Golden Gate Championship
Encyclopedia
The Golden Gate Championship was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was played in September 1959 at San Francisco's storied Harding Park Golf Club
.
The event was won by Mason Rudolph
, a 25 year-old Tennesseean by two strokes over Dow Finsterwald
and Bob Goalby
. It was his first victory on the PGA Tour.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
that was played in September 1959 at San Francisco's storied Harding Park Golf Club
Harding Park Golf Club
TPC Harding Park, formerly Harding Park Golf Club and commonly known as Harding Park, is a municipal golf course owned by the city and county of San Francisco. It is now a part of the PGA Tour's Tournament Players Club network of courses, following an agreement between the tour and the city that...
.
The event was won by Mason Rudolph
Mason Rudolph
Edgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
, a 25 year-old Tennesseean by two strokes over Dow Finsterwald
Dow Finsterwald
Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and served as non-playing captain for the 1977 U.S. Ryder Cup team.Finsterwald was born and raised in...
and Bob Goalby
Bob Goalby
Robert George Goalby is a former American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, who won the 1968 Masters Tournament, his lone major championship among 11 Tour wins achieved between 1958 and 1971....
. It was his first victory on the PGA Tour.