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1972 PGA Championship

FieldValue
name1972 PGA Championship
datesAugust 3–6, 1972
locationBloomfield Hills, Michigan
courseOakland Hills Country Club,
South Course
orgPGA of America
tourPGA Tour
par70
yardage7054 yd
field138 players, 77 after cut
cut150 (+10)
purse$224,087
winners_share$45,000
championZAF Gary Player
score281 (+1)
previous[1971](1971-pga-championship)
next[1973](1973-pga-championship)

South Course |USA |USA Michigan The 1972 PGA Championship was the 54th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Gary Player won his second PGA Championship with a total of 281 (+1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Tommy Aaron and Jim Jamieson. It was the sixth of Player's nine major titles, but his first in over four years.

The PGA Championship returned to the month of August in 1972 after being played in late February in 1971 in Florida.

Defending champion Jack Nicklaus, winner of the year's Masters and U.S. Open and runner-up in the British Open, finished six strokes back in a tie for thirteenth place. He regained the title the following year.

It was the fifth major championship held on the South Course, which previously hosted the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, and 1961. It later hosted the PGA Championship in 1979 and 2008, the U.S. Open in 1985 and 1996, and the Ryder Cup in 2004.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
**Yards**446521202439442368408458227**3,511**459420567173468388408201459**3,543****7,054**
**Par**453444443**35**445344434**35****70**

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 3, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1USA Buddy Allin68−2
USA Stan Thirsk
T3USA Raymond Floyd69−1
USA Larry Gilbert
USA Jerry Heard
USA Jim Jamieson
USA Arnold Palmer
T8USA Richard Crawford70E
USA Rod Funseth
USA Johnny Miller
USA Dan Sikes
USA Sam Snead
USA Jim Wiechers

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Second round

Friday, August 4, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1USA Jerry Heard69-70=139−1
T2USA Raymond Floyd69-71=140E
USA Hale Irwin71-69=140
T4USA Gay Brewer71-70=141+1
USA Jim Jamieson69-72=141
USA Bob Smith69-72=141
T7ZAF Gary Player71-71=142+2
USA Dan Sikes70-72=142
USA Lanny Wadkins74-68=142
T10USA Billy Casper73-70=143+3
USA Phil Rodgers71-72=143
USA Art Wall Jr.72-71=143
USA Jim Wiechers70-73=143

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Third round

Saturday, August 5, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1ZAF Gary Player71-71-67=209−1
2USA Billy Casper73-70-67=210E
T3USA Gay Brewer71-70-70=211+1
USA Jerry Heard69-70-72=211
USA Phil Rodgers71-72-68=211
T6USA Tommy Aaron71-71-70=212+2
USA Doug Sanders72-72-68=212
USA Jim Wiechers70-73-69=212
USA Larry Wise74-71-67=212
10USA Jim Jamieson69-72-72=213+3

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Final round

Sunday, August 6, 1972

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
**1**ZAF **Gary Player**71-71-67-72=281+145,000
T2USA Tommy Aaron71-71-70-71=283+320,850
USA Jim Jamieson69-72-72-70=283
T4USA Billy Casper73-70-67-74=284+49,275
USA Raymond Floyd69-71-74-70=284
USA Sam Snead70-74-71-69=284
T7USA Gay Brewer71-70-70-74=285+56,383
USA Jerry Heard69-70-72-74=285
USA Phil Rodgers71-72-68-74=285
USA Doug Sanders72-72-68-73=285

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References

References

  1. "Tournament Info for: 1972 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
  2. Jenkins, Dan. (August 14, 1972). "No muzzle for the monster".
  3. (August 7, 1972). "Player recoups faded prestige with win". Eugene Register-Guard.
  4. (August 7, 1972). "Nervy Gary Player takes PGA Crown". Spokesman-Review.
  5. (August 4, 1972). "Two share PGA lead with 68s". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  6. (August 5, 1972). "Heard tops PGA by stroke". Milwaukee Sentinel.
  7. (August 5, 1972). "Hot round by Player tops PGA". Eugene Register-Guard.
  8. "1972 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com.
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