The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 on the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Raymond Floyd, age 26, won the first of his four major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Gary Player.

Floyd held a five-shot lead after the third round, at 202 (−11), and carded a 74 (+3) on Sunday.

During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Player and Jack Nicklaus. Ice was thrown in Player's face and one spectator yelled while Nicklaus prepared to putt. Security was stepped up for the final round on Sunday.

This was the first PGA Championship after the formation of the "Tournament Players Division" in December 1968, later renamed the PGA Tour. It also marked the permanent move of the PGA Championship to August (although it only lasted for decades until it rescheduled in 2019), excluding 1971, which was played in Florida in February. Except for 1965, it had been played in July in the 1960s; five times during the decade it was held the week immediately after The Open Championship in Britain, including 1968. The new scheduling allowed more players to participate in both majors, cementing the concept of the modern grand slam.

The attendance on Sunday was 23,543 and a new record was set for the four days at 80,847; including practice days, the week's attendance was 106,043.

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 14, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Charles Coody 69 −2 Raymond Floyd Al Geiberger Bunky Henry Bob Lunn Larry Mowry Johnny Pott Tom Shaw Larry Ziegler T10 Tommy Aaron 70 −1 Frank Beard Bruce Crampton Jacky Cupit Bruce Devlin George Knudson Jack Nicklaus Phil Rodgers Tom Weiskopf Source:

Second round Friday, August 15, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Raymond Floyd 69-66=135 −7 2 Gary Player 71-65=136 −6 3 Bunky Henry 69-68=137 −5 T4 Don Bies 74-64=138 −4 Orville Moody 70-68=138 Jack Nicklaus 70-68=138T7 Bert Greene 71-68=139 −3 Jimmy Wright 71-68=139 T9 Ron Cerrudo 74-66=140 −2 Charles Coody 69-71=140 Bruce Crampton 70-70=140 Larry Mowry 69-71=140 Larry Ziegler 69-71=140 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 16, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Raymond Floyd 69-66-67=202 −11 T2 Bert Greene 71-68-68=207 −6 Bunky Henry 69-68-70=207 Gary Player 71-65-71=2075 Jimmy Wright 71-68-69=208 −5 T6 Don Bies 74-64-71=209 −4 Orville Moody 70-68-71=209 Larry Mowry 69-71-69=209T9 Ron Cerrudo 74-66-70=210 −3 Larry Ziegler 69-71-70=210 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 17, 1969 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Raymond Floyd 69-66-67-74=276 −8 35,0002 Gary Player 71-65-71-70=277 −7 20,0003 Bert Greene 71-68-68-71=278 −6 12,4004 Jimmy Wright 71-68-69-71=279 −5 8,300T5 Miller Barber 73-75-64-68=280 −4 6,725 Larry Ziegler 69-71-70-70=280T7 Charles Coody 69-71-72-69=281 −3 5,144 Orville Moody 70-68-71-72=281 Terry Wilcox 72-71-72-66=28110 Frank Beard 70-75-68-69=282 −2 4,375 Source:

References

External links PGA Media Guide 2012 PGA.com – 1969 PGA Championship