,300
T5	Template:Flagicon Miller Barber	73-75-64-68=280	−4	6,725
	Template:Flagicon Larry Ziegler	69-71-70-70=280
T7	Template:Flagicon Charles Coody	69-71-72-69=281	−3	5,144
	Template:Flagicon Orville Moody	70-68-71-72=281
	Template:Flagicon Terry Wilcox	72-71-72-66=281
10	Template:Flagicon Frank Beard	70-75-68-69=282	−2	4,375

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External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1969 PGA Championship