1970 PGA Championship

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 1970 PGA Championship was the 52nd PGA Championship, played August 13–16 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dave Stockton won the first of his two PGA Championships at 279 (−1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer.

It was Palmer's third runner-up finish at the only major he never won, and was his last time in contention in the final round of a PGA Championship. Stockton won his second PGA Championship six years later in 1976.

The third round was played in heat, and Stockton led by three strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−4). Defending champion Raymond Floyd carded a 65 (−5) on Saturday and was in second place at 209 (−1) entering the final round, and Palmer was alone in third place at 211 (+1).

It was the second major championship at Southern Hills, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1958. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 1977 and 2001 and the PGA Championship in 1982, 1994, 2007, and 2022.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	459	450	410	360	630	188	385	218	378	3,478	401	167	456	470	215	410	552	355	458	3,484	6,962
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller	68	−2
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus
T3	Template:Flagicon Charles Coody	69	−1
	Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson
T5	Template:Flagicon Homero Blancas	70	E
	Template:Flagicon Jacky Cupit
	Template:Flagicon Dick Hendrickson
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead
	Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton

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Second round

Friday, August 14, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson	69-71=140	E
	Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton	70-70=140
T3	Template:Flagicon Mike Hill	71-70=141	+1
	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	71-70=141
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	71-70=141
T6	Template:Flagicon Billy Casper	72-70=142	+2
	Template:Flagicon Dick Lotz	72-70=142
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	70-72=142
	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	74-69=142
T10	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	72-71=143	+3
	Template:Flagicon Bill Collins	72-71=143
	Template:Flagicon Terry Dill	72-71=143
	Template:Flagicon Lou Graham	75-68=143
	Template:Flagicon Howie Johnson	71-72=143
	Template:Flagicon Gene Littler	72-71=143
	Template:Flagicon Bob Lunn	74-69=143
	Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell	72-71=143
	Template:Flagicon Bert Yancey	74-69=143

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Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton	70-70-66=206	−4
2	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	71-73-65=209	−1
3	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	70-72-69=211	+1
4	Template:Flagicon Gene Littler	72-71-69=212	+2
T5	Template:Flagicon Bob Lunn	74-69-70=213	+3
	Template:Flagicon Sam Snead	70-75-68=213
T7	Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson	69-71-74=214	+4
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	71-70-73=214
T9	Template:Flagicon Julius Boros	72-71-72=215	+5
	Template:Flagicon Mike Hill	71-70-74=215
	Template:Flagicon Johnny Miller	68-77-70=215
	Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy	71-73-71=215

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Final round

Sunday, August 16, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Template:Flagicon Dave Stockton	70-70-66-73=279	−1	40,000
T2	Template:Flagicon Bob Murphy	71-73-71-66=281	+1	18,500
	Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer	70-72-69-70=281
T4	Template:Flagicon Larry Hinson	69-71-74-68=282	+2	8,800
	Template:Flagicon Gene Littler	72-71-69-70=282
T6	Template:Flagicon Bruce Crampton	73-75-68-67=283	+3	6,800
	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	68-76-73-66=283
T8	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	71-73-65-75=284	+4	5,650
	Template:Flagicon Dick Lotz	72-70-75-67=284
T10	Template:Flagicon Billy Maxwell	72-71-73-69=285	+5	4,800
	Template:Flagicon Mason Rudolph	71-70-73-71=285

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External links

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1970 PGA Championship
• Southern Hills Country Club official site