The 1991 PGA Championship was the 73rd PGA Championship, held August 8–11 at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, a suburb north of Indianapolis. John Daly won the first of his two major titles, three strokes ahead of runner-up Bruce Lietzke.

Daly, age 25, was the ninth alternate and only got into the field after several others pulled out of the tournament. Nick Price withdrew for the birth of his first child and Daly hired his caddy, Jeff "Squeaky" Medlin. Daly's outgoing personality and "grip it and rip it" style of play made him an instant fan favorite. The PGA Championship was also his first PGA Tour victory.

A spectator, Thomas Weaver, died after being struck by lightning during a weather delay in the first round. It was the second fatality at a major championship in 1991. Two months earlier at the U.S. Open in Minnesota, six people were hit by lightning with one fatality. Daly donated $30,000 to Weaver's family for a college fund. Both daughters went on to graduate from college and one is now a doctor.

Course layout

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Round summaries First round Thursday, August 8, 1991

Kenny Knox shot an opening round 67 to take the 18-hole lead alongside reigning Masters champion Ian Woosnam.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kenny Knox67−5 Ian WoosnamT3 Ken Green68−4 Bruce Lietzke Sandy Lyle Tom Sieckmann Craig StadlerT8 Billy Ray Brown69−3 John Daly Raymond Floyd Jim Hallet Andrew Magee Tom Purtzer

Second round Friday, August 9, 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 John Daly69-67=136−82 Bruce Lietzke68-69=137−73 Kenny Knox67-71=138−6T4 Nick Faldo70-69=139−5 Craig Stadler68-71=139 Ian Woosnam67-72=1397 Fred Funk71-69=140−4T8 Fred Couples74-67=141−3 Ken Green68-73=141 Gil Morgan70-71=141 Hal Sutton74-67=141 Howard Twitty70-71=141

Third round Saturday, August 10, 1991

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 John Daly69-67-69=205−11T2 Kenny Knox67-71-70=208−8 Craig Stadler68-71-69=2084 Bruce Lietzke68-69-72=209−7T5 Nick Faldo70-69-71=210−6 Bob Gilder73-70-67=210 Andrew Magee69-73-68=210T8 Fred Funk71-69-72=212−4 Ken Green68-73-71=212 John Huston70-72-70=212

Final round Sunday, August 11, 1991 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 John Daly 69-67-69-71=276 −12 230,0002 Bruce Lietzke 68-69-72-70=279 −9 140,0003 Jim Gallagher Jr. 70-72-72-67=281 −7 95,0004 Kenny Knox 67-71-70-74=282 −6 75,000T5 Bob Gilder 73-70-67-73=283 −5 60,000 Steven Richardson 70-72-72-69=283T7 David Feherty 71-74-71-68=284 −4 38,000 Raymond Floyd 69-74-72-69=284 John Huston 70-72-70-72=284 Steve Pate 70-75-70-69=284 Craig Stadler 68-71-69-76=284 Hal Sutton 74-67-72-71=284 Source:

Scorecard EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par443453445 454345434 Daly−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−12−12 Lietzke−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−9 Gallagher−2−3−3−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−5−5−4−5−6−6−6−7 Knox−8−8−8−8−8−6−6−5−6−7−7−7−7−8−8−7−7−6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

Television After a quarter century with ABC Sports, the PGA Championship returned to CBS Sports in 1991.

References

External links PGA.com – 1991 PGA Championship