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1955 PGA Championship

1955 PGA Championship
Dates July 20–26, 1955
Location Northville Twp, Michigan
Course(s) Meadowbrook Country Club
Organized by PGA of America
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Match play - 6 rounds
Par 71
Length 6,701 yards (6,127 m)
Field 135 players,
64 to match play
Cut 147 (+5), playoff
Prize fund $20,700
Winner's share $5,000
United States Doug Ford
def. Cary Middlecoff, 4 & 3
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The 1955 PGA Championship was the 37th PGA Championship, held July 20–26 at in Michigan at Meadowbrook Country Club in Northville Township, northwest of nearby Detroit. Doug Ford won the match play championship, 4 & 3 over Cary Middlecoff in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $5,000 and the runner-up earned $3,000. This was the first of two major titles for Ford, who won the Masters in 1957.

Ford was also the medalist in the stroke-play qualifying with a 135 (−7), worth $250 and the Alex Smith trophy. He was the fourth to win the final match after winning the qualifier, joining Walter Hagen (1926), Olin Dutra (1932), and Byron Nelson (1945). Ford was the last medalist, as the format was changed in 1956 to seven rounds without a qualifier for two years, then to 72-hole stroke play in 1958.

Defending champion Chick Harbert, a local resident, was defeated in the second round by Johnny Palmer, 1 up. No former champion advanced past the second round.


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