{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1948 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S. | course = [[Norwood Hills Country Club]] | dates = May 19–25, 1948 | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|6467|yd}}<ref name=axwpqm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BxINAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3952%2C4516838|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Alexander wins PGA qualifying medal with 134|date=May 21, 1948|page=21}}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 133 players,<br>64 to match play | cut = 150 (+8), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]17,700<ref name=pgamedia48>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=466&date=1948&tourn_name_id=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023170214/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=466&date=1948&tourn_name_id=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2006|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1948 PGA Championship|accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> | winners_share = $3,500 | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ben Hogan]] | score = def. [[Mike Turnesa]], 7 and 6 | previous = [[1947 PGA Championship|1947]] | next = [[1949 PGA Championship|1949]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>St. Louis</small> |lat = 38.723 |long = -90.283 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 240 }} {{Location map |USA Missouri |relief = 1 |label = <small>Norwood Hills Country Club</small> |lat = 38.723 |long = -90.283 |caption = Location in [[Missouri]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 160 }} The '''1948 PGA Championship''' was the 30th [[PGA Championship]], held May 19–25 at [[Norwood Hills Country Club]] in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. [[Ben Hogan]] won the [[match play]] championship, 7 and 6 over [[Mike Turnesa]] in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was [[United States dollar|$]]3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500.<ref name=cthgtct>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1948/05/26/page/33/article/ben-hogan-takes-p-g-a-grown-7-and-6 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Ben Hogan takes P.G.A. crown, 7 and 6|date=May 26, 1948 |page=1, part 3}}</ref><ref name=hdtfpc>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nkNQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ow0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7428%2C249644|newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel|agency=Associated Press|title=Hogan downs Turnesa for PGA crown, 7 and 6 |date=May 26, 1948|page=3-part 2 }}</ref>
It was Hogan's second and final PGA Championship victory and the second of his nine [[Men's major golf championships|major]] titles; the first was a 6 and 4 win in [[1946 PGA Championship|1946]] at [[Portland Golf Club|Portland]], and the third came a few weeks later at the [[1948 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] at [[Riviera]]. Following a near-fatal auto accident in early 1949, his debilitated condition did not agree with the grueling five-day schedule of 36 holes per day in summer heat. Hogan did not enter the PGA Championship again until [[1960 PGA Championship|1960]], its third year as a 72-hole [[stroke play]] event, at 18 holes per day.
Defending champion [[Jim Ferrier]] lost in the second round to semifinalist [[Claude Harmon]], 1 up.<ref name=shtrf>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HgotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1tYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4576%2C2919884|newspaper=Miami Daily News |agency=International News Service |title=Sarazen, Hogan third round foes |date=May 22, 1948|page=8-A}}</ref> Harmon defeated [[Sam Snead]] in 42 holes in the quarterfinals, but was stopped by Turnesa in 37 holes in the next round.
Hogan became only the second of four players in history to win the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] and the PGA Championship in the same calendar year. He was preceded by [[Gene Sarazen]] in [[1922 PGA Championship|1922]] and followed by [[Jack Nicklaus]] in [[1980 PGA Championship|1980]]. Through [[2016 PGA Championship|2016]], [[Tiger Woods]] is the last to win both, in [[2000 PGA Championship|2000]], part of his ''[[Tiger Slam]]'' of four consecutive majors.
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1948 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia48/> * Wednesday and Thursday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **defending champion [[Jim Ferrier]] 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, May 25, 1948'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Ben Hogan]]''' || align=center|3,500 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Mike Turnesa]] || align=center|1,500 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jimmy Demaret]] || align=center rowspan=2|750 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Claude Harmon]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Bulla]] || align=center rowspan=4|500 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[George Fazio]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] |} <!--<small>Source:</small>-->
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br>May 23 | RD2=Semi-finals<br>May 24 | RD3=Finals<br>May 25
| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Ben Hogan]]''' | RD1-score1= 2&1 | RD1-team2= [[Chick Harbert]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Jimmy Demaret]]''' | RD1-score3= 5&4 | RD1-team4= [[George Fazio]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Mike Turnesa]]''' | RD1-score5= 6&5 | RD1-team6= [[Johnny Bulla]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Claude Harmon]]''' | RD1-score7= 42h | RD1-team8= [[Sam Snead]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Ben Hogan]]''' | RD2-score1= 2&1 | RD2-team2= [[Jimmy Demaret]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Mike Turnesa]]''' | RD2-score3= 37h | RD2-team4= [[Claude Harmon]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Ben Hogan]]''' | RD3-score1= 7&6 | RD3-team2= [[Mike Turnesa]] | 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||4||4||4||4||3||5|| 4||3||4||4||5||5||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hogan||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||3||5|| 4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Turnesa||4||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||4||4||4||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4|| 4||3||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||style="background: Red;"|2||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4 |- |align=left| Leader ||–||T1||T1||–||H1||H2||H2||H2||H1||H1||H1||H1||H2||H3||H4||H3||H4||H4 |}
''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||4||4||4||4||3||5|| 4||3||4||4||5||5||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hogan||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: Pink;"|2||5|| 4||style="background: Pink;"|2||style="background: Pink;"|3||rowspan=3 colspan=6 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|Hogan wins<br>7 and 6 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Turnesa||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||4||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4 |- |align=left| Leader ||H5||H5||H6||H5||H5||H5||H4||H5||H4||H5||H6||H7 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=cthgtct/> :{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background:Red; width:10px;"| |Eagle |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_1948.html PGA.com] – 1948 PGA Championship – Hogan's Last Stand
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