The 1958 PGA Championship was the 40th PGA Championship, played July 17–20 at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. It was the first PGA Championship held in its current stroke play format, 72 holes over four days, ending on Sunday. The previous editions were at match play, with the two most recent ones at seven rounds over five days, the final two rounds at 36 holes per match. The announcement of the change was made eight months earlier in November.
Dow Finsterwald, the runner-up in 1957, shot a final round 67 to win his only major title, two shots ahead of runner-up Billy Casper. Finsterwald's round-by-round scores were 67-72-70-67=276, 4-under-par on the par-70 course. Sam Snead led after 54 holes in pursuit of a fourth title, but faded to third with a final round 73 (+3). The winner's share was $5,500, down from the previous year's $8,000.
The Open Championship was held two weeks earlier in England at Royal Lytham & St Annes, with only two Americans in the field; Gene Sarazen finished 16th, but missed the first cut at the PGA Championship.
Round summaries Thursday, July 17, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Dow Finsterwald 67 −3 2 Jay Hebert 68 −2 T3 Jimmy Demaret 69 −1 Lionel Hebert Ted Kroll Dick Mayer Felice Torza T8 Jack Burke Jr. 70 E Bob Crowley T10 Leo Biagetti 71 +1 Bill Collins Buster Cupit Cary Middlecoff Bob Rosburg Don Whitt Art Wall Jr. Source:
Second round Friday, July 18, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Dow Finsterwald 67-72=139 −1 Jay Hebert 68-71=139T3 Julius Boros 72-68=140 E Billy Casper 73-67=140 Sam Snead 73-67=140 T6 Bill Collins 71-70=141 +1 Felice Torza 69-72=141T8 Tommy Bolt 72-70=142 +2 Jack Burke Jr. 70-72=142 Doug Ford 72-70=142 Lionel Hebert 69-73=142 Source:
Third round Saturday, July 19, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Sam Snead 73-67-67=207 −32 Billy Casper 73-67-68=208 −2 3 Dow Finsterwald 67-72-70=209 −1 4 Jack Burke Jr. 70-72-69=211 +1 T5 Doug Ford 72-70-70=212 +2 Jay Hebert 68-71-73=212T7 Julius Boros 72-68-73=213 +3 Mike Souchak 75-69-69=213T9 Buster Cupit 71-74-69=214 +4 Dick Mayer 75-69-69=214 Source:
Final round Sunday, July 20, 1958 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Dow Finsterwald 67-72-70-67=276 −4 5,5002 Billy Casper 73-67-68-70=278 −2 3,5003 Sam Snead 73-67-67-73=280 E 2,4004 Jack Burke Jr. 70-72-69-70=281 +1 2,000T5 Tommy Bolt 72-70-73-70=285 +5 1,600 Julius Boros 72-68-73-72=285 Jay Hebert 68-71-73-73=285T8 Buster Cupit 71-74-69-73=287 +7 1,300 Ed Oliver 74-73-71-69=287 Mike Souchak 75-69-69-74=287 Source:
References
External links PGA Media Guide 2012 PGA.com – 1958 PGA Championship