1932 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 30 – September 4, 1932
Location	Maplewood, Minnesota
Course(s)	Keller Golf Course
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Match play - 5 rounds
Statistics
Par	72[1]
Length	6,686 yards (6,114 m)[2]
Field	104 players, 32 to match play
Cut	153 (+9), playoff
Prize fund	$7,200[3]
Winner's share	$1,000
Champion
Olin Dutra
def. Frank Walsh, 4 & 3
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Maplewood 

Location in the United States

Keller GC 

Location in Minnesota

The 1932 PGA Championship was the 15th PGA Championship, held August 30 to September 4 at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb north of Saint Paul. Then a match play championship, Olin Dutra won the first of his two major titles, defeating Frank Walsh 4 & 3.^[4][5] Dutra was also the medalist in the 36-hole stroke play qualifier on Tuesday.^[1][6]

Defending champion Tom Creavy lost in the semifinals to Walsh in 38 holes.^[2] Two-time champion Gene Sarazen opted to participate in sectional qualifying, but did not advance;^[7] he returned the following year and won a third title.^[8][9]

Keller Golf Course, a municipal facility owned and operated by Ramsey County, hosted the PGA Championship again in 1954.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1932 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:^[3]

• Tuesday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
  • defending champion Tom Creavy 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

Final results

Sunday, September 4, 1932

Place	Player	Money ($)
1	Olin Dutra	1,000
2	Frank Walsh	500
T3	Tom Creavy	250
	Ed Dudley
T5	Herman Barron	200
	Al Collins
	Bobby Cruickshank
	Ralph Stonehouse

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	5	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	5
Dutra	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	5	4
Walsh	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	5	4	4	3	6	3	4	4	5	4	4
Leader	–	–	–	W1	W1	W2	W2	W1	W1	W1	W2	W1	W1	W1	–	D1	–	–

Afternoon

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	5	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	5
Dutra	4	4	5	3	4	2	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	Dutra wins 4 & 3
Walsh	5	4	5	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	6	3	4	3
Leader	D1	D1	D1	D1	D1	D2	D2	D2	D2	D3	D3	D4	D4	D4	D4

• Source:^[4][5]