The 1945 PGA Championship was the 27th PGA Championship, held July 9–15 at Moraine Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Then a match play championship, Byron Nelson won 4 and 3 in the final over Sam Byrd,[4] a former major league baseball player.[5]
It was Nelson's fifth and final major title and his second win at the PGA Championship; he also won in 1940 and was a runner-up three times (1939, 1941, 1944). The winner's share of the purse was $5,000 in war bonds.[3][4] The victory was the ninth of Nelson's record eleven consecutive wins in 1945.
Defending champion Bob Hamilton was defeated in the first round by Jack Grout, 4 and 3.
Due to World War II, the PGA Championship was the sole major played in 1945 (and 1944). The three others returned in 1946.
^"Tournament Info for: 1945 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
^"Denny Shute cards sizzlind five-under-par 67, paces P.G.A. qualifying field". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). Associated Press. July 10, 1945. p. 10.
^ ab"Nelson defeats Byrd in PGA final". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. July 16, 2013. p. 16.
^ abBartlett, Charles (July 16, 1945). "Nelson beats Byrd, 4 and 3, to take P.G.A. crown". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 19.
^Bartlett, Charles (July 15, 1945). "Byron Nelson and Sam Byrd battle today for P.G.A. crown". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 1, sec. 2.
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