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1933 PGA Championship

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Dates
  
August 8–13, 1933

Tour(s)
  
Organized by
  
PGA of America

Format
  
Match play - 5 rounds

1933 PGA Championship

Location
  
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.

Course(s)
  
Blue Mound Country Club

The 1933 PGA Championship was the 16th PGA Championship, held August 8–13 at Blue Mound Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Then a match play championship, Gene Sarazen won the third of his three PGA Championship titles, defeating Willie Goggin 5 & 4. It was the sixth of Sarazen's seven major titles.

Contents

Defending champion Olin Dutra lost in the second round to semifinalist Johnny Farrell, 1 up.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1933 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:

  • Tuesday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
  • defending champion Olin Dutra and top 31 professionals advanced to match play
  • Wednesday – first round – 36 holes
  • Thursday – second round – 36 holes
  • Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
  • Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes
  • Sunday – final – 36 holes
  • Final results

    Sunday, August 13, 1933

    References

    1933 PGA Championship Wikipedia


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