# 1929 PGA Championship

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1929 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates December 2–7, 1929 Location Los Angeles, California Course Hillcrest Country Club Organized by PGA of America Tour PGA Tour Format Match play - 5 rounds Statistics Par 71[1] Field 32 to match play Cut 149 (+7), playoff Prize fund $5,000[2] Winner's share $1,000[1] Champion Leo Diegel def. Johnny Farrell, 6 and 4 ← 1928 1930 →

Los Angeles

Location in the [United States](/source/United_States)

Los Angeles

Location in [California](/source/California)

Hillcrest CC

Location in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles)

The **1929 PGA Championship** was the 12th [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), held December 2–7 at [Hillcrest Country Club](/source/Hillcrest_Country_Club_(Los_Angeles)) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California). Then a [match play](/source/Match_play) championship, defending champion [Leo Diegel](/source/Leo_Diegel) defeated [Johnny Farrell](/source/Johnny_Farrell) 6 and 4 in the finals to win the second of his two [major](/source/Men's_major_golf_championships) titles.[1][3]

Like the [year before](/source/1928_PGA_Championship), Diegel defeated both [Walter Hagen](/source/Walter_Hagen) and [Gene Sarazen](/source/Gene_Sarazen) on his way to the title; this year he won 3 and 2 over both, Sarazen in the quarterfinals[4] and Hagen in the semifinals.[5]

Prior to his loss to Diegel in the semifinals, five-time champion Hagen was 35–2 (.946) in match play at the PGA Championship in the 1920s, losing only to Sarazen in 38 holes in the [1923](/source/1923_PGA_Championship) finals, and Diegel 2 and 1 in the [1928](/source/1928_PGA_Championship) quarterfinals. Hagen's victory over [Tony Manero](/source/Tony_Manero_(golfer)) in the 1929 quarterfinals was his last match win at the PGA Championship until [1940](/source/1940_PGA_Championship); he was winless in the 1930s with five first round losses.

This was the first [major championship](/source/Men's_major_golf_championships) played in the [western](/source/Western_United_States) United States; it was originally scheduled to be played in [Santa Barbara](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California).[6] The PGA Championship returned to the west a dozen years later in [1941](/source/1941_PGA_Championship) in [Colorado](/source/Colorado).

In the [Cheviot Hills](/source/Cheviot_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles) neighborhood of Los Angeles, Hillcrest later hosted the [Los Angeles Open](/source/Los_Angeles_Open) on the [PGA Tour](/source/PGA_Tour) in 1932 and 1942, the latter won by [Ben Hogan](/source/Ben_Hogan) in an 18-hole playoff.[7]

## Format

The [match play](/source/Match_play) format at the PGA Championship in 1929 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, December 7, 1929*

Place Player 1 Leo Diegel 2 Johnny Farrell T3 Walter Hagen Al Watrous T5 Al Espinosa Tony Manero Gene Sarazen Craig Wood

## Final eight bracket

Quarter-finals December 5 Semi-finals December 6 Finals December 7 Leo Diegel 3&2 Gene Sarazen Leo Diegel 3&2 Walter Hagen Walter Hagen 6&5 Tony Manero Leo Diegel 6&4 Johnny Farrell Johnny Farrell 37h Craig Wood Johnny Farrell 6&5 Al Watrous Al Watrous 2up Al Espinosa

## Final match scorecards

*Morning*

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Diegel 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 4 6 Farrell 4 3 5 5 7 4 3 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 3 5 Leader – – D1 D2 D3 D4 D3 D2 D1 D1 D2 D1 D1 D1 D1 D1 – F1

*Afternoon*

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Diegel 3 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 5 3 3 4 Diegel wins 6 and 4 Farrell 5 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 Leader – – – D1 – D1 D1 D1 D2 D3 D3 D4 D5 D6

- Source:[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dcpgt_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dcpgt_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-dcpgt_1-2) Newland, Russell J. (December 8, 1929). ["Diegel captures pro golf title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PWZQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FQ8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6633%2C1368015). *Milwaukee Sentinel*. Associated Press. p. 2-C.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pgamedia29_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pgamedia29_2-1) ["Tournament Info for: 1929 PGA Championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165920/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=446&date=1929&tourn_name_id=2). PGA of America. Archived from [the original](http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=446&date=1929&tourn_name_id=2) on October 23, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dbflsu_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dbflsu_3-1) ["Diegel beats Farrell, 6 up; holds pro title"](http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1929/12/08/page/29/article/diegel-beats-farrell-6-up-holds-pro-title). *Chicago Sunday Tribune*. Associated Press. December 8, 1929. p. 1, sec. 2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ptrsf_4-0)** ["P.G.A. tournament reaches semi-finals"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5otRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529%2C5487125). *Pittsburgh Post Gazette*. Associated Press. December 6, 1929. p. 21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-dafpf_5-0)** ["Diegel and Farrell P.G.A. finalists"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=54tRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6WgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3517%2C5171639). *Pittsburgh Post Gazette*. Associated Press. December 7, 1929. p. 21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wtgpg_6-0)** ["West to get P.G.A. golf"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AiMjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MYwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6158%2C3843329). *Montreal Gazette*. November 22, 1928. p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hwtthpo_7-0)** ["Hogan wins $10,000 golf playoff, 72 to 73"](http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1942/01/14/page/25/article/hogan-wins-10-000-golf-playoff-72-to-73). *Chicago Daily Tribune*. Associated Press. January 14, 1942. p. 25.

## 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_1929.html) – 1929 PGA Championship

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