PGA锦标赛( PGA Championship )
Rodman Wanamker 是一位百货公司的企业家,每年夏天,他会选出一个具有专业高尔夫球场的杰出经营者,并颁赠奖品。他在1916年的一月,於纽约市的 Taplow Club 举办了一个午宴,邀请了著名的高尔夫球员,以及卓越的企业家,包括知名的建筑师 A.W. Tillinghast;一共有35个团体,包涵了传奇人物 Walter Hagen。在那次聚会中,Wanamker 暗示 需要有一个新组织举办全专业的高尔夫球赛,并将奖金多加 $2,500元。最後便成立了美国的 PGA 锦标赛。PGA 锦标赛首次在纽约市 Bronxville 的 Siwanoy Country Club 中举行,而第一届的冠军是英国选手 Jim Barnes。自从1916年 PGA 锦标赛成立以来,即成为备受重视的世界高尔夫球赛之一。
20年代,冠军有 Walter Hagen、Gene Sarazen、以及 Leo Diegel,而 Hagen 则赢了5届的 PGA 锦标赛。在1940年,Byron Nelson 以1up 从 Sam Snead 手中拿走冠军奖座。二次大战时,比洞赛(match-play)减少到32位打者,Snead 在1942年赢得 PGA 冠军,这次的冠军是他赢得最惊险的一次。他以60尺的短切球进入第35洞完成打击。Ben Hogan 在1946年获得冠军,他有七次资格参加比洞赛,并在27场比赛中,赢了22场。
1957年,锦标赛欲改成含有比杆赛(medal play)及比洞赛之混合制,但并未实现。电视的转播是导致 PGA 决定改采比杆赛(Stroke play)的重要因素。
在1960年代,南非选手 Gary Player 在1962年夺冠,Jack Nicklaus 则赢五届冠军,而 Arnold Palmer 则保持挥杆记录 68-68-69-69,但最後仍没有得到冠军(就像 Sam Snead 在美国公开赛一样倒楣;许多高尔夫球评论家都认为 Palmer 是最棒的球员,即使他不曾在 PGA 锦标赛中夺冠。)。
1971年2月,在佛罗里达 Palm Beach Gardens 的 PGA National Golf Club,Nicklaus 第二次赢得大满贯,他在13年里得了四次 PGA 锦标赛冠军,并有2次亚军及9次位於前四强。1980年,金熊赢得 PGA 锦标赛冠军,得到他第5个冠军宝座,平了 Walter Hagen 记录。
PGA 锦标赛於1996年举办第14次的延长赛,在 Kentucky 的 Valhalla Golf Club 引来不少注目。Mark Brooks 在第18洞,前後花了20分钟共打进二次 Birdie,包括一个在骤死赛(Sudden death)时4英尺的推杆进洞,打败出生於 Kentucky 的 Kenny Perry。
历届冠军榜 |
年 |
冠军 |
亚军 |
比赛的场地 |
2002 |
Rich Beem |
Tiger Woods |
Hazeltine National GC; Chaska, Minn. |
2001 |
David Toms |
Phil Mickelson |
Atlanta GC, Atlanta, Ga. |
2000 |
x-Tiger Woods |
Bob May |
Valhalla GC, Louisville, Ky. |
1999 |
Tiger Woods |
Sergio Garcia |
Medinah CC, Medinah, Ill. |
1998 |
Vijay Singh |
Steve Stricker |
Sahalee CC, Redmond, Wash. |
1997 |
Davis Love III |
Justin Leonard |
Winged Foot CC, Mamaroneck, N.Y. |
1996 |
x-Mark Brooks |
Kenny Perry |
Valhalla GC, Louisville, Ky. |
1995 |
x-Steve Elkington |
Colin Montgomerie |
Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
1994 |
Nick Price |
Corey Pavin |
Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Okla. |
1993 |
x-Paul Azinger |
Greg Norman |
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio |
1992 |
Nick Price |
John Cook Jim Gallagher Jr. Gene Sauers |
Bellerive CC, St. Louis, Mo. |
1991 |
John Daly |
Bruce Lietzke |
Crooked Stick GC, Carmel, Ind. |
1990 |
Wayne Grady |
Fred Couples |
Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala. |
1989 |
Payne Stewart |
Andy Bean Mike Reid Curtis Strange |
Kemper Lakes GC, Hawthorn Woods, Ill. |
1988 |
Jeff Sluman |
Paul Azinger |
Oak Tree GC, Edmond, Okla. |
1987 |
x-Larry Nelson |
Lanny Wadkins |
PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. |
1986 |
Bob Tway |
Greg Norman |
Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio |
1985 |
Hubert Green |
Lee Trevino |
Cherry Hills CC, Denver, Colo. |
