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1970 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1970 PGA Championship
location	Tulsa, Oklahoma
course	Southern Hills Country Club
dates	August 13–16, 1970
par	70
yardage	6962 yd
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
field	136 players, 70 after cut
cut	150 (+10)
purse	$200,000
winners_share	$40,000
champion	USA Dave Stockton
score	279 (−1)
previous	[1969](1969-pga-championship)
next	[1971](1971-pga-championship)

|USA |USA Oklahoma The 1970 PGA Championship was the 52nd PGA Championship, played August 13–16 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dave Stockton won the first of his two PGA Championships at 279 (−1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer.

It was Palmer's third runner-up finish at the only major he never won, and was his last time in contention in the final round of a PGA Championship. Stockton won his second PGA Championship six years later in 1976.

The third round was played in 101 F heat, and Stockton led by three strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−4). Defending champion Raymond Floyd carded a 65 (−5) on Saturday and was in second place at 209 (−1) entering the final round, and Palmer was alone in third place at 211 (+1).

It was the second major championship at Southern Hills, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1958. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 1977 and 2001 and the PGA Championship in 1982, 1994, 2007, and 2022.

Course layout

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	459	450	410	360	630	188	385	218	378	3,478	401	167	456	470	215	410	552	355	458	3,484	6,962
Par	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	35	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 13, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Johnny Miller	68	−2
USA Jack Nicklaus
T3	USA Charles Coody	69	−1
USA Larry Hinson
T5	USA Homero Blancas	70	E
USA Jacky Cupit
USA Dick Hendrickson
USA Arnold Palmer
USA Mason Rudolph
USA Sam Snead
USA Dave Stockton

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Second round

Friday, August 14, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Larry Hinson	69-71=140	E
USA Dave Stockton	70-70=140
T3	USA Mike Hill	71-70=141	+1
USA Hale Irwin	71-70=141
USA Mason Rudolph	71-70=141
T6	USA Billy Casper	72-70=142	+2
USA Dick Lotz	72-70=142
USA Arnold Palmer	70-72=142
ZAF Gary Player	74-69=142
T10	USA Julius Boros	72-71=143	+3
USA Bill Collins	72-71=143
USA Terry Dill	72-71=143
USA Lou Graham	75-68=143
USA Howie Johnson	71-72=143
USA Gene Littler	72-71=143
USA Bob Lunn	74-69=143
USA Billy Maxwell	72-71=143
USA Bert Yancey	74-69=143

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Third round

Saturday, August 15, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Dave Stockton	70-70-66=206	−4
2	USA Raymond Floyd	71-73-65=209	−1
3	USA Arnold Palmer	70-72-69=211	+1
4	USA Gene Littler	72-71-69=212	+2
T5	USA Bob Lunn	74-69-70=213	+3
USA Sam Snead	70-75-68=213
T7	USA Larry Hinson	69-71-74=214	+4
USA Mason Rudolph	71-70-73=214
T9	USA Julius Boros	72-71-72=215	+5
USA Mike Hill	71-70-74=215
USA Johnny Miller	68-77-70=215
USA Bob Murphy	71-73-71=215

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Final round

Sunday, August 16, 1970

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Dave Stockton	70-70-66-73=279	−1	40,000
T2	USA Bob Murphy	71-73-71-66=281	+1	18,500
USA Arnold Palmer	70-72-69-70=281
T4	USA Larry Hinson	69-71-74-68=282	+2	8,800
USA Gene Littler	72-71-69-70=282
T6	AUS Bruce Crampton	73-75-68-67=283	+3	6,800
USA Jack Nicklaus	68-76-73-66=283
T8	USA Raymond Floyd	71-73-65-75=284	+4	5,650
USA Dick Lotz	72-70-75-67=284
T10	USA Billy Maxwell	72-71-73-69=285	+5	4,800
USA Mason Rudolph	71-70-73-71=285

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References

(August 16, 1970). "Stockton gets three-stroke PGA lead". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Tournament Info for: 1970 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
"PGA of America - PGA Championships - history - total purses and first prize money".
(August 17, 1970). "Stockton prevails over Arnie – and his army". Eugene Register-Guard.
Kienzl, Ray. (August 17, 1970). "Stockton makes a name for himself". Pittsburgh Press.
Jenkins, Dan. (August 24, 1970). "The one that got away again".
(August 14, 1970). "Jack seeks 2nd title sweep". Eugene Register-Guard.
(August 15, 1970). "Big Three trailing close on heels of Hinson, Stockton in PGA golf". Eugene Register-Guard.
(August 16, 1970). "Sports scoreboard: golf". Eugene Register-Guard.
"1970 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.

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