The 1964 PGA Championship was the 46th

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, played July 16–19 at Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.

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won his only major title, three strokes ahead of runners-up Jack Nicklaus and

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. Nichols led wire-to-wire after a first round 64 in the hometown of Nicklaus, who shot a 64 in the final round to gain his third runner-up finish in majors in 1964.

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, age 51, competed at the PGA Championship for the first time since

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. Tied for fifth place after a third round 68, he finished tied for ninth for his penultimate top ten in a major. His final top ten came at the 1967 Masters. Nichols' winning score of 271 was the lowest to date at the PGA Championship, the seventh as a 72-hole stroke play championship. It stood as the record for thirty years, until

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's 269 in

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. Nichols' win marked the third time that all of the professional major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year. The

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was played the previous week in St Andrews,

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, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in

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(except 1971, when it was played in late February).

Past champions in the field

Made both cuts

Missed the second cut

Missed the first cut

Source:

Round summaries

First round

''Thursday, July 16, 1964''

Second round

''Friday, July 17, 1964''

Third round

''Saturday, July 18, 1964''

Final round

''Sunday, July 19, 1964''

References

External links

PGA Media Guide 2012
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