1984 |
Lee Trevino |
Gary Player Lanny Wadkins |
Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala. |
1983 |
Hal Sutton |
Jack Nicklaus |
Riviera CC, Pacific Palisades, Calif. |
1982 |
Raymond Floyd |
Lanny Wadkins |
Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Okla. |
1981 |
Larry Nelson |
Fuzzy Zoeller |
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Ga. |
1980 |
Jack Nicklaus |
Andy Bean |
Oak Hill CC, Rochester, N.Y. |
1979 |
x-David Graham |
Ben Crenshaw |
Oakland Hills CC, Birmingham, Mich. |
1978 |
x-John Mahaffey |
Jerry Pate Tom Watson |
Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa. |
1977 |
x-Lanny Wadkins |
Gene Littler |
Pebble Beach GL, Pebble Beach, Calif. |
1976 |
Dave Stockton |
Raymond Floyd Don January |
Congressional CC, Bethesda, Md. |
1975 |
Jack Nicklaus |
Bruce Crampton |
Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio |
1974 |
Lee Trevino |
Jack Nicklaus |
Tanglewood GC, Winston-Salem, N.C. |
1973 |
Jack Nicklaus |
Bruce Crampton |
Canterbury GC, Cleveland, Ohio |
1972 |
Gary Player |
Tommy Aaron Jim Jamieson |
Oakland Hills CC, Birmingham, Mich. |
1971 |
Jack Nicklaus |
Billy Casper |
PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. |
1970 |
Dave Stockton |
Bob Murphy Arnold Palmer |
Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Okla. |
1969 |
Raymond Floyd |
Gary Player |
NCR CC, Dayton, Ohio |
1968 |
Julius Boros |
Bob Charles Arnold Palmer |
Pecan Valley CC, San Antonio, Texas |
1967 |
x-Don January |
Don Massengale |
Columbine CC, Littleton, Colo. |
1966 |
Al Geiberger |
Dudley Wysong |
Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio |
1965 |
Dave Marr |
Billy Casper Jack Nicklaus |
Laurel Valley CC, Ligonier, Pa. |
1964 |
Bobby Nichols |
Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer |
Columbus CC, Columbus, Ohio |
1963 |
Jack Nicklaus |
Dave Ragan Jr. |
Dallas Athletic Club, Dallas, Texas |
1962 |
Gary Player |
Bob Goalby |
Aronomink GC, Newton Square, Pa. |
1961 |
x-Jerry Barber |
Don January |
Olympia Fields CC, Olympia Fields, Ill. |
1960 |
Jay Hebert |
Jim Ferrier |
Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio |
1959 |
Bob Rosburg |
Jerry Barber Doug Sanders |
Minneapolis GC, St. Louis Park, Minn. |
1958 |
Dow Finsterwald |
Billy Casper |
Llanerch CC, Havertown, Pa. |
1957 |
Lionel Hebert |
Dow Finsterwald |
Miami Valley CC, Dayton, Ohio |
1956 |
Jack Burke |
Ted Kroll |
Blue Hill CC, Boston, Mass. |
1955 |
Doug Ford |
Cary Middlecoff |
Meadowbrook CC, Detroit, Mich. |
1954 |
Chick Harbert |
Walter Burkemo |
Keller GC, St. Paul, Minn. |
1953 |
Walter Burkemo |
Felice Torza |
Birmingham CC, Birmingham, Mich. |
1952 |
