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Golf tournament
The
1973 PGA Championship
was the 55th
PGA Championship
, played August 9?12 at
Canterbury Golf Club
in
Beachwood, Ohio
, a suburb east of
Cleveland
. Ohio native
Jack Nicklaus
won the third of his five PGA Championships, four strokes ahead of runner-up
Bruce Crampton
.
[2]
It was the 12th of Nicklaus' 18
major
titles as a professional.
[3]
At the time, the holder of the most major titles was the late
Bobby Jones
, with 13. As a lifelong
amateur
, his majors were the Open and amateur championships in the U.S. and Britain. Including his two
U.S. Amateur
titles, Nicklaus now had 14 majors, surpassing Jones.
[2]
With his 12th professional major win Nicklaus also usurped
Walter Hagen
's record of 11 professional major victories.
Sam Snead
, age 61, shot even-par each day and finished in the top ten for the second straight year; he tied for ninth after a tie for fourth in
1972
and would improve on those in
1974
.
This was the third major at Canterbury, which hosted the
U.S. Open
twice in the 1940s, both decided in playoffs.
Lawson Little
was the champion in
1940
with a three-stroke win over
Gene Sarazen
. Following
World War II
in
1946
, the first U.S. Open in five years was played at the course.
Lloyd Mangrum
won in the second 18-hole playoff round, one stroke ahead of major winners
Byron Nelson
and
Vic Ghezzi
.
Round summaries
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First round
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Thursday, August 9, 1973
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Second round
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Friday, August 10, 1973
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Third round
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Saturday, August 11, 1973
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Final round
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Sunday, August 12, 1973
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References
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- ^
"Tournament Info for: 1973 PGA Championship"
. PGA of America. Archived from
the original
on August 1, 2012
. Retrieved
August 15,
2012
.
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a
b
Jenkins, Dan
(August 20, 1973).
"Jack goes one up on a legend"
.
Sports Illustrated
. p. 18.
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"Jack fires final round 69 for four shot win in PGA"
.
Spokesman-Review
. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 13, 1973. p. 12.
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"Iverson's 67 shares PGA lead"
.
Milwaukee Sentinel
. Associated Press. August 10, 1973. p. 1, part 2.
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"Rabbit and vet pace PGA"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon. Associated Press. August 11, 1973. p. 1B.
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"Nicklaus muscles way into PGA lead"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon. UPI. August 12, 1973. p. 1B.
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"Sports scoreboard: Golf"
.
Eugene Register-Guard
. Oregon. August 12, 1973. p. 6B.
- ^
"1973 PGA Championship"
. databasegolf.com
. Retrieved
August 22,
2013
.
- ^
"PGA scorecard"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. August 13, 1973. p. 15.
External links
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