# 1926 PGA Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1926_PGA_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1926_PGA_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_PGA_Championship > Source revision: 1311948587 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Golf tournament 1926 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates September 20–25, 1926 Location East Meadow, New York Course Salisbury Golf Club Organized by PGA of America Tour PGA Tour Format Match play - 5 rounds Statistics Par 72 Field 65 players,[2] 32 to match play Cut 155 (+11), playoff Prize fund $11,100[1] Champion Walter Hagen def. Leo Diegel, 5 and 3 ← 1925 1927 → Salisbury GC Location in the [United States](/source/United_States) Salisbury GC Location in [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) The **1926 PGA Championship** was the ninth [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), held September 20–25 at [Salisbury Golf Club](/source/Eisenhower_Park) on [Long Island](/source/Long_Island) in [East Meadow, New York](/source/East_Meadow%2C_New_York). Then a [match play](/source/Match_play) championship, [Walter Hagen](/source/Walter_Hagen) defeated [Leo Diegel](/source/Leo_Diegel) 5 and 3 in the finals to win his third consecutive PGA Championship,[3] his fourth overall, and the eighth 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 25–1 (.962), falling only to [Gene Sarazen](/source/Gene_Sarazen) in 38 holes in the [1923](/source/1923_PGA_Championship) finals. With his third consecutive title, his winning streak stood at fifteen matches. Hagen was also the medalist in the 36-hole qualifier on Monday at 140 (−4).[2] Through 2013, he remains the only winner of three consecutive PGA Championships. Hagen won the following year in [1927](/source/1927_PGA_Championship) for his fourth consecutive title, but Diegel stopped the streak in [1928](/source/1928_PGA_Championship) and repeated in [1929](/source/1929_PGA_Championship). In both years, Diegel defeated both Hagen and [Gene Sarazen](/source/Gene_Sarazen), the only winners of the title from [1921](/source/1921_PGA_Championship) through 1927, in the quarterfinals and semifinals. Hagen had previously stopped Diegel in the [1925](/source/1925_PGA_Championship) quarterfinals in 40 holes. [Devereux Emmet](/source/Devereux_Emmet) designed the course in 1914. The 90-hole Salisbury Golf Club ran into financial difficulty during the 1930s and its land was acquired by [Nassau County](/source/Nassau_County%2C_New_York). Originally "Nassau County Park at Salisbury" in 1944, it was renamed [Eisenhower Park](/source/Eisenhower_Park) in 1969. The 1926 venue presently exists as the Red Course. ## Format The [match play](/source/Match_play) format at the PGA Championship in 1926 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[1] - 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 25, 1926* Place Player 1 Walter Hagen 2 Leo Diegel T3 Johnny Farrell Johnny Golden T5 George Christ Pat Doyle Abe Espinosa Harry Hampton ## Final eight bracket Quarter-finals September 23 Semi-finals September 24 Finals September 25 Walter Hagen 6&5 Pat Doyle Walter Hagen 6&5 Johnny Farrell Johnny Farrell 3&1 Harry Hampton Walter Hagen 4&3 Leo Diegel Leo Diegel 3&2 Abe Espinosa Leo Diegel 1up Johnny Golden Johnny Golden 7&6 George Christ ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pgamedia26_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pgamedia26_1-1) ["Tournament Info for: 1926 PGA Championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165230/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=425&date=1926&tourn_name_id=2). PGA of America. Archived from [the original](http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=425&date=1926&tourn_name_id=2) on October 23, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2013. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hwoftq_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hwoftq_2-1) Rice, Lester (September 21, 1926). ["Hagen with 140 tops pro golf qualifying rounds"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EV5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ag8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4601%2C75864). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Universal Service. p. 12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-whbdfpt_3-0)** Vischer, Peter (September 26, 1926). ["Walter Hagen beats Diegel for pro title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O_QuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ktcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093%2C966578). *Miami Daily News*. New York World News Service. p. 15.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] ## External links - [PGA Media Guide 2012](http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf) - [PGA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20050205015042/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1926.html) – 1926 PGA Championship - [Nassau County: Eisenhower Park, Red Course](http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/parks/Golf/18hole/red.html) v t e 1926 men's major golf championships The Open Championship U.S. Open 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 [40°44′06″N 73°34′26″W / 40.735°N 73.574°W / 40.735; -73.574](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1926_PGA_Championship¶ms=40.735_N_73.574_W_type:event) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1926 PGA Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_PGA_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_PGA_Championship?action=history)). 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