Jim Turnesa |
Chick Harbert |
Big Spring CC, Louisville, Ky. |
1951 |
Sam Snead |
Walter Burkemo |
Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa. |
1950 |
Chandler Harper |
Henry Williams Jr. |
Scioto CC, Columbus, Ohio |
1949 |
Sam Snead |
Johnny Palmer |
Hermitage CC, Richmond, Va. |
1948 |
Ben Hogan |
Mike Turnesa |
Norwood Hills CC, St. Louis, Mo. |
1947 |
Jim Ferrier |
Chick Harbert |
Plum Hollow CC, Detroit, Mich. |
1946 |
Ben Hogan |
Ed Oliver |
Portland GC, Portland, Ore. |
1945 |
Byron Nelson |
Sam Byrd |
Moraine CC, Dayton, Ohio |
1944 |
Bob Hamilton |
Byron Nelson |
Manito G&CC, Spokane, Wash. |
1943 |
No tournament |
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1942 |
Sam Snead |
Jim Turnesa |
Seaview CC, Atlantic City, N.J. |
1941 |
x-Vic Ghezzi |
Byron Nelson |
Cherry Hills CC, Denver, Colo. |
1940 |
Byron Nelson |
Sam Snead |
Hershey CC, Hershey, Pa. |
1939 |
x-Henry Picard |
Byron Nelson |
Pomonok CC, Flushing, N.Y. |
1938 |
Paul Runyan |
Sam Snead |
Shawnee CC, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. |
1937 |
x-Denny Shute |
Harold McSpaden |
Pittsburgh Field Club, Aspinwall, Pa. |
1936 |
Denny Shute |
Jimmy Thomson |
Pinehurst CC, Pinehurst, N.C. |
1935 |
Johnny Revolta |
Tommy Armour |
Twin Hills CC, Oklahoma City, Okla. |
1934 |
x-Paul Runyan |
Craig Wood |
Park CC, Williamsville, N.Y. |
1933 |
Gene Sarazen |
Willie Goggin |
Blue Mound CC, Milwaukee, Wis. |
1932 |
Olin Dutra |
Frank Walsh |
Keller GC, St. Paul, Minn. |
1931 |
Tom Creavy |
Denny Shute |
Wannamoisett CC, Rumford, R.I. |
1930 |
Tommy Armour |
Gene Sarazen |
Fresh Meadow CC, Flushing, N.Y. |
1929 |
Leo Diegel |
Johnny Farrell |
Hillcrest CC, Los Angeles, Calif. |
1928 |
Leo Diegel |
Al Espinosa |
Five Farms CC, Baltimore, Md. |
1927 |
Walter Hagen |
Joe Turnesa |
Cedar Crest CC, Dallas, Texas |
1926 |
Walter Hagen |
Leo Diegel |
Salisbury GC, Westbury, N.Y. |
1925 |
Watler Hagen |
William Mehlhorn |
Olympia Fields, Olympia Fields, Ill. |
1924 |
Walter Hagen |
James Barnes |
French Lick CC, French Lick, Ind. |
1923 |
x-Gene Sarazen |
Walter Hagen |
Pelham CC, Pelham, N.Y. |
1922 |
Gene Sarazen |
Emmet French |
Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa. |
1921 |
Walter Hagen |
James Barnes |
Inwood CC, Far Rockaway, N.Y. |
1920 |
Jock Hutchison |
J. Douglas Edgar |
Flossmoor CC, Flossmoor, Ill. |
1919 |
James Barnes |
Fred McLeod |
Engineers CC, Roslyn, N.Y. |
1918 |
No tournament |
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1917 |
No tournament |
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1916 |
James Barnes |
Jock Hutchison |
Siwanoy CC, Bronxville, N.Y. |
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