# 1928 PGA Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1928_PGA_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1928_PGA_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_PGA_Championship > Source revision: 1289398992 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Golf tournament 1928 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates October 1–6, 1928 Location Lutherville, Maryland Course(s) Baltimore Country Club Five Farms (East) Course Organized by PGA of America Tour PGA Tour Format Match play - 5 rounds Statistics Par 70[1] Field 63 players,[1] 32 to match play Cut 160 (+20) Prize fund $10,400[2] Champion Leo Diegel def. Al Espinosa, 6 and 5 ← 1927 1929 → Baltimore CC Location in the [United States](/source/United_States) Baltimore CC Location in [Maryland](/source/Maryland) The **1928 PGA Championship** was the 11th [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), held October 1–6 at the Five Farms Course of the [Baltimore Country Club](/source/Baltimore_Country_Club) in [Lutherville, Maryland](/source/Lutherville%2C_Maryland), north of [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore). Then a [match play](/source/Match_play) championship, [Leo Diegel](/source/Leo_Diegel) defeated [Al Espinosa](/source/Al_Espinosa) 6 and 5 in the finals to win the first of his two consecutive titles.[3] Prior to the finals, Diegel defeated both [Walter Hagen](/source/Walter_Hagen) and [Gene Sarazen](/source/Gene_Sarazen), the winners of the previous seven PGA Championships, in the two preceding matches. He prevailed 2 and 1 over nemesis Hagen in the quarterfinals[4] and 9 and 8 over Sarazen in the semifinals.[3][5] Diegel had lost to Hagen in the [1925](/source/1925_PGA_Championship) quarterfinals (40 holes) and the [1926](/source/1926_PGA_Championship) finals. Five-time champion Hagen had won 22 consecutive matches and four straight titles at the PGA Championship. Prior to his loss to Diegel in the quarterfinals, his match record in the 1920s was 32–1 (.970), falling only to Sarazen in 38 holes in the [1923](/source/1923_PGA_Championship) finals. The Five Farms Course, now the East Course, was designed by [A. W. Tillinghast](/source/A._W._Tillinghast) and opened two years earlier in September 1926.[6] Diegel continued the tradition of repeat champions and successfully defended his title in [1929](/source/1929_PGA_Championship). ## Format The [match play](/source/Match_play) format at the PGA Championship in 1928 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[2] - 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, October 6, 1928* Place Player 1 Leo Diegel 2 Al Espinosa T3 Gene Sarazen Horton Smith T5 Perry Del Vecchio Ed Dudley Walter Hagen Jock Hutchison ## Final eight bracket Quarter-finals October 4 Semi-finals October 5 Finals October 6 Leo Diegel 2&1 Walter Hagen Leo Diegel 9&8 Gene Sarazen Gene Sarazen 7&6 Ed Dudley Leo Diegel 6&5 Al Espinosa Al Espinosa 5&4 Jock Hutchison Al Espinosa 6&5 Horton Smith Horton Smith 2up Perry Del Vecchio ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aehpm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aehpm_1-1) Vosburgh, F.G. (October 2, 1928). ["Al Espinosa heads field in pro meet"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V9U_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6099%2C167570). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. p. 11. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pgamedia28_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pgamedia28_2-1) ["Tournament Info for: 1928 PGA Championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170546/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=445&date=1928&tourn_name_id=2). PGA of America. Archived from [the original](http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=445&date=1928&tourn_name_id=2) on October 23, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2013. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dspgt_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dspgt_3-1) Rice, Lester (October 7, 1928). ["Diegel cinches pro golf title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=W9U_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3446%2C1167837). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. United Service Correspondence. p. 1-sec 3. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-dbwhipe_4-0)** Vosbrough, F.G. (October 5, 1928). ["Diegel beats Walter Hagen in pro event"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WdU_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6478%2C532199). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. p. 15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-esads_5-0)** Vosburgh, F.G. (October 6, 1928). ["Espinosa and Diegel survive"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WtU_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GA8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3099%2C655780). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. p. 13. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bccleg_6-0)** ["Legacy"](http://www.bcc1898.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=290163&ssid=169487&vnf=1). Baltimore Country Club. Retrieved May 11, 2013. ## External links - [PGA Media Guide 2012](http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf) - [PGA.com](http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1928.html) – 1928 PGA Championship - [Baltimore Country Club: East Course](https://web.archive.org/web/20110707101439/http://www.bcc1898.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=290171&ssid=169495&vnf=1) v t e 1928 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 [39°26′31″N 76°39′47″W / 39.442°N 76.663°W / 39.442; -76.663](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=1928_PGA_Championship¶ms=39.442_N_76.663_W_type:event) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1928 PGA Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_PGA_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_PGA_Championship?action=history)). 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