{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1954 PGA Championship | image = | location = [[Maplewood, Minnesota]], U.S. | course = [[Keller Golf Club]] | dates = July 21–27, 1954 | par = 71 | yardage = {{convert|6652|yd}}<ref name=ospw66>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ScZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7WoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4949%2C1498224|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Oliver sets PGA pace with 5-under 66|date=July 22, 1954|page=17}}</ref> | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | field = 135 players,<ref name=ospw66/><br>64 to match play | cut = 147 (+5), no playoff needed | format = [[Match play]] - 6 rounds | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]20,700<ref name=pgamedia54>{{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=472&date=1954&tourn_name_id=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023165709/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=472&date=1954&tourn_name_id=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2006|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1954 PGA Championship|accessdate=April 17, 2013}}</ref> | winners_share = $5,000 | champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Chick Harbert]] | score = def. [[Walter Burkemo]], 4 and 3 | previous = [[1953 PGA Championship|1953]] | next = [[1955 PGA Championship|1955]] |}} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Maplewood </small> |lat = 45.006 |long = -93.056 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |position = left |float = |marksize = 5 |background = |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Minnesota |relief = 1 |label = <small>Keller GC </small> |lat = 45.006 |long = -93.056 |caption = Location in [[Minnesota]] |position = left |float = |marksize = 5 |background = |width = 150 }} The '''1954 PGA Championship''' was the 36th [[PGA Championship]], held July 21–27 at [[Keller Golf Club]] in [[Maplewood, Minnesota]], a suburb north of [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]]. [[Chick Harbert]] won the [[match play]] championship, 4 and 3 over defending champion [[Walter Burkemo]] in the Tuesday final;<ref name=hthnin>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/07/28/page/33/article/harbert-39-wins-pro-golf-title |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Harbert, 39, wins pro golf title |date=July 28, 1954 |page=1, part 3}}</ref> the winner's share was [[United States dollar|$]]5,000 and the runner-up's was $3,000.<ref name=hivipf >{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eXY_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3lQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1176%2C3108032|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|location=Ohio|agency=United Press|title=Harbert is victor in PGA finals|date=July 28, 1954|page=16}}</ref>
It marked the second time the PGA Championship returned to a venue; public Keller had also hosted in [[1932 PGA Championship|1932]]; [[Oakmont Country Club|Oakmont]] near [[Pittsburgh]] hosted in [[1922 PGA Championship|1922]] and [[1951 PGA Championship|1951]]. It was the third and last final for the two finalists, both from the Detroit area; each had one victory and two losses. Harbert lost in [[1947 PGA Championship|1947]] and [[1952 PGA Championship|1952]], while Burkemo lost in [[1951 PGA Championship|1951]] and won in [[1953 PGA Championship|1953]].
In the finals, Burkemo eagled the first hole and was three up after four holes, but soon cooled off; the match was even on the twelfth tee and Harbert led by one at the lunch break. The afternoon round was bogey-free for both, but Harbert had five birdies to Burkemo's two and the match ended on the 33rd green.<ref name=hthnin/>
