{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1941 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Englewood, Colorado]], U.S. | course = [[Cherry Hills Country Club]] | dates = July 7–13, 1941 | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|6888|yd}}<ref name=hrbs>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xcA0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=a00DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3802%2C7209987|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=United Press |title=Harrison, Bassler lead PGA qualifiers with sub-par 68's |date=July 8, 1941 |page=9}}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 97 players,<ref name=bahtpq>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p_NJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a4UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936%2C2085353 |newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |last=Kelly |first=Loudon |title=Bassler and Harrison top P.G.A. qualifier with 68s |date=July 8, 1941 |page=13 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref><br>64 to match play | cut = 154 (+12), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]10,600<ref name=pgamedia41>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=460&date=1941&tourn_name_id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170515/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=460&date=1941&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2006 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1941 PGA Championship |accessdate=April 30, 2013 }}</ref> | winners_share = $1,100 | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Vic Ghezzi]] | score = def. [[Byron Nelson]], 38 holes | previous = [[1940 PGA Championship|1940]] | next = [[1942 PGA Championship|1942]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Cherry Hills Country Club</small> |lat = 39.643 |long = -104.963 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 240 }} The '''1941 PGA Championship''' was the 24th [[PGA Championship]], held July 7–13 at [[Cherry Hills Country Club]] in [[Englewood, Colorado]] (now [[Cherry Hills Village, Colorado|Cherry Hills Village]]), just south of [[Denver]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, [[Vic Ghezzi]] won his only [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title over defending champion [[Byron Nelson]] in 38 holes.<ref name=cdtgbn>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1941/07/14/page/19/article/ghezzi-beats-nelson-on-38th-hole-for-pga-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Ghezzi beats Nelson on 38th hole for P.G.A. title |date=July 14, 1941 |page=19}}</ref><ref name=vgsbr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rfNJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a4UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6388%2C4023103 |newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator |location=Ohio |last=Kelly |first=Loudon |agency=Associated Press |title=Vic Ghezzi stages brilliant rally to trim Nelson on 38th hole in P.G.A. final |date=July 14, 1941 |page=9 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref> Nelson defeated [[Ralph Guldahl]], [[Ben Hogan]], and [[Gene Sarazen]] on successive days to reach his third consecutive final.
Seven of the eight quarterfinalists in 1941 won major titles during their careers. [[Sam Snead]] was the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 138 (−4);<ref name=sstmiqp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9mQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2795%2C3114929 |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |title=Sam Snead takes medal in PGA qualifying play |date=July 9, 1941 |page=9}}</ref> he lost in the quarterfinals but won the first of his three titles the [[1942 PGA Championship|following year]].
Due to [[World War II]], this was the last "full field" at the PGA Championship until [[1946 PGA Championship|1946]]. The match play bracket was scaled back from 64 competitors to 32 for [[1942 PGA Championship|1942]], when it and the [[1942 Masters Tournament|Masters]] were the only majors held. The PGA Championship was the only major in [[1944 PGA Championship|1944]] and [[1945 PGA Championship|1945]]; none were played in 1943 and the other three returned in 1946.
This was the last time the final match in the PGA Championship went to extra holes. The PGA Championship changed to [[stroke play]] in [[1958 PGA Championship|1958]] and its first two playoffs in [[1961 PGA Championship|1961]] and [[1967 PGA Championship|1967]] were 18 holes, before conversion to sudden-death, first used in [[1977 PGA Championship|1977]] and last in [[1996 PGA Championship|1996]]. The present three-hole aggregate playoff made its debut in [[2000 PGA Championship|2000]].
This championship was the second major played at this course; the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] was held at Cherry Hills three years earlier in [[1938 U.S. Open (golf)|1938]], won by Guldahl. It later hosted the U.S. Open in [[1960 U.S. Open (golf)|1960]] and [[1978 U.S. Open (golf)|1978]], and the PGA Championship in [[1985 PGA Championship|1985]]. The average [[elevation]] of the course exceeds {{convert|5300|ft|-1}} [[Height above mean sea level|above sea level]].
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1941 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia41/> * Monday and Tuesday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **defending champion [[Byron Nelson]] 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 * Sunday – final – 36 holes
==Final results== ''Sunday, July 13, 1941'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Vic Ghezzi]]''' || align=center|1,100 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] || align=center|600 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] || align=center rowspan=2|350 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Gene Sarazen]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jimmy Hines]] || align=center rowspan=4|250 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Denny Shute]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] |} <small>Source:</small><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-2QyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UbYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1396,3504286&dq=cherry+hills+golf+yard&hl=en |title=Vic Ghezzi Wins PGA Title Dethroning Champion Byron Nelson In 38 Holes |newspaper=Palm Beach Post |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |page=6 |date=July 14, 1941 |accessdate=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br>July 11 | RD2=Semi-finals<br>July 12 | RD3=Finals<br>July 13
| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Vic Ghezzi]]''' | RD1-score1= 8&7 | RD1-team2= [[Jimmy Hines]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Lloyd Mangrum]]''' | RD1-score3= 6&4 | RD1-team4= [[Sam Snead]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD1-score5= 2&1 | RD1-team6= [[Ben Hogan]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Gene Sarazen]]''' | RD1-score7= 7&6 | RD1-team8= [[Denny Shute]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Vic Ghezzi]]''' | RD2-score1= 1 up | RD2-team2= [[Lloyd Mangrum]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD2-score3= 2up | RD2-team4= [[Gene Sarazen]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Vic Ghezzi]]''' | RD3-score1= 38h | RD3-team2= [[Byron Nelson]] | 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||4||4||5||3||4||3||4|| 4||5||3||4||4||3||4||5||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ghezzi ||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||5||3||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||3||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||5||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||4 |- |align=left| Leader ||N1||–||G1||G1||G2||G2||G2||G2||G1||G2||G1||G1||G1||G1||–||–||–||N1 |}
''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||4||4||5||3||4||3||4|| 4||5||3||4||4||3||4||5||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ghezzi||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||5||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5 |- |align=left| Leader ||N1||N2||N2||N1||N1||N2||N2||N3||N3||N2||N1||–||N1||–||G1||G1||–||– |}
''Extra holes'' {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Hole!! 1 !! 2 |- |Par||4||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ghezzi||4||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5 |- |align=left| Leader ||–||G1 |} *<small>Source:</small><ref name=cdtgbn/> :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie |style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |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_1941.html PGA.com] – 1941 PGA Championship
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