The 1960 PGA Championship was the 42nd PGA Championship, played July 21–24 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Jay Hebert won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jim Ferrier, the 1947 Only one player broke par in the final round; Wes Ellis shot 69 (−1) and finished in sixth place. Hebert's younger brother Lionel won the title in 1957, the last PGA Championship contested in match play format.

Third round leader Doug Sanders shot 73 (+3) on Sunday and finished two strokes back in a tie for third. Arnold Palmer, reigning champion of the Masters and U.S. Open, carded a triple-bogey eight on the 16th hole on Saturday, and finished five strokes back.

Palmer was attempting to win a third major in 1960; in addition to his wins at the Masters and U.S. Open, he was runner-up by a stroke at the British Open at St Andrews. At Firestone, Palmer opened with a 67 for the first round but fell off the pace late on Saturday and tied for seventh; he won seven majors but never a PGA Championship. Through 2017, no player has won all three U.S. majors (Masters, U.S. Open, PGA) in the same calendar year.

Two-time champion Ben Hogan played in the PGA Championship for the first time since his match play victory in 1948. A third round left him at and he missed the 54-hole cut by one stroke.

Attendance figures were 14,141 for Sunday's final round, with a four-day total of 53,509.

This was the first of three PGA Championships at the South Course, which later hosted in 1966 and 1975. It is the current venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the World Series of Golf on the PGA Tour. The American Golf Classic was held at Firestone 's south course from 1961 to 1975.

Course layout

South Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4005004504652304502254504653,6354053651804604102306253904653,5307,165Par454434344354434435443570

Round summaries First round Thursday, July 21, 1960 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Arnold Palmer 67 −3 2 Sam Snead 68 −2 T3 Fred Haas 69 −1 Paul Harney T5 Don Fairfield 70 E Don January Doug SandersT8 George Bayer 71 +1 Al Besselink Bill Collins Jim Ferree Jim Ferrier Ed Griffiths Bob Harris John O'Donnell Ernie Vossler Don Whitt Source:

Second round Friday, July 22, 1960 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jay Hebert 72-67=139 −12 Don January 70-70=140 ET3 Arnold Palmer 67-74=141 +1 Doug Sanders 70-71=141 Sam Snead 68-73=141T6 Fred Hawkins 73-69=142 +2 John O'Donnell 71-71=142 Ken Venturi 70-72=142 9 Mason Rudolph 72-71=143 +3T10 George Bayer 71-73=144 +4 Tommy Bolt 72-72=144 Wes Ellis 72-72=144 Ted Kroll 73-71=144 Gene Littler 74-70=144 Source:

Third round Saturday, July 23, 1960 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Doug Sanders 70-71-69=210 E T2 Jim Ferrier 71-74-66=211 +1 Jay Hebert 72-67-72=211 Sam Snead 68-73-70=2115 Don January 70-70-72=212 +2T6 Doug Ford 75-70-69=214 +4 Fred Hawkins 73-69-72=214 T8 Dow Finsterwald 73-73-69=215 +5 Dave Marr 75-71-69=215 Ken Venturi 70-72-73=215 Source:

Final round Sunday, July 24, 1960 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Jay Hebert 72-67-72-70=281 +1 11,0002 Jim Ferrier 71-74-66-71=282 +2 5,500T3 Doug Sanders 70-71-69-73=283 +3 3,350 Sam Snead 68-73-70-72=2835 Don January 70-70-72-72=284 +4 2,8006 Wes Ellis 72-72-72-69=285 +5 2,500T7 Doug Ford 75-70-69-72=286 +6 2,125 Arnold Palmer 67-74-75-70=2869 Ken Venturi 70-72-73-72=287 +7 1,900T10 Fred Hawkins 73-69-72-74=288 +8 1,750 Dave Marr 75-71-69-73=288

References

External links GolfCompendium.com – 1960 PGA Championship PGA.com – 1960 PGA Championship