[[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed "Porky" Oliver]] won $250 as the medalist in the stroke-play qualifying with a 136 (−6);<ref name=olvothsx>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/07/23/page/33/article/olivers-136-wins-p-g-a-trials-medal|work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Oliver's 136 wins PGA trials medal |date=July 23, 1954 |page=1, part 3}}</ref><ref name=dfs135>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SsZRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7WoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4890%2C1796963 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Porky Oliver's 136 wins national PGA medal |date=July 23, 1954|page=19}}</ref> he fell 3 and 1 in the third round to eventual champion Harbert.<ref name=ffofe>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=__UiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Zc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1332%2C3306958|newspaper=Palm Beach Post|agency=Associated Press|title=Fancy field of 8 move into PGA quarterfinals|date=July 25, 1954|page=46 }}</ref><ref name=sandbrk>{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1954/07/25/page/43/article/snead-and-burkemo-gain-p-g-a-quarter-final-berths |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Snead and Burkemo gain P.G.A. quarter-final berths |date=July 25, 1954 |page=1, part 2}}</ref>
==Format== The [[match play]] format at the PGA Championship in 1954 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:<ref name=pgamedia54/> * Wednesday and Thursday – 36-hole [[stroke play]] qualifier, 18 holes per day; **the defending champion [[Walter Burkemo]] and top 63 professionals advanced to match play * Friday – first two rounds, 18 holes each * Saturday – third round – 36 holes * Sunday – quarterfinals – 36 holes * Monday – semifinals – 36 holes * Tuesday – final – 36 holes
==Final results== ''Tuesday, July 27, 1954'' {| class=wikitable !Place!!Player!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} '''[[Chick Harbert]]''' || align=center|5,000 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Walter Burkemo]] || align=center|3,000 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T3 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Tommy Bolt]] || align=center rowspan=2|750 |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Cary Middlecoff]] |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Jerry Barber]] || align=center rowspan=4|500 |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Shelley Mayfield]] |- | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} [[Sam Snead]] |} <!--<small>Source:</small>-->
==Results== ===Top half=== {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5 |team-width=140 |flex_tree=yes |short_brackets=yes |bold_winner=high |3rdplace=no |RD1 = Last 64<br />July 23|RD2 = Last 32<br />July 23| RD3 = Last 16<br />July 24 |RD4 = Quarter-finals<br />July 25|RD5 = Semi-finals<br />July 26 <!-- First Round 18 holes --> || [[Tommy Bolt]] | 2&1 | [[Mike Turnesa]] | || [[Bob Kay]] | | [[Art Doering]] | 1up || [[Pat Circelli]] | | [[Jim Browning (golfer)|Jim Browning]] | 2&1 || [[Ed Furgol]] | 3&2 | [[Johnny Weitzel]] | || [[Jim Milward]] | 2&1 | [[Mike Homa]] | || [[Tony Holguin]] | | [[Sam Snead]] | 1up || [[Johnny Palmer]] | 3&2 | [[Labron Harris]] | || [[Jack Burke Jr.]] | | [[Dutch Harrison]] | 1up || [[Joe Greer]] | | [[Bill Trombley]] | 3&2 || [[Toney Penna]] | | [[Charlie Bassler]] | 3&1 || [[Jerry Barber]] | 2&1 | [[Bob Gajda (golfer)|Bob Gajda]] | || [[Fred Haas]] | 19h | [[Lou Barbaro]] | || [[Chick Harbert]] | 5&3 | [[Mike Krak]] | || [[Phil Friel]] | | [[John O'Donnell (golfer)|John O'Donnell]] | 3&2 || [[Clarence Doser]] | | [[Bill Nary]] | 3&1 || [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]] | 4&3 | [[Jackson Bradley]] | <!-- Second Round 18 holes --> || [[Tommy Bolt]] | 2&1 | [[Art Doering]] | || [[Jim Browning (golfer)|Jim Browning]] | 1up | [[Ed Furgol]] | || [[Jim Milward]] | | [[Sam Snead]] | 4&3 || [[Johnny Palmer]] | | [[Dutch Harrison]] | 4&3 || [[Bill Trombley]] | | [[Charlie Bassler]] | 5&4 || [[Jerry Barber]] | 19h | [[Fred Haas]] | || [[Chick Harbert]] | 3&1 | [[John O'Donnell (golfer)|John O'Donnell]] | || [[Bill Nary]] | | [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]] | 1up <!-- Third Round 36 holes --> || [[Tommy Bolt]] | 2&1 | [[Jim Browning (golfer)|Jim Browning]] | || [[Sam Snead]] | 7&6 | [[Dutch Harrison]] | || [[Charlie Bassler]] | | [[Jerry Barber]] | 38h || [[Chick Harbert]] | 3&1 | [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]] | <!-- Quarterfinal 36 holes --> || [[Tommy Bolt]] | 39h | [[Sam Snead]] | || [[Jerry Barber]] | | [[Chick Harbert]] | 1up <!-- Semifinal 36 holes --> || [[Tommy Bolt]] | | [[Chick Harbert]] | 1up }}
