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1930 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1930 PGA Championship
course	Fresh Meadow Country Club
(original course)
location	Flushing, New York
dates	September 8–13, 1930
par	70
yardage	6500 yd
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
field	32 to match play
cut	158 (+18), playoff
format	Match play - 5 rounds
purse	$10,300
winners_share	$1,000
champion	SCOUSA Tommy Armour
score	def. Gene Sarazen, 1 up
previous	[1929](1929-pga-championship)
next	[1931](1931-pga-championship)

(original course) |}} |USA |USA New York |USA New York City The 1930 PGA Championship was the 13th PGA Championship, held September 8–13 in New York City at Fresh Meadow Country Club in Flushing, Queens. Then a match play championship, Tommy Armour defeated Gene Sarazen 1 up in the finals for the second of his three major titles.

Johnny Farrell and Horton Smith were co-medalists at 145 (+5) in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier on Monday. Two-time defending champion Leo Diegel lost in the second round to Harold Sampson in 38 holes, ending his bid for a third straight title. Runner-up Sarazen was the club pro at Fresh Meadow; he previously won the PGA Championship in 1922 and 1923.

During the 36-hole Monday qualifier, Diegel shot 81 in the morning round and was in danger of not advancing to match play. He followed up with a 69 (−1) in the afternoon and his 150 (+10) put him only five strokes behind the medalists, in a tie for 8th place, easily within the top 32. Starting in 1931, the defending champion was exempt from qualifying.

The course where this PGA Championship was played in Queens no longer exists. Designed by A. W. Tillinghast, it opened in 1923 and also hosted the U.S. Open in 1932, won by Sarazen. Under increasing development and tax pressure, the Fresh Meadow Country Club sold the property in 1946, which was developed as a residential neighborhood (the Fresh Meadows section of Queens). The club then purchased the property, clubhouse, and golf course of the defunct Lakeville Golf & Country Club in Lake Success, its current home.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1930 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:

Monday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
- top 32 professionals advanced to match play
Tuesday – first round – 36 holes
Wednesday – second round – 36 holes
Thursday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
Friday – semifinals – 36 holes
Saturday – final – 36 holes

Final results

Saturday, September 13, 1930

Place	Player	Money ($)
1	USA Tommy Armour	1,000
2	USA Gene Sarazen	500
T3	AUS Joe Kirkwood	250
USA Charles Lacey
T5	USA Al Espinosa	200
USA Johnny Farrell
USA Harold Sampson
USA Horton Smith

Source:--

Final eight bracket

September 11 September 12 September 13

| score-width= 35px | team-width= 100px

| RD1-team1= Tommy Armour | RD1-score1= 2&1 | RD1-team2= Johnny Farrell | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3= Charles Lacey | RD1-score3= 4&3 | RD1-team4= Harold Sampson | RD1-score4=

| RD1-team5= Gene Sarazen | RD1-score5= 2&1 | RD1-team6= Al Espinosa | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7= Joe Kirkwood | RD1-score7= 1up | RD1-team8= Horton Smith | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1= Tommy Armour | RD2-score1= 1up | RD2-team2= Charles Lacey | RD2-score2=

| RD2-team3= Gene Sarazen | RD2-score3= 5&4 | RD2-team4= Joe Kirkwood | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1= Tommy Armour | RD3-score1= 1up | RD3-team2= Gene Sarazen | RD3-score2=

Final match scorecards

Morning

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4
SCOUSA Armour	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	2	4	5	3	4	2	4	5	4	4
USA Sarazen	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	2	5	5	5	4
Leader	–	–	S1	S1	S1	S1	S2	S2	S1	S1	S2	S2	S1	S1	–	–	A1	A1

Afternoon

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4
SCOUSA Armour	5	4	4	2	6	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	5	5	4	4
USA Sarazen	4	4	5	2	5	4	4	5	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	5
Leader	–	–	A1	A1	–	–	–	–	–	S1	–	S1	S1	–	–	–	–	A1

Source:

References

(September 8, 1930). "Golf pros in annual tourney". Youngstown Daily Vindicator.
(September 9, 1930). "Farrell and Horton Smith tied for lead". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
"Tournament Info for: 1930 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
(September 14, 1930). "Armour rallies to beat Sarazen for professional golf title". Chicago Sunday Tribune.
Bell, Brian. (September 14, 1930). "Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen for P.G.A. title". Youngstown Daily Vindicator.
Pegler, Westbrook. (September 9, 1930). "Ferrell, Smith lead pros with rounds of 145". Chicago Daily Tribune.
(September 11, 1930). "Diegel out of P.G.A. tourney". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
(September 13, 1930). "Armour meets Gene Sarazen". Youngstown Daily Vindicator.
"About FMCC". Fresh Meadow Country Club.

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