1923 PGA Championship

1923 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesSeptember 24–29, 1923
LocationPelham Manor, New York
Course(s)Pelham Country Club
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
FormatMatch play - 6 rounds
Statistics
Par74[1]
Length6,419 yards (5,870 m)[1]
Field64 players to match play
Prize fund$3,600[2]
Champion
United States Gene Sarazen
def. Walter Hagen, 38 holes
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Pelham Manor is located in the United States
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Location in the United States
Pelham CC  is located in New York
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Location in New York
Pelham CC  is located in New York City
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Location near New York City

The 1923 PGA Championship was the sixth PGA Championship, held September 24–29 in New York at Pelham Country Club in Pelham Manor, Westchester County. The field of 64 qualified by sectional tournaments, and competed in six rounds of match play, all at 36 holes[2] in a single-elimination tournament.[3][4][5][6][7]

In the final match on Saturday, defending champion Gene Sarazen met 1921 winner Walter Hagen, who had skipped the event the previous year.[8][9] Sarazen won in 38 holes for his second consecutive PGA Championship and the third of his seven major titles.

Even in strokes (77) and holes after the morning round, Sarazen was two up with three holes to play, but consecutive bogeys left them all square and the 36th hole was halved with par fours.[10] Both birdied the first extra hole with fours and the next was a driveable par four, a short downhill dogleg, and both went for the green. Hagen's tee shot was only twenty feet (6 m) from the cup but in a bunker, while Sarazen was in the rough and fifty feet (15 m) out. Hagen failed to exit the sand with his second shot, while Sarazen pitched to four feet (1.2 m) and sank it for a birdie to win.[10] Hagen rebounded and won the next four PGA Championships (1924–1927).

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  9. ^ "Wee Gene and Hagen meet for pro title today". Chicago Daily Tribune. September 29, 1923. p. 13.
  10. ^ a b Fullerton, Hugh (September 30, 1923). "Sarazen wins against Hagen at 38th hole". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, sec. 1.