1933 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 8–13, 1933
Location	Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, U.S.
Course(s)	Blue Mound Country Club
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Match play - 5 rounds
Statistics
Par	70[1]
Length	6,270 yards (5,733 m)[2]
Field	100 players, 32 to match play[2]
Cut	146 (+6)
Prize fund	$7,200[3]
Winner's share	$1,000
Champion
Gene Sarazen
def. Willie Goggin, 5 & 4
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Wauwatosa 

Location in the United States

Blue Mound 
Country Club

Location in Wisconsin

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.^[4][5] It was the sixth of his seven major titles.

Defending champion Olin Dutra lost in the second round to semifinalist Johnny Farrell, 1 up.^[6]

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 (216 holes) in six days:^[3]

• 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

Final results

Sunday, August 13, 1933

Place	Player	Money ($)
1	Gene Sarazen	1,000
2	Willie Goggin	500
T3	Johnny Farrell	250
	Jimmy Hines
T5	Tom Creavy	200
	Ed Dudley
	Johnny Golden
	Paul Runyan

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

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	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	Sarazen wins 5 & 4
Goggin	5	4	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4
Leader	S2	S2	S3	S3	S4	S4	S3	S3	S4	S4	S4	S4	S5	S5

• Source:^[4][5]