1927 PGA Championship

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1927 PGA Championship | image = | course = [[Cedar Crest Park|Cedar Crest Country Club]] | location = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] | dates = October 31 – November 5, 1927 | par = 71 | yardage =  | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 63 players,<ref name=hlpg141>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=89c_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5Q4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7150%2C66461 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen leads pro golfers with 141 |date=November 1, 1927 |page=11 |accessdate=May 13, 2013}}</ref> 32 to match play | cut = 154 (+12), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 5 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]15,441<ref name=pgamedia27>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=444&date=1927&tourn_name_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165828/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=444&date=1927&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1927 PGA Championship |accessdate=May 11, 2013 }}</ref> | winners_share =  | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Walter Hagen]] | score = def. [[Joe Turnesa]], 1 up | previous = [[1926 PGA Championship|1926]] | next = [[1928 PGA Championship|1928]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = Dallas  |lat = 32.722 |long = -96.797 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |position = top |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Texas |relief = 1 |label = Dallas  |lat = 32.722 |long = -96.797 |caption = Location in [[Texas]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 140 }} The '''1927 PGA Championship''' was the 10th [[PGA Championship]], held from October 31 to November 5 in [[Texas]] at [[Cedar Crest Park|Cedar Crest Country Club]] in [[Dallas]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, [[Walter Hagen]] defeated [[Joe Turnesa]] 1 up in the finals to win his fourth consecutive PGA Championship,<ref name=htftd>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1927/11/05/page/23/article/hagen-turnesa-fight-today-for-golf-pro-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen, Turnesa fight today for golf pro title |date=November 5, 1927 |page=23}}</ref><ref name=hdfttrn>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1927/11/06/page/36/article/hagen-defeats-turnesa-one-up-keeps-pro-title |work=Chicago Sunday Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen defeats Turnesa, one up; keeps pro title |date=November 6, 1927 |page=8, sec. 2}}</ref><ref name=hrhpc>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-Nc_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5Q4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2430%2C764263 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Hagen retains his pro crown |date=November 6, 1927 |page=1-sec 3 |accessdate=May 13, 2013}}{{dead link|date=January 2021}}</ref> his fifth and final overall, and the ninth of his eleven [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles.

The victory ran Hagen's match record at the PGA Championship in the 1920s to {{winning percentage|30|1|record=y}}, falling only to [[Gene Sarazen]] in 38 holes in the [[1923 PGA Championship|1923]] finals. With his fourth consecutive title, his winning streak stood at twenty matches. Hagen, age 34, was also the medalist in the 36-hole qualifier on Monday at 141 (−1).<ref name=hlpg141/>

The course, south of downtown Dallas, was designed by [[A. W. Tillinghast]] and opened in 1919. It hosted the [[Dallas Open (1926)|Dallas Open]] less than two years earlier in January 1926, won by [[Macdonald Smith]].<ref name=nytmss>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/01/26/archives/mac-smith-snares-dallas-open-title-his-298-takes-800-golf-prize-abe.html |work=New York Times |title=Mac Smith snares Dallas Open title |agency=Associated Press |date=January 26, 1926 |accessdate=March 28, 2017}}</ref><ref name=sdcswdo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M8tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iPQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3776%2C4568224 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Smith is winner of Dallas Open |date=January 25, 1926 |page=18}}</ref> The country club closed in 1929 and the course was purchased by the City of Dallas in 1946 and it continues as a public facility.

At the time, this was the furthest west and south that a major championship had been held. The western limit had been [[Illinois]] for multiple majors, and the southernmost venues had been [[Indiana]] for the PGA Championship in [[1924 PGA Championship|1924]] and [[Maryland]] for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[1921 U.S. Open (golf)|1921]]. Two years later in [[1929 PGA Championship|1929]], the PGA Championship was played in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].

==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1927 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:<ref name=pgamedia27/> * Monday – 36-hole [[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, November 5, 1927'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Walter Hagen]]'''  |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Joe Turnesa]]  |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Al Espinosa]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Golden]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tommy Armour]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Mortie Dutra]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Francis Gallett]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Sarazen]] |}

==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals November 3 | RD2=Semi-finals November 4 | RD3=Finals November 5

| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px

| RD1-team1= '''[[Walter Hagen]]''' | RD1-score1= 4&3 | RD1-team2= [[Tommy Armour]] | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3= '''[[Al Espinosa]]''' | RD1-score3= 1up | RD1-team4= [[Mortie Dutra]] | RD1-score4=

| RD1-team5= '''[[Joe Turnesa]]''' | RD1-score5= 3&2 | RD1-team6= [[Gene Sarazen]] | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7= '''[[Johnny Golden]]''' | RD1-score7= 4&2 | RD1-team8= [[Francis Gallett]] | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1= '''[[Walter Hagen]]''' | RD2-score1= 1up | RD2-team2= [[Al Espinosa]] | RD2-score2=

| RD2-team3= '''[[Joe Turnesa]]''' | RD2-score3= 7&6 | RD2-team4= [[Johnny Golden]] | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1= '''[[Walter Hagen]]''' | RD3-score1= 1up | RD3-team2= [[Joe Turnesa]] | RD3-score2= }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf PGA Media Guide 2012] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050205015714/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1927.html PGA.com] – 1927 PGA Championship *[https://www.golfcedarcrest.com/ Cedar Crest Golf Course]

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