1969 PGA Championship
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The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship
played August 14-17 at NCR Country Club
(South Course) in Dayton, Ohio
. Raymond Floyd
won the championship.
During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Gary Player
and Jack Nicklaus
. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt.
PGA Championship
The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...
played August 14-17 at NCR Country Club
NCR Country Club
NCR Country Club is a country club located in Kettering, Ohio, where NCR Corporation formerly was headquartered. There are two golf course's at the club, the North course and the South course. The 1969 PGA Championship was played on the South course, Raymond Floyd won the competition...
(South Course) in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. Raymond Floyd
Raymond Floyd
Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
won the championship.
During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Gary Player
Gary Player
Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six...
and Jack Nicklaus
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus , nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is an American professional golfer. He won 18 career major championships on the PGA Tour over a span of 25 years and is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional golfers of all time. In addition to his 18 Majors, he was runner-up a...
. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt.
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond Floyd Raymond Floyd Raymond Loran "Ray" Floyd is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.... |
69-66-67-74=276 | -8 | 35,000 | |
| 2 | Gary Player Gary Player Gary Player DMS; OIG is a South African professional golfer. With his nine major championship victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974. Player has won 165 tournaments on six continents over six... |
 South Africa |
71-65-71-70=277 | -7 | 20,000 |
| 3 | Bert Greene | 71-68-68-71=278 | -6 | 12,400 | |
| 4 | Jimmy Wright Jimmy Wright (golfer) Jimmy Wright is an American professional golfer.-Biography:Wright was born on a farm in Bentonville, Arkansas. At the age of 10, he moved to Enid, Oklahoma where he spent most of his youth. He started caddying at a local golf course when he was 12 and began playing golf the following year. He shot... |
71-68-69-71=279 | -5 | 8,300 | |
| T5 | Miller Barber Miller Barber Miller Barber is an American professional golfer who enjoyed significant success on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s, and a greater degree of success on the Senior PGA Tour in the 1980s.-Career:... |
73-75-64-68=280 | -4 | 6,725 | |
| Larry Ziegler Larry Ziegler Larry Ziegler is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.Ziegler was born in St. Louis and grew up in Creve Coeur, Missouri. He was one of 14 children; he had seven brothers and six sisters. He began as a caddie and worked his way up to head club pro... |
69-71-70-70=280 | ||||
| T7 | Charles Coody Charles Coody Billy Charles Coody is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1971 Masters Tournament.Coody was born in Stamford, Texas and raised in Abilene, Texas... |
69-71-72-69=281 | -3 | 5,144 | |
| Orville Moody Orville Moody Orville James Moody was an American professional golfer who won numerous tournaments in his career. He won the 1969 U.S. Open, the last champion in the 20th century to win through local and sectional qualifying.... |
70-68-71-72=281 | ||||
| Terry Wilcox Terry Wilcox Terry Wilcox is an American professional golfer.Wilcox grew up in Ada, Oklahoma. He played college golf at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1962.... |
72-71-72-66=281 | ||||
| 10 | Frank Beard | 70-75-68-69=282 | -2 | 4,375 |
External links
- Results - at www.golfobserver.com