{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1945 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Kettering, Ohio]] | course = [[Moraine Country Club]] | dates = July 9–15, 1945 | par = 72 | yardage = <!--{{convert| |yd}}--> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 143 players,<ref name=dssss>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2V9JAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WoQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4335%2C2276333|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|location=Ohio|agency=Associated Press |title=Denny Shute cards sizzlind five-under-par 67, paces P.G.A. qualifying field|date=July 10, 1945|page=10}}</ref><br>32 to match play | cut = 148 (+6), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 5 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]14,700<ref name=pgamedia45>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=463&date=1945&tourn_name_id=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170644/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=463&date=1945&tourn_name_id=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2006|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1945 PGA Championship|accessdate=April 18, 2013}}</ref> | winners_share = $5,000 in [[Series E bond|war bonds]]<ref name=ndfby>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8QoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=12kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=896%2C3184471|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|title=Nelson defeats Byrd in PGA final |agency=Associated Press|date=July 16, 2013|page=16}}</ref> | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Byron Nelson]] | score = def. [[Sam Byrd]], 4 and 3 | previous = [[1944 PGA Championship|1944]] | next = [[1946 PGA Championship|1946]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Moraine CC</small> |lat = 39.690 |long = -84.196 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |position = left |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Ohio |relief = 1 |label = <small>Moraine CC</small> |lat = 39.690 |long = -84.196 |caption = Location in [[Ohio]] |marksize = 5 |position = |float = |background = |width = 130 }} The '''1945 PGA Championship''' was the 27th [[PGA Championship]], held July 9–15 at [[Moraine Country Club]] in [[Kettering, Ohio]], a suburb south of [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]]. Then a [[match play]] championship, [[Byron Nelson]] won 4 and 3 in the final over [[Sammy Byrd|Sam Byrd]],<ref name=nbtsbrd>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1945/07/16/page/19/ |work=Chicago Daily Tribune|last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Nelson beats Byrd, 4 and 3, to take P.G.A. crown |date=July 16, 1945 |page=19}}</ref> a former [[Major League Baseball|major league]] [[baseball]] player.<ref name=bnasbd>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1945/07/15/page/19/article/byron-nelson-and-sam-byrd-battle-today-for-p-g-a-crown|work=Chicago Sunday Tribune|last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Byron Nelson and Sam Byrd battle today for P.G.A. crown |date=July 15, 1945 |page=1, sec. 2}}</ref>
It was Nelson's fifth and final [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title and his second win at the PGA Championship; he also won in [[1940 PGA Championship|1940]] and was a runner-up three times ([[1939 PGA Championship|1939]], [[1941 PGA Championship|1941]], [[1944 PGA Championship|1944]]). The winner's share of the purse was $5,000 in [[Series E bond|war bonds]].<ref name=ndfby/><ref name=nbtsbrd/> The victory was the ninth of Nelson's record eleven consecutive wins in 1945.
Defending champion [[Bob Hamilton]] was defeated in the first round by [[Jack Grout]], 4 and 3.
Due to [[World War II]], the PGA Championship was the sole major played in 1945 (and [[1944 PGA Championship|1944]]). The three others returned in [[1946 Masters Tournament|1946]].
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1945 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia45/> * Monday and Tuesday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day, field of 78 players; **defending champion [[Bob Hamilton]] and top 31 professionals advanced to match play * Wednesday – first round – 36 holes * Thursday – second round – 36 holes * Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes * Sunday – final – 36 holes
==Final results== ''Sunday, July 15, 1945'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Country<!--!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]])--> |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' <!--|| align=center|3,500 ($5,000 in war bonds)--> |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Byrd]] <!--|| align=center|1,500--> |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Clarence Doser]] <!--|| align=center rowspan=2|750--> |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Claude Harmon]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Vic Ghezzi]] <!--|| align=center rowspan=4|500--> |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ralph Hutchison]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ky Laffoon]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Denny Shute]] |} <!--<small>Source:</small><ref name=nbtsbrd/>-->
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br>July 13 | RD2=Semi-finals<br>July 14 | RD3=Finals<br>July 15
| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD1-score1= 3&2 | RD1-team2= [[Denny Shute]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Claude Harmon]]''' | RD1-score3= 4&3 | RD1-team4= [[Ralph Hutchison]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Sam Byrd]]''' | RD1-score5= 7&6 | RD1-team6= [[Vic Ghezzi]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Clarence Doser]]''' | RD1-score7= 2&1 | RD1-team8= [[Ky Laffoon]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD2-score1= 5&4 | RD2-team2= [[Claude Harmon]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Sam Byrd]]''' | RD2-score3= 7&6 | RD2-team4= [[Clarence Doser]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Byron Nelson]]''' | RD3-score1= 4&3 | RD3-team2= [[Sam Byrd]] | 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||3||4||5||3||4||4||5||4|| 4||4||3||5||4||3||4||5||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson ||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||5||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byrd ||4||3||4||5||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||4||3||5||4||style="background: Pink;"|2||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3 |- |align=left| Leader ||N1||–||N1||N1||N1||N1||N1||N1||–||–||N1||N1||N1||N1||–||–||B1||B2 |}
''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||3||4||5||3||4||4||5||4|| 4||4||3||5||4||3||4||5||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Nelson ||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||4||5||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||3||rowspan=3 colspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|<small>Nelson wins<br>4 and 3</small> |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Byrd ||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||3||4||style="background:PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||4||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3 |- |align=left| Leader ||B2||B2||B3||B2||B2||B2||B1||–||–||–||N1||N2||N3||N4||N4 |} *<small>Source:</small><ref name=nbtsbrd/> :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background:Pink; width:10px;"| |Birdie |style="background:PaleGreen; width:10px;"| |Bogey |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf PGA Media Guide 2012] *[http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1945.html PGA.com] – 1945 PGA Championship
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