===Bottom half=== {{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=5 |team-width=140 |flex_tree=yes |short_brackets=yes |bold_winner=high |3rdplace=no |RD1 = Last 64<br />July 23|RD2 = Last 32<br />July 23| RD3 = Last 16<br />July 24 |RD4 = Quarter-finals<br />July 25|RD5 = Semi-finals<br />July 26 <!-- First Round 18 holes --> || [[Walter Burkemo]] | 4&2 | [[Dave Douglas (golfer)|Dave Douglas]] | || [[Claude Harmon]] | 6&5 | [[Eric Monti]] | || [[Johnny Revolta]] | 3&2 | [[Ellsworth Vines]] | || [[Jimmy Clark (golfer)|Jimmy Clark]] | | [[Toby Lyons (golfer)|Toby Lyons]] | 1up || [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] | 5&4 | [[Gene Webb]] | || [[Henry Ransom]] | 2&1 | [[Herman Keiser]] | || [[Marty Furgol]] | | [[Elroy Marti]] | 4&3 || [[Frank Commisso]] | | [[Henry Williams Jr.]] | 3&2 || [[Cary Middlecoff]] | 1up | [[Joe Brown (golfer)|Joe Brown]] | || [[Bob Toski]] | 5&4 | [[Jim Turnesa]] | || [[Ted Kroll]] | 3&2 | [[Leonard Wagner]] | || [[Orville White]] | | [[Max Evans (golfer)|Max Evans]] | 2&1 || [[Shelley Mayfield]] | 4&3 | [[Jimmy Hines]] | || [[Wally Ulrich]] | 2&1 | [[Pat Abbott]] | || [[Jimmy Scott (golfer)|Jimmy Scott]] | | [[Horton Smith]] | 5&4 || [[Milon Marusic]] | | [[Jack Isaacs]] | 3&2 <!-- Second Round 18 holes --> || [[Walter Burkemo]] | 2&1 | [[Claude Harmon]] | || [[Johnny Revolta]] | 5&4 | [[Toby Lyons (golfer)|Toby Lyons]] | || [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] | 4&3 | [[Henry Ransom]] | || [[Elroy Marti]] | 2up | [[Henry Williams Jr.]] | || [[Cary Middlecoff]] | 2&1 | [[Bob Toski]] | || [[Ted Kroll]] | 24h | [[Max Evans (golfer)|Max Evans]] | || [[Shelley Mayfield]] | 5&4 | [[Wally Ulrich]] | || [[Horton Smith]] | 3&2 | [[Jack Isaacs]] | <!-- Third Round 36 holes --> || [[Walter Burkemo]] | 4&3 | [[Johnny Revolta]] | || [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] | 8&6 | [[Elroy Marti]] | || [[Cary Middlecoff]] | 5&4 | [[Ted Kroll]] | || [[Shelley Mayfield]] | 3&2 | [[Horton Smith]] | <!-- Quarterfinal 36 holes --> || [[Walter Burkemo]] | 5&4 | [[Roberto De Vicenzo]] | || [[Cary Middlecoff]] | 3&1 | [[Shelley Mayfield]] | <!-- Semifinal 36 holes --> || [[Walter Burkemo]] | 37h | [[Cary Middlecoff]] | }}
Source:<ref name=pga>{{cite web |url=https://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf |title=2012 PGA Championship Media Guide |work=PGA Media Guide |publisher=[[PGA of America]] |access-date=February 14, 2024 |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424214525/https://images.pgalinks.com/vmc/pressReleases/MG_2012_PGAChamp.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
===Final=== ''July 27, 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||5||3||4||3||5||4||4|| 4||4||5||3||4||3||4||4||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harbert||^||4||style="background: Green;"|7||3||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||4||5||3||4||3||4||3||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Burkemo||style="background: Red;"|2||4||5||style="background: Pink;"|2||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||4||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||5||3||style="background: PaleGreen;"|5||3||4||3||4 |- |align=left| Leader ||B1||B1||B2||B3||B3||B3||B3||B3||B2||B1||–||–||–||H1||H1||H1||H1||H1 |} ^ <small>= picked up ball (hole concession)</small>
''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||5||3||4||3||5||4||4|| 4||4||5||3||4||3||4||4||4 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harbert||style="background: Pink;"|3||style="background: Pink;"|3||5||3||4||3||5||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|3||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||style="background: Pink;"|3||3||rowspan=3 colspan=3 style="background:#DCDCDC;"|Harbert<br>wins<br>4 and 3 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Burkemo||4||4||5||3||4||3||style="background: Pink;"|4||4||4||4||4||style="background: Pink;"|4||3||4||3 |- |align=left| Leader ||H2||H3||H3||H3||H3||H3||H2||H2||H2||H3||H3||H3||H3||H4||H4 |} *<small>Source:</small><ref name=hthnin/> :{|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 |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_1954.html PGA.com] – 1954 PGA Championship
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