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1916 PGA Championship
The 1916 PGA Championship was the first PGA Championship, which is now considered one of golf's major championships. It was held October 10–14 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York, just north of New York City in Westchester County.
Jim Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final, holing a 4-foot putt at the final hole.
The format of the event closely followed that of the News of the World Match Play tournament which had been organized by the British PGA since 1903, although it had not been played since 1913 because of World War I. The main difference was that the tournament was played over 5 days with all matches contested over 36 holes, whereas matches in the News of the World Match Play were over 18 holes except for the final, the event being completed in 3 days.
The field of 32 golfers qualified through sectional tournaments. They competed in 36-hole match play rounds from October 10 to 14 in a single-elimination tournament, the draw being made on October 6. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match.
Entry was restricted to members of the PGA of America. Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the seven PGA sections. The number of qualifiers in each event was proportional to the number of members of that section. The Metropolitan section had 12 qualifiers, the Middle West section 7, the Southeast section 5, the New England section 3, the Central section 2, the North and Southwest section 2, and the Pacific section 1. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff.
Qualifying events:
Following the completion of qualifying one of the two qualifiers from the North and Southwest section withdrew. An extra place was allocated to the Metropolitan section. A playoff was arranged on October 4 at Englewood Golf Club between Jack Dowling, Clarence Hackney and Macdonald Smith who had tied for 13th place in the qualifying event on September 29. Smith arrived too late to play and Dowling beat Hackney by a score of 147 to 165 over 36 holes.
The qualifiers were:
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1916 PGA Championship
The 1916 PGA Championship was the first PGA Championship, which is now considered one of golf's major championships. It was held October 10–14 at Siwanoy Country Club in Eastchester, New York, just north of New York City in Westchester County.
Jim Barnes defeated Jock Hutchison by 1 hole in the 36-hole final, holing a 4-foot putt at the final hole.
The format of the event closely followed that of the News of the World Match Play tournament which had been organized by the British PGA since 1903, although it had not been played since 1913 because of World War I. The main difference was that the tournament was played over 5 days with all matches contested over 36 holes, whereas matches in the News of the World Match Play were over 18 holes except for the final, the event being completed in 3 days.
The field of 32 golfers qualified through sectional tournaments. They competed in 36-hole match play rounds from October 10 to 14 in a single-elimination tournament, the draw being made on October 6. Extra holes were played in the event of a tied match.
Entry was restricted to members of the PGA of America. Qualification was by a series of 36-hole stroke-play competitions; one for each of the seven PGA sections. The number of qualifiers in each event was proportional to the number of members of that section. The Metropolitan section had 12 qualifiers, the Middle West section 7, the Southeast section 5, the New England section 3, the Central section 2, the North and Southwest section 2, and the Pacific section 1. In the event of a tie for places there was a playoff.
Qualifying events:
Following the completion of qualifying one of the two qualifiers from the North and Southwest section withdrew. An extra place was allocated to the Metropolitan section. A playoff was arranged on October 4 at Englewood Golf Club between Jack Dowling, Clarence Hackney and Macdonald Smith who had tied for 13th place in the qualifying event on September 29. Smith arrived too late to play and Dowling beat Hackney by a score of 147 to 165 over 36 holes.
The qualifiers were: