1970 PGA Championship explained

1970 PGA Championship
Location:	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Course:	Southern Hills Country Club
Dates:	August 13–16, 1970
Par:	70
Yardage:	^[1]
Org:	PGA of America
Tour:	PGA Tour
Field:	136 players, 70 after cut^[2]
Cut:	150 (+10)
Purse:	$200,000^[3]
Winners Share:	$40,000
Champion:	Dave Stockton
Score:	279 (−1)
Previous:	1969
Next:	1971

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.^{[4] [5]}

It was Palmer's third runner-up finish at the only major he never won,^[6] 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).^[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		68	−2
T3		69	−1
T5		70	E
Dick Hendrickson

Source:^[7]

Second round

Friday, August 14, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		69-71=140	E
	70-70=140
T3		71-70=141	+1
	71-70=141
	71-70=141
T6		72-70=142	+2
	72-70=142
	70-72=142
	74-69=142
T10		72-71=143	+3
	72-71=143
	72-71=143
	75-68=143
	71-72=143
	72-71=143
	74-69=143
	72-71=143
	74-69=143

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-70-66=206	−4
2		71-73-65=209	−1
3		70-72-69=211	+1
4		72-71-69=212	+2
T5		74-69-70=213	+3
	70-75-68=213
T7		69-71-74=214	+4
	71-70-73=214
T9		72-71-72=215	+5
	71-70-74=215
	68-77-70=215
	71-73-71=215

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, August 16, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Dave Stockton	70-70-66-73=279	−1	40,000
T2		71-73-71-66=281	+1	18,500
	70-72-69-70=281
T4		69-71-74-68=282	+2	8,800
	72-71-69-70=282
T6		73-75-68-67=283	+3	6,800
	68-76-73-66=283
T8		71-73-65-75=284	+4	5,650
	72-70-75-67=284
T10		72-71-73-69=285	+5	4,800
	71-70-73-71=285

Source:^{[4] [5] [10]}

External links

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

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Notes and References

1. News: Stockton gets three-stroke PGA lead . Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon . Associated Press . August 16, 1970 . 1B.
2. Web site: Tournament Info for: 1970 PGA Championship . PGA of America . August 15, 2012 . August 9, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120809071544/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=396&date=1970&tourn_name_id=2 . dead .
3. Web site: PGA of America - PGA Championships - history - total purses and first prize money . August 2, 2011.
4. News: Stockton prevails over Arnie – and his army . Eugene Register-Guard . Associated Press . August 17, 1970 . 3B.
5. News: Stockton makes a name for himself . Pittsburgh Press . Kienzl . Ray . August 17, 1970 . 31.
6. The one that got away again . Sports Illustrated . Jenkins . Dan . Dan Jenkins . August 24, 1970 . 12.
7. News: Jack seeks 2nd title sweep . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . August 14, 1970 . 3B.
8. News: Big Three trailing close on heels of Hinson, Stockton in PGA golf . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press . August 15, 1970 . 1B .
9. News: Sports scoreboard: golf . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . August 16, 1970. 6B.
10. Web site: 1970 PGA Championship . databasegolf.com . August 23, 2013.