{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1950 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Columbus, Ohio]], U.S. | course = [[Scioto Country Club]] | dates = June 21–27, 1950 | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|7032|yd}}<ref name=ssdpgach>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sRMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3931%2C2539033|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Snead starts defense of PGA Championship|date=June 21, 1950|page=17 }}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 129 players,<ref name=ssdpgach/><br />64 to match play | cut = 153 (+11), playoff | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]17,700<ref name=pgamedia50>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=468&date=1950&tourn_name_id=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165525/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=468&date=1950&tourn_name_id=2|archive-date=October 23, 2006|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1950 PGA Championship|access-date=April 17, 2013}}</ref> | winners_share = $3,500 | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chandler Harper]] | score = def. [[Henry Williams, Jr.]], 4 and 3 | previous = [[1949 PGA Championship|1949]] | next = [[1951 PGA Championship|1951]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Columbus</small> |lat = 40.002 |long = -83.075 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Ohio |relief = 1 |label = <small>Scioto CC</small> |lat = 40.002 |long = -83.075 |caption = Location in [[Ohio]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background = |width = 140 }} The '''1950 PGA Championship''' was the 32nd [[PGA Championship]], held June 21–27 at [[Scioto Country Club]] in [[Upper Arlington, Ohio]], a suburb northwest of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]. [[Chandler Harper]] won the [[match play]] championship, 4 and 3 over [[Henry Williams, Jr.]] in the Tuesday final;<ref name=cdthwtft>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1950/06/28/page/41/article/harper-wins-p-g-a-title-4-and-3 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Harper wins P.G.A. title, 4 and 3 |date=June 28, 1950 |page=1, sec. 3}}</ref> the winner's share was [[United States dollar|$]]3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500.<ref name=chbw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=txMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4486%2C777606|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Gundelfinger|first=Phil Jr.|title=Chandler beats Williams for PGA title, 4-3|date=June 28, 1950|page=23}}</ref> It was Harper's only [[Men's major golf championships|major]] title; his next best finish in a major was a tie for eighth at the [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] in [[1947 Masters Tournament|1947]].
Defending champion [[Sam Snead]] won $250 as the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 140 (−4),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sxMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2724%2C1930320|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|last=Gundelfinger|first=Phil Jr.|title=Snead's 140 wins PGA medal |date=June 23, 1950|page=19}}</ref> but lost in the second round.<ref name=sdbbisr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tBMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4035%2C1678628 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Gundelfinger |first=Phil Jr. |title=Snead dethroned by Eddie Burke in second round |date=June 24, 1950 |page=11}}</ref> He regained the title, his third, in [[1951 PGA Championship|1951]] at age 39.
The last three majors were held within several weeks in 1950. The [[1950 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] was concluded less than two weeks earlier near [[Philadelphia]] where [[Ben Hogan]] defeated [[Lloyd Mangrum]] and [[George Fazio]] in an 18-hole playoff on Sunday, June 11. The [[1950 Open Championship|British Open]] was played the first week of July in [[Scotland]].
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1950 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia50/> * Wednesday and Thursday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **defending champion [[Sam Snead]] and top 63 professionals advanced to match play * Friday – first two rounds, 18 holes each * Saturday – third round – 36 holes * Sunday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Monday – semifinals – 36 holes * Tuesday – final – 36 holes
==Final results== ''Tuesday, June 27, 1950'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Chandler Harper]]''' || align=center|3,500 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Henry Williams, Jr.]] || align=center|1,500 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jimmy Demaret]] || align=center rowspan=2|750 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Henry Picard]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Dave Douglas (golfer)|Dave Douglas]] || align=center rowspan=4|500 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Ray Gafford]] <!-- http://texasgolfhof.org/index.php/component/zoo/item/raymond-gafford --> |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Lloyd Mangrum]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Johnny Palmer]] |} <!--<small>Source:</small>-->
==Final eight bracket== {{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds | RD1=Quarter-finals<br />June 25 | RD2=Semi-finals<br />June 26 | RD3=Finals<br />June 27 | score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px
| RD1-team1= '''[[Chandler Harper]]''' | RD1-score1= 1up | RD1-team2= [[Lloyd Mangrum]] | RD1-score2=
| RD1-team3= '''[[Jimmy Demaret]]''' | RD1-score3= 5&4 | RD1-team4= [[Ray Gafford]] | RD1-score4=
| RD1-team5= '''[[Henry Williams, Jr.]]''' | RD1-score5= 1up | RD1-team6= [[Dave Douglas (golfer)|Dave Douglas]] | RD1-score6=
| RD1-team7= '''[[Henry Picard]]''' | RD1-score7= 10&8 | RD1-team8= [[Johnny Palmer]] | RD1-score8=
| RD2-team1= '''[[Chandler Harper]]''' | RD2-score1= 2&1 | RD2-team2= [[Jimmy Demaret]] | RD2-score2=
| RD2-team3= '''[[Henry Williams, Jr.]]''' | RD2-score3= 38h | RD2-team4= [[Henry Picard]] | RD2-score4=
| RD3-team1= '''[[Chandler Harper]]''' | RD3-score1= 4&3 | RD3-team2= [[Henry Williams, Jr.]] | 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||3||4||5||4||5||3|| 4||4||5||4||3||4||4||3||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harper ||4||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||5||4||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Williams ||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: Pink;"|4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||5 |- |align=left| Leader ||H1||H2||H3||H2||H2||H2||H3||H3||H3||H3||H4||H3||H3||H3||H3||H3||H2||H3 |}
''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||3||4||5||4||5||3|| 4||4||5||4||3||4||4||3||5 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harper ||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||4||5||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|4||style="background: Pink;"|3||rowspan=3 colspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|Harper<br />wins<br />4 and 3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Williams ||4||4||4||3||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||5||3||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|6||4||3||4 |- |align=left| Leader ||H2||H2||H3||H3||H3||H2||H2||H3||H3||H3||H3||H4||H4||H3||H4 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=cdthwtft/> :{|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_1950.html PGA.com] – 1950 PGA Championship
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