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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox individual golf tournament The 1979 PGA Championship was the 61st PGA Championship, played August 2–5 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. After a double-bogey on the 72nd hole, David Graham won the first of his two major titles on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with Ben Crenshaw.[1][2] Through 17 holes in the final round, Graham was seven-under, with seven birdies and ten pars. Of the 21 holes he played Sunday, nine were birdies.

After 54 holes, Rex Caldwell was the leader at 203 (−7), Crenshaw was two strokes back and Graham four behind at 207 (−3), all in search of their first major title.[3] It was the fifth runner-up finish for Crenshaw in a major, and second consecutive.[4] He later won two majors, both at the Masters, in 1984 and 1995; Graham won his second at the U.S. Open in 1981 at Merion.

Three-time champion Sam Snead set the record for the oldest player to make the cut in a major. He was 67 years, 2 months, and 7 days of age at the cut and finished 42nd at 288 (+8). He won in 1942, 1949, and 1951, all in match play.

It was the sixth major championship held on the South Course, which previously hosted the PGA Championship in 1972 and the U.S. Open in 1924, 1937, 1951, and 1961. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 1985 and 1996, the PGA Championship in 2008, and the Ryder Cup in 2004.

This was the third consecutive playoff at the PGA Championship (and nearly the fourth, as the 1976 title was decided by the final putt on the 72nd green).[5]

Graham became the second Australian-born player to win the PGA Championship, preceded by Jim Ferrier in 1947.

Jerry Pate and Tom Watson, runners-up in the previous year's playoff, were tied with Graham in third place after 54 holes. Pate's 71 tied for fifth but Watson's 74 dropped him into a tie for twelfth at 281. Watson had won three of his eight majors at this time, but never completed the career grand slam, missing the PGA Championship leg. Defending champion John Mahaffey tied for 51st.

This was the final major championship of the 1970s. Jack Nicklaus and Tom Weiskopf played in the event assuring that they played in every major championship in the 1970s. They were the first players to play in every major championship for an entire decade.Шаблон:Citation needed

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 2, 1979

Place Player Score To par
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Watson 66 −4
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Rex Caldwell 67 −3
T3 Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Haas 68 −2
Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Streck
T5 Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 69 −1
Шаблон:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert
Шаблон:Flagicon David Graham
Шаблон:Flagicon Hubert Green
Шаблон:Flagicon Don January
Шаблон:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke
Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Marsh
Шаблон:Flagicon Jim Masserio
Шаблон:Flagicon Artie McNickle
Шаблон:Flagicon Jerry Pate
Шаблон:Flagicon Alan Tapie

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Second round

Friday, August 3, 1979

Place Player Score To par
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 69-67=136 −4
T2 Шаблон:Flagicon Rex Caldwell 67-70=137 −3
Шаблон:Flagicon David Graham 69-68=137
Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Haas 68-69=137
T5 Шаблон:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke 69-69=138 −2
Шаблон:Flagicon Jerry Pate 69-69=138
Шаблон:Flagicon Alan Tapie 69-69=138
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Watson 66-72=138
T9 Шаблон:Flagicon Rod Funseth 70-69=139 −1
Шаблон:Flagicon Hubert Green 69-70=139
Шаблон:Flagicon Don January 69-70=139
Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Marsh 69-70=139
Шаблон:Flagicon Artie McNickle 69-70=139
Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Streck 68-71=139
Шаблон:Flagicon Leonard Thompson 72-67=139

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Third round

Saturday, August 4, 1979

Place Player Score To par
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Rex Caldwell 67-70-66=203 −7
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 69-67-69=205 −5
T3 Шаблон:Flagicon David Graham 69-68-70=207 −3
Шаблон:Flagicon Jerry Pate 69-69-69=207
Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Watson 66-72-69=207
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Streck 68-71-69=208 −2
T7 Шаблон:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert 69-72-68=209 −1
Шаблон:Flagicon Bruce Lietzke 69-69-71=209
Шаблон:Flagicon Gene Littler 71-71-67=209
T10 Шаблон:Flagicon Graham Marsh 69-72-68=209 E
Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Haas 68-69-73=210
Шаблон:Flagicon Don January 69-70-71=210

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Final round

Sunday, August 5, 1979

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 Шаблон:Flagicon David Graham 69-68-70-65=272 −8 Playoff
Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 69-67-69-67=272
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Rex Caldwell 67-70-66-71=274 −6 25,000
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Ron Streck 68-71-69-68=276 −4 20,000
T5 Шаблон:Flagicon Gibby Gilbert 69-72-68-69=278 −2 14,500
Шаблон:Flagicon Jerry Pate 69-69-69-71=278
T7 Шаблон:Flagicon Jay Haas 68-69-73-69=279 −1 9,200
Шаблон:Flagicon Don January 69-70-71-69=279
Шаблон:Flagicon Howard Twitty 70-73-69-67=279
T10 Шаблон:Flagicon Lou Graham 69-74-68-69=280 E 6,750
Шаблон:Flagicon Gary Koch 71-71-71-67=280

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Scorecard

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole   1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9    10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18 
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 3 4
Шаблон:Flagicon Graham −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began at the first tee and Graham saved par with one putt from Шаблон:Convert to tie. At the par-5 second hole, Crenshaw tapped in for birdie while Graham sank a ten-footer (3 m) to continue. He won with a birdie on the Шаблон:Convert par-3 third hole, after Crenshaw found a bunker and his Шаблон:Convert putt for par lipped out. Graham put his 4-iron tee shot to within Шаблон:Convert and with two putts to win, sank the first.[1][2][5]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Шаблон:Flagicon David Graham 4-4-2 −2 60,000
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Crenshaw 4-4-4 E 40,000

Scorecard

Hole   1     2     3  
Par 4 5 3
Шаблон:Flagicon Graham E −1 −2
Шаблон:Flagicon Crenshaw E −1 E

References

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External links

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