# 1925 PGA Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1925_PGA_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1925_PGA_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_PGA_Championship > Source revision: 1333930529 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Golf tournament 1925 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates September 21–26, 1925 Location Olympia Fields, Illinois Course(s) Olympia Fields Country Club Courses 3 and 4[1][2] Organized by PGA of America Tour PGA Tour Format Match play - 5 rounds Statistics Par 70[3] Length 6,448 yards (5,896 m) 6,490 yards (5,934 m)[3] Field 67 players,[3] [dead link] 32 to match play Cut 157 (+17) Prize fund $6,330[4] Champion Walter Hagen def. Bill Mehlhorn, 6 and 5 ← 1924 1926 → Olympia  Fields  Location in the [United States](/source/United_States) Olympia  Fields  Location in [Illinois](/source/Illinois) The **1925 PGA Championship** was the eighth [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), held September 21–26 at [Olympia Fields Country Club](/source/Olympia_Fields_Country_Club) in [Olympia Fields, Illinois](/source/Olympia_Fields%2C_Illinois), a suburb south of [Chicago](/source/Chicago). Then a [match play](/source/Match_play) championship, defending champion [Walter Hagen](/source/Walter_Hagen) defeated [Bill Mehlhorn](/source/Bill_Mehlhorn) 6 and 5 in the finals on Courses 3 and 4 to win his second consecutive PGA Championship, his third overall, and the seventh of his eleven [major](/source/Men's_major_golf_championships) titles. The victory ran Hagen's match record at the PGA Championship in the 1920s to 20–1 (.952), falling only to [Gene Sarazen](/source/Gene_Sarazen) in 38 holes in the [1923](/source/1923_PGA_Championship) finals. With his second consecutive title, his winning streak stood at ten matches. This was the second of four consecutive PGA Championships for Hagen; through 2013, no other player was won more than two consecutive titles. Hagen had close calls in this event; his first round match with low qualifier [Al Watrous](/source/Al_Watrous) went to 39 holes[5] and the quarterfinal match with future two-time champion [Leo Diegel](/source/Leo_Diegel) went to 40 holes after Diegel built an early lead.[2] Hagen defeated Diegel the [following year](/source/1926_PGA_Championship) in the finals, then Diegel beat Hagen on the way to his two titles in [1928](/source/1928_PGA_Championship) and [1929](/source/1929_PGA_Championship). The four 18-hole courses at Olympia Fields were reduced to two in the 1940s when the club sold half of its property. Course No. 4 became the North course, and the South course is a composite of holes form the other three.[6] ## Format The [match play](/source/Match_play) format at the PGA Championship in 1925 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[4] - Monday – 36-hole [stroke play](/source/Stroke_play) qualifier - top 32 professionals advanced to match play - Tuesday – first round – 36 holes - Wednesday – second round – 36 holes - Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes - Friday – semifinals – 36 holes - Saturday – final – 36 holes ## Final results *Saturday, September 26, 1925* Place Player 1 Walter Hagen 2 Bill Mehlhorn T3 Harry Cooper Mortie Dutra T5 Tommy Armour Leo Diegel Johnny Farrell Tom Kerrigan ## Final eight bracket Quarter-finals September 24 Semi-finals September 25 Finals September 26 Walter Hagen 40h Leo Diegel Walter Hagen 3&1 Harry Cooper Harry Cooper 2&1 Johnny Farrell Walter Hagen 6&5 Bill Mehlhorn Bill Mehlhorn 7&6 Tom Kerrigan Bill Mehlhorn 8&6 Mortie Dutra Mortie Dutra 2up Tommy Armour ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-awlqf_1-0)** ["Al Watrous led qualifying field"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43suAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0YsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5588%2C3183930). *Montreal Gazette*. September 22, 1925. p. 18. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hbdofh_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hbdofh_2-1) ["Hagen beats Diegel on 40th hole"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=64JRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6103%2C2769639). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. September 25, 1925. p. 11. [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ptstaw_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ptstaw_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ptstaw_3-2) ["P.G.A. tourney opens today; Watrous has 69"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4IJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4268%2C1372796). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. September 21, 1925. p. 9. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pgamedia25_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pgamedia25_4-1) ["Tournament Info for: 1925 PGA Championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170057/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=424&date=1925&tourn_name_id=2). PGA of America. Archived from [the original](http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=424&date=1925&tourn_name_id=2) on October 23, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-hbwotn_5-0)** ["Hagen beats Watrous on 39th"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=54JRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6528%2C1961123). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. September 23, 1925. p. 9. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ofaetbhs_6-0)** Chase, Al (June 23, 1946). ["Olympia Fields acres expected to be homesites"](http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1946/06/23/page/48/article/olympia-fields-acres-expected-to-be-homesites). *Chicago Daily Tribune*. p. B, part 3. ## External links - [PGA Media Guide 2012](https://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf) - [PGA.com](http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1925.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050205014821/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1925.html) 2005-02-05 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) – 1925 PGA Championship v t e 1925 men's major golf championships U.S. Open The Open Championship PGA Championship v t e PGA Championships 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 [41°31′16″N 87°41′13″W / 41.521°N 87.687°W / 41.521; -87.687](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1925_PGA_Championship¶ms=41.521_N_87.687_W_type:event) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1925 PGA Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_PGA_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_PGA_Championship?action=history)). 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