1929 PGA Championship

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1929 PGA Championship | image = | course = [[Hillcrest Country Club (Los Angeles)|Hillcrest Country Club]] | location = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] | dates = December 2–7, 1929 | par = 71<ref name=dcpgt>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PWZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6633%2C1368015|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel|agency=Associated Press |last=Newland |first=Russell J. |title=Diegel captures pro golf title|date=December 8, 1929|page=2-C}}</ref> | yardage =  | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 32 to match play | cut = 149 (+7), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 5 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]5,000<ref name=pgamedia29>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=446&date=1929&tourn_name_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165920/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=446&date=1929&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1929 PGA Championship |accessdate=May 10, 2013 }}</ref> | winners_share = $1,000<ref name=dcpgt/> | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Leo Diegel]] | score = def. [[Johnny Farrell]], 6 and 4 | previous = [[1928 PGA Championship|1928]] | next = [[1930 PGA Championship|1930]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = Los Angeles |lat = 34.051 |long = -118.407 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA California |relief = 1 |label = Los Angeles |lat = 34.051 |long = -118.407 |caption = Location in [[California]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 160 }} {{Location map |USA Los Angeles Metropolitan Area |relief = 1 |label = Hillcrest CC |lat = 34.051 |long = -118.407 |caption = Location in [[Los Angeles]] |position = top |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 160 }} The '''1929 PGA Championship''' was the 12th [[PGA Championship]], held December 2–7 at [[Hillcrest Country Club (Los Angeles)|Hillcrest Country Club]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, defending champion [[Leo Diegel]] defeated [[Johnny Farrell]] 6 and 4 in the finals to win the second of his two [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles.<ref name=dcpgt/><ref name=dbflsu>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1929/12/08/page/29/article/diegel-beats-farrell-6-up-holds-pro-title |work=Chicago Sunday Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Diegel beats Farrell, 6 up; holds pro title |date=December 8, 1929 |page=1, sec. 2}}</ref>

Like the [[1928 PGA Championship|year before]], Diegel defeated both [[Walter Hagen]] and [[Gene Sarazen]] on his way to the title; this year he won 3 and 2 over both, Sarazen in the quarterfinals<ref name=ptrsf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5otRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529%2C5487125|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=P.G.A. tournament reaches semi-finals|date=December 6, 1929 |page=21}}</ref> and Hagen in the semifinals.<ref name=dafpf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=54tRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3517%2C5171639 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Diegel and Farrell P.G.A. finalists |date=December 7, 1929 |page=21}}</ref>

Prior to his loss to Diegel in the semifinals, five-time champion Hagen was 35–2 ({{winning percentage|35|2}}) in match play at the PGA Championship in the 1920s, losing only to Sarazen in 38 holes in the [[1923 PGA Championship|1923]] finals, and Diegel 2 and 1 in the [[1928 PGA Championship|1928]] quarterfinals. Hagen's victory over [[Tony Manero (golfer)|Tony Manero]] in the 1929 quarterfinals was his last match win at the PGA Championship until [[1940 PGA Championship|1940]]; he was winless in the 1930s with five first round losses.

This was the first [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] played in the [[Western United States|western]] United States; it was originally scheduled to be played in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]].<ref name=wtgpg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AiMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6158%2C3843329|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|title=West to get P.G.A. golf|date=November 22, 1928|page=17}}</ref> The PGA Championship returned to the west a dozen years later in [[1941 PGA Championship|1941]] in [[Colorado]].

In the [[Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles|Cheviot Hills]] neighborhood of Los Angeles, Hillcrest later hosted the [[Los Angeles Open]] on the [[PGA Tour]] in 1932 and 1942, the latter won by [[Ben Hogan]] in an 18-hole playoff.<ref name=hwtthpo>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/01/14/page/25/article/hogan-wins-10-000-golf-playoff-72-to-73 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |agency=Associated Press |title=Hogan wins $10,000 golf playoff, 72 to 73 |date=January 14, 1942 |page=25}}</ref>

==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1929 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:<ref name=pgamedia29/> * 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, December 7, 1929'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Leo Diegel]]'''  |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Farrell]]  |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Walter Hagen]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Al Watrous]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Al Espinosa]]  |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tony Manero (golfer)|Tony Manero]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Sarazen]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Craig Wood (golfer)|Craig Wood]] |}

==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals December 5 | RD2=Semi-finals December 6 | RD3=Finals December 7

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

| RD1-team1= '''[[Leo Diegel]]''' | RD1-score1= 3&2 | RD1-team2= [[Gene Sarazen]] | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team7= '''[[Al Watrous]]''' | RD1-score7= 2up | RD1-team8= [[Al Espinosa]] | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1= '''[[Leo Diegel]]''' | RD2-score1= 3&2 | RD2-team2= [[Walter Hagen]] | RD2-score2=

| RD2-team3= '''[[Johnny Farrell]]''' | RD2-score3= 6&5 | RD2-team4= [[Al Watrous]] | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1= '''[[Leo Diegel]]''' | RD3-score1= 6&4 | RD3-team2= [[Johnny Farrell]] | RD3-score2= }}

==Final match scorecards== ''Morning'' {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 |- |align=left|Diegel || 4 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 6 |- |align=left|Farrell || 4 || 3 || 5 || 5 || 7 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 5 |- |align=left| Leader || – || – || D1 || D2 || D3 || D4 || D3 || D2 || D1 || D1 || D2 || D1 || D1 || D1 || D1 || D1 || – || F1 |}

''Afternoon'' {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! 11 !! 12 !! 13 !! 14 !! 15 !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 |- |align=left|Diegel || 3 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 4 || rowspan=3 colspan=5 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|Diegel wins 6 and 4 |- |align=left|Farrell || 5 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 4 || 5 |- |align=left| Leader || – || – || – || D1 || – || D1 || D1 || D1 || D2 || D3 || D3 || D4 || D5 || D6 |} *Source:<ref name=dbflsu/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf PGA Media Guide 2012] *[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1929.html PGA.com] – 1929 PGA Championship

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