{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1947 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Southfield, Michigan]], U.S. | course = [[Plum Hollow Country Club]] | dates = June 18–24, 1947 | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|6922|yd}}<ref name=hlafpt>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882%2C4522071|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Hogan late arrival for PGA tournament|date=June 18, 1947|page=15}}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 141 players,<ref name=cww67>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4184%2C4725805|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=United Press|title=Clarence Doser leads PGA qualifiers with 67|date=June 19, 1947|page=15}}</ref><br>64 to match play | cut = 149 (+5), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]17,700 <ref name=pgamedia47>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=465&date=1947&tourn_name_id=2|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1947 PGA Championship|accessdate=April 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227064109/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=465&date=1947&tourn_name_id=2|archive-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | winners_share = $3,500 | champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jim Ferrier]] | score = def. {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chick Harbert]], 2 and 1 | previous = [[1946 PGA Championship|1946]] | next = [[1948 PGA Championship|1948]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Plum Hollow <br>Country Club</small> |lat = 42.451 |long = -83.262 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Michigan |relief = 1 |label = <small>Plum Hollow <br>Country Club</small> |lat = 42.451 |long = -83.262 |caption = Location in [[Michigan]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 180 }} The '''1947 PGA Championship''' was the 29th [[PGA Championship]], held June 18–24 at [[Plum Hollow Country Club]] in [[Southfield, Michigan]], a suburb northwest of [[Detroit]]. [[Jim Ferrier]] won the [[match play]] championship, 2 and 1 over [[Chick Harbert]] in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was [[United States dollar|$]]3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500.<ref name=fdhipfr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2591%2C5884717|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Ferrier defeats Harbert in PGA final round, 2-1 |date=June 25, 1947|page=15}}</ref> The match was tied after the first round,<ref name=sdcmid>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=50waAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QCcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7322%2C2850224 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Harbert, Ferrier are even after first 18 holes of P.G.A. title match |date=June 24, 1947 |page=13}}</ref> and again after 22 holes. Ferrier won the next three and local resident Harbert could get no closer than two holes down for the rest of the match.<ref name=fpwpti>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/06/25/page/29/|work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Ferrier's putting wins P.G.A. title, 2 and 1 |date=June 25, 1947 |page=29}}</ref> It was the only [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title for Ferrier, a [[Citizenship of the United States#Naturalized citizenship|naturalized]] U.S. citizen born in [[Australia]].
== Tournament summary == Defending champion [[Ben Hogan]] was defeated 3 and 1 in the first round by [[Toney Penna]], who was seven-under for the 17 holes, but then lost in the next round.<ref name=swtwic>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/06/21/page/17/article/sarazen-wins-twice-in-day-of-p-g-a-upsets |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Sarazen wins twice in day of P.G.A. upsets |date=June 21, 1947 |page=17}}</ref><ref name=wlpp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y8YwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4927%2C5117279|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Worsham moves into third round of PGA play|date=June 21, 1947|page=11}}</ref> [[Jimmy Demaret]] earned $250 as the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 137 (−7),<ref name=dspp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q6hGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pTMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1022%2C4621910|newspaper=Palm Beach Post|agency=Associated Press|title=Demaret sets pace in PGA meet |date=June 20, 1947 |page=11}}</ref> but was also eliminated in the first round. [[Sam Snead]] lost in the second round to three-time champion [[Gene Sarazen]].<ref name=wlpp/> Hogan regained the title the [[1948 PGA Championship|next year]].
The last three [[Men's major golf championships|majors]] were held within several weeks in 1947: the [[1947 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] was concluded several days earlier in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. [[Lew Worsham]] defeated [[Sam Snead]] by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff on Sunday, June 15. The [[1947 Open Championship|British Open]] was played the first week of July in [[England]].
This was the first PGA Championship scheduled to conclude on Tuesday, which continued through [[1956 PGA Championship|1956]]. Two-time champion [[Byron Nelson]] did not compete; his final PGA Championship was the [[1946 PGA Championship|previous year]].
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1947 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia47/> * Wednesday and Thursday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **defending champion [[Ben Hogan]] and top 63 professionals advanced to match play * Friday – first two rounds, 18 holes each * Saturday – third round – 36 holes * Sunday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Monday – semifinals – 36 holes * Tuesday – final – 36 holes
==Final results== ''Tuesday, June 24, 1947'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[Jim Ferrier]]''' || align=center|3,500 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]] || align=center|1,500 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Art Bell (golfer)|Art Bell]] || align=center rowspan=2|750 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Vic Ghezzi]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Leland Gibson]] || align=center rowspan=4|500 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ky Laffoon]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lew Worsham]] |} <!--<small>Source:</small>-->
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br>June 22 | RD2=Semi-finals<br>June 23 | RD3=Finals<br>June 24
| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Jim Ferrier]]''' | RD1-score1= 4&3 | RD1-team2= [[Lloyd Mangrum]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Art Bell (golfer)|Art Bell]]''' | RD1-score3= 2up | RD1-team4= [[Ky Laffoon]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Chick Harbert]]''' | RD1-score5= 2up | RD1-team6= [[Leland Gibson]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Vic Ghezzi]]''' | RD1-score7= 3&2 | RD1-team8= [[Lew Worsham]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Jim Ferrier]]''' | RD2-score1= 10&9 | RD2-team2= [[Art Bell (golfer)|Art Bell]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Chick Harbert]]''' | RD2-score3= 6&5 | RD2-team4= [[Vic Ghezzi]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Jim Ferrier]]''' | RD3-score1= 2&1 | RD3-team2= [[Chick Harbert]] | 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||5||3||4||4||3||5||4||5||3|| 4||4||3||4||3||4||4||5||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Ferrier||5||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||3||5||4||5||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||4||5||style="background: Pink;"|4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harbert||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||5||3||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||style="background: Pink;"|4 |- |align=left| Leader ||H1||H2||H1||–||–||H1||H1||H1||H1||H1||–||F1||–||–||H1||–||–||– |}
''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||5||3||4||4||3||5||4||5||3|| 4||4||3||4||3||4||4||5||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Ferrier||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: Pink;"|2||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||4||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||rowspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"| |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harbert||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||4||3||style="background: Green;"|6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||4||5 |- |align=left| Leader ||–||–||F1||–||F1||F2||F3||F3||F3||F3||F3||F2||F3||F3||F3||F2||F2 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=sdcmid/><ref name=fpwpti/> :{|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_1947.html PGA.com] – 1947 PGA Championship
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