The 1968 PGA Championship was the 50th PGA Championship played July 18–21 at Pecan Valley Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas. Julius Boros, age 48, won the third of his three major titles, one stroke ahead of runners-up Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer. Boros was the oldest winner of a major championship for over a half century, until Phil Mickelson won in the PGA Championship in 2021 at age fifty. The tournament was played in very hot conditions. Palmer had an putt to tie on the 72nd green, but it missed on the high side of the hole. It was the second of his three runner-up finishes at the only major he never won; he also tied for second in 1964 and 1970.

This was the final major before the formation of the Tournament Players Division, later renamed the PGA Tour. The tour pros broke away from the PGA of America in August and formed an independent tour, the American Professional Golfers, Inc. (APG). A compromise was reached in December which brought the tournament players back to the PGA in a separate division with its own policy board and commissioner.

In his seventh PGA Championship, Jack Nicklaus missed his first cut in the event by a stroke; five of his six previous finishes were in the top three, with a victory in 1963 in Dallas. He made the next nine cuts at the PGA Championship and won four more times (1971, 1973, 1975, 1980).

This PGA Championship was played immediately after the Open Championship in Scotland, the fifth time during the 1960s which the final two majors were played in consecutive weeks. This PGA Championship was also the last held in July (until 2016); it moved to August in 1969 (except 1971 when it was played in February in Florida).

Round summaries First round Thursday, July 18, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Marty Fleckman 66 −42 Frank Beard 68 −2T3 Don Bies 69 −1 Mason Rudolph Lee Trevino T6 Miller Barber 70 E Frank Boynton Charles Coody Al Geiberger Laurie Hammer Johnny Pott Dan Sikes Source:

Second round Friday, July 19, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Frank Beard 68-70=138 −2 Marty Fleckman 66-72=1383 Doug Sanders 72-67=139 −1T4 George Archer 71-69=140 E Miller Barber 70-70=140 Arnold Palmer 71-69=140 Johnny Pott 70-70=140 Lee Trevino 69-71=140T9 Don Bies 69-73=142 +2 Julius Boros 71-71=142 Bob Charles 72-70=142 Dan Sikes 70-72=142 Source:

Third round Saturday, July 20, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Frank Beard 68-70-72=210 E Marty Fleckman 66-72-72=210T3 Miller Barber 70-70-72=212 +2 Julius Boros 71-71-70=212 Bob Charles 72-70-70=212 Arnold Palmer 71-69-72=212 Dick Rhyan 72-72-68=212 Doug Sanders 72-67-73=212 Lee Trevino 69-71-72=21210 Lou Graham 73-70-70=213 +3 Source:

Final round Sunday, July 21, 1968 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Julius Boros 71-71-70-69=281 +1 25,000T2 Bob Charles 72-70-70-70=282 +2 12,500 Arnold Palmer 71-69-72-70=282T4 George Archer 71-69-74-69=283 +3 7,500 Marty Fleckman 66-72-72-73=283T6 Frank Beard 68-70-72-74=284 +4 5,750 Billy Casper 74-70-70-70=284T8 Miller Barber 70-70-72-73=285 +5 3,406 Frank Boynton 70-73-72-70=285 Charles Coody 70-77-70-68=285 Al Geiberger 70-73-71-71=285 Bob Goalby 73-72-70-70=285 Lou Graham 73-70-70-72=285 Doug Sanders 72-67-73-73=285 Dan Sikes 70-72-73-70=285 Kermit Zarley 72-75-68-70=285 Source:

References

External links PGA Media Guide 2012 PGA.com – 1968 PGA Championship