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1951 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1951 PGA Championship
location	Oakmont, Pennsylvania, U.S.
course	Oakmont Country Club
dates	June 27 – July 3, 1951
par	72
yardage	6882 yd
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
field	140 players,
64 to match play
cut	154 (+10), playoff
format	Match play - 6 rounds
purse	$17,700
winners_share	$3,500
champion	USA Sam Snead
score	def. Walter Burkemo, 7 and 6
previous	[1950](1950-pga-championship)
next	[1952](1952-pga-championship)
map	USA#USA Pennsylvania
map_relief	yes
map_label	Oakmont CC
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in Pennsylvania
coordinates

64 to match play |}} The 1951 PGA Championship was the 33rd PGA Championship, held June 27 to July 3 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Sam Snead won the match play championship, 7 and 6, over Walter Burkemo in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $3,500, and the runner-up's was $1,500.

It marked the first time the PGA Championship returned to a venue; Oakmont had hosted in 1922 (at the time, it had also hosted two U.S. Opens and three U.S. Amateurs). It was Snead's third and final win in the PGA Championship and the fifth of his seven major titles. At age 39, he was the oldest at the time to win the PGA Championship, passing his old record of two years earlier. Burkemo won the title in 1953 and was runner-up again in 1954.

Defending champion Chandler Harper lost in the first round to Jim Turnesa in a match that went to 23 holes. Turnesa, the runner-up to Snead in 1942, won the title the following year in 1952 and displaced Snead as the oldest champion by a few months.

Snead's win was the last by a former champion for twenty years until Jack Nicklaus won his second PGA Championship in 1971.

Claude Harmon, Lloyd Mangrum, and Pete Cooper tied for the lowest score in the stroke play qualifier at 142 (−2). Harmon won the $250 medalist prize on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.

The British Open in 1951 was held in the first week of July in Northern Ireland. Its mandatory two-day qualifier was held on the same days as the PGA's semifinals and finals, which prevented participation in both events.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1951 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:

Wednesday and Thursday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier, 18 holes per day;
- defending champion Chandler Harper 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

Place	Player	Money ($)
1	USA Sam Snead	3,500
2	USA Walter Burkemo	1,500
T3	USA Charlie Bassler	750
USA Ellsworth Vines
T5	USA Al Brosch	500
USA Johnny Bulla
USA Jack Burke Jr.
USA Reggie Myles

Source:--

Final eight bracket

July 1 July 2 July 3

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

| RD1-team1= Sam Snead | RD1-score1= 2&1 | RD1-team2= Jack Burke Jr. | RD1-score2=

| RD1-team3= Charlie Bassler | RD1-score3= 1up | RD1-team4= Al Brosch | RD1-score4=

| RD1-team5= Walter Burkemo | RD1-score5= 1up | RD1-team6= Reggie Myles | RD1-score6=

| RD1-team7= Ellsworth Vines | RD1-score7= 1up | RD1-team8= Johnny Bulla | RD1-score8=

| RD2-team1= Sam Snead | RD2-score1= 9&8 | RD2-team2= Charlie Bassler | RD2-score2=

| RD2-team3= Walter Burkemo | RD2-score3= 37h | RD2-team4= Ellsworth Vines | RD2-score4=

| RD3-team1= Sam Snead | RD3-score1= 7&6 | RD3-team2= Walter Burkemo | RD3-score2= Source:

Final match scorecards

Morning

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4
USA Snead	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5
USA Burkemo	4	5	4	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	3	4
Leader	S1	S2	S2	S3	S4	S5	S5	S5	S5	S5	S4	S4	S5	S4	S4	S5	S4	S3

= picked up ball (hole concession) --

Afternoon

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	4
USA Snead	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	5	Snead wins
7 and 6
USA Burkemo	5	4	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	5	4	5
Leader	S4	S5	S6	S5	S5	S5	S6	S7	S6	S7	S7	S7

:{|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |Eagle |Birdie |Bogey |Double bogey |} Source:

References

Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (June 27, 1951). "140 to tee off today in PGA opening round". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
"Tournament Info for: 1951 PGA Championship". PGA.com.
Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (July 4, 1951). "Snead routs Burkemo for third PGA title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Bartlett, Charles. (July 4, 1951). "Snead takes P.G.A. title 3d time". Chicago Daily Tribune.
Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (June 30, 1951). "Favorites advance in PGA play". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (June 29, 1951). "Harmon wins playoff to capture PGA medal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(July 2, 1951). "Locke favored in British Open". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Gundelfinger, Phil Jr.. (July 2, 1951). "Snead gains semi-finals in PGA play". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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