1933 PGA Championship
The 1933 PGA Championship was the 16th PGA Championship, held August 8–13 at Blue Mound Country Club in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Then a match play championship, Gene Sarazen won the third of his three PGA Championship titles, defeating Willie Goggin 5 & 4. It was the sixth of his seven major titles.
Defending champion Olin Dutra lost in the second round to semifinalist Johnny Farrell, 1 up.
This was Wisconsin's first and only major for 71 years; the PGA Championship returned to the state in 2004 at Whistling Straits near Kohler.Format
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1933 called for 12 rounds in six days:
- Tuesday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
- *defending champion Olin Dutra and top 31 professionals advanced to match play
- Wednesday – first round – 36 holes
- Thursday – second round – 36 holes
- Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
- Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes
- Sunday – final – 36 holes
Sunday, August 13, 1933
Place | Player | Country | Money |
1 | Gene Sarazen | | 1,000 |
2 | Willie Goggin | | 500 |
T3 | Johnny Farrell | | 250 |
T3 | Jimmy Hines | | 250 |
T5 | Tom Creavy | | 200 |
T5 | Ed Dudley | | 200 |
T5 | Johnny Golden | | 200 |
T5 | Paul Runyan | | 200 |
Final eight bracket
Final match scorecards
Morning
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Sarazen | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Goggin | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Leader | – | S1 | S1 | S1 | S1 | – | – | S1 | S1 | – | – | – | S1 | – | S1 | S2 | S2 | S1 |
Afternoon