{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1940 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | course = [[Hershey Country Club]] | dates = August 26 –<br>September 2, 1940 | par = 73 | yardage = {{convert|7017|yd}}<ref name=field>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7xJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jMkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4655,6148243&dq=hershey+golf+purse&hl=en |newspaper=[[The Telegraph-Herald]] |agency=United Press |location=Dubuque, Iowa |title=Dough on the Line in PGA Golf Meet Now |date=August 28, 1940 |page=11 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 120 players,<ref name=field/><br>64 to match play | cut = 154 (+8), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]11,050<ref name=pgamedia40>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=459&date=1940&tourn_name_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165801/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=459&date=1940&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1940 PGA Championship |accessdate=April 24, 2013 }}</ref> | winners_share = $1,100 | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] | score = def. [[Sam Snead]], 1 up | previous = [[1939 PGA Championship|1939]] | next = [[1941 PGA Championship|1941]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Hershey </small> |lat = 40.298 |long = -76.63 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Pennsylvania |relief = 1 |label = <small>Hershey </small> |lat = 40.298 |long = -76.63 |caption = Location in [[Pennsylvania]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 180 }} The '''1940 PGA Championship''' was the 23rd [[PGA Championship]], held August 26 to September 2 at [[Hershey Country Club]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]], east of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|Harrisburg]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, [[Byron Nelson]] won his first PGA Championship, defeating [[Sam Snead]] 1 up in the 36-hole final.<ref name=cdtndsou>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1940/09/03/page/21/article/nelson-defeats-snead-1-up-wins-national-p-g-a-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nelson defeats Snead 1 up; wins national P.G.A. title |date=September 3, 1940 |page=21}}</ref> It was the third of Nelson's five [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles; he won the PGA Championship again in [[1945 PGA Championship|1945]]. From 1939 to 1945, Nelson made five of the six finals, missing only in [[1942 PGA Championship|1942]] (not held in 1943).
Defending champion and host professional [[Henry Picard]] lost in the third round to [[Gene Sarazen]]. Also out in the third round was five-time champion [[Walter Hagen]], age 47, in his last PGA Championship match. He gained his last win in the second round over [[Vic Ghezzi]], the champion the following year in [[1941 PGA Championship|1941]]. Hagen ended his career with a 40–10 ({{winning percentage|40|10}}) match record in the event. He played one last time at age 49 in the qualifier in [[1942 PGA Championship|1942]], but did not advance to match play.
Heavy rains on Saturday stopped play halfway through the semifinals<ref name=pgatiwo>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xoUcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gGQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2863%2C3967581 |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=P.G.A. tourney is washed out |date=September 1, 1940 |page=6 |accessdate=April 25, 2013}}</ref> which were completed on Sunday; the final round was pushed back to Monday, which was [[Labor Day]].
[[Dick Metz]] was the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 140 (−6);<ref name=mwpmw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IU8wAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XE0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6526%2C5419888 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |agency=Associated Press |title=Metz wins PGA medal with 140 |date=August 28, 1940 |page=11}}</ref> he lost 2 and 1 in the third round to Nelson. Two-time champion [[Denny Shute]] qualified at 151, but was rushed to a local hospital for an emergency [[appendectomy]] that night.<ref name=fdgpq>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jgANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=g2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3479%2C1023932|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Four district golf pros qualify |date=August 28, 1940 |pages=15, 17 }}</ref>
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1940 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia40/> * Monday and Tuesday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **defending champion and top 63 professionals advanced to match play * Wednesday – first two rounds, 18 holes each * Thursday – third round – 36 holes * Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes ''(finished on Sunday)'' * Sunday – final – 36 holes ''(played on Monday)''
==Final results== ''Monday, September 2, 1940'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' || align=center|1,100 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] || align=center|600 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ralph Guldahl]] || align=center rowspan=2|350 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jug McSpaden]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]] || align=center rowspan=4|250 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Eddie Kirk (golfer)|Eddie Kirk]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Paul Runyan]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Sarazen]] |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=nbsiptf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9BJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jMkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4584%2C6853026 |newspaper=Telegraph-Herald |agency=Associated Press |location=Dubuque, Iowa |title=Nelson beats Snead in PGA tourney final |date=September 3, 1940 |page=7}}</ref>
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br>August 30 | RD2=Semi-finals<br>August 31 – September 1 | RD3=Finals<br>September 2
| score-width= 35px | team-width= 135px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD1-score1= 6&5 | RD1-team2= [[Eddie Kirk (golfer)|Eddie Kirk]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Ralph Guldahl]]''' | RD1-score3= 3&2 | RD1-team4= [[Ben Hogan]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Sam Snead]]''' | RD1-score5= 1up | RD1-team6= [[Gene Sarazen]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Jug McSpaden]]''' | RD1-score7= 8&6 | RD1-team8= [[Paul Runyan]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD2-score1= 1up | RD2-team2= [[Ralph Guldahl]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Sam Snead]]''' | RD2-score3= 5&4 | RD2-team4= [[Jug McSpaden]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD3-score1= 1up | RD3-team2= [[Sam Snead]] | 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 |- |Par||4||4||5||4||3||5||4||4||3|| 5||4||5||5||3||4||4||4||3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson||4||4||5||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||4||3||5||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||4||4||3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Snead||4||4||5||4||3||5||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||5||4||5||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||4||4||3 |- |align=left| Leader ||–||–||–||–||–||N1||N1||N1||N2||N2||N3||N3||N3||N3||N2||N2||N2||N2 |}
''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 |- |Par||4||4||5||4||3||5||4||4||3|| 5||4||5||5||3||4||4||4||3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||4||style="background: Green;"|5||5||4||5||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Snead||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||5||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: Pink;"|2||5||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||4||4||3 |- |align=left| Leader ||N1||N1||N2||N2||N2||N2||N1||N2||N1||N1||N1||–||–||S1||S1||–||N1||N1 |} *<small>Source:</small><ref name=cdtndsou/> :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie |style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey |style="background:Green; width:10px;"| |Double bogey |}
==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_1940.html PGA.com] – 1940 PGA Championship
{{Golf Major Championships master|1940}} {{PGA Championship}} {{Coord|40.298|-76.63|type:event|display=title}}
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