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43rd PGA Championship

Olympia Fields Country Club

Olympia Fields, Illinois • United States

Jul 27 - 30, 1961

Purse

$64,800

Winner Share

$11,000

POS
Player
Total
R1
R2
R3
R4
To Par
Full Leaderboard
WON
Jerry Barber United States
277
69
67
71
70
-3
2
Don January United States
277
72
66
67
72
-3
3
Doug Sanders United States
280
70
68
74
68
E
4
Ted Kroll United States
281
72
68
70
71
1
T5
Wes Ellis Jr. United States
282
71
71
68
72
2
T5
Arnold Palmer United States
282
73
72
69
68
2
T5
Doug Ford United States
282
69
73
74
66
2
T5
Gene Littler United States
282
71
70
72
69
2
T5
Johnny Pott United States
282
71
73
67
71
2
T5
Art Wall United States
282
67
72
73
70
2
T11
Paul Harney United States
283
70
73
69
71
3
T11
Cary Middlecoff United States
283
74
69
71
69
3
13
Jay Hebert United States
284
68
72
72
72
4
14
Walter Burkemo United States
285
71
71
73
70
5
T15
Billy Casper United States
286
74
72
69
71
6
T15
Bob Goalby United States
286
73
72
68
73
6
T15
Ernie Vossler
286
68
72
71
75
6
T15
Don Whitt United States
286
76
72
70
68
6
T19
Gardner Dickinson United States
287
71
71
71
74
7
T19
Jack Fleck United States
287
70
74
73
70
7
T19
Bob Rosburg United States
287
70
71
73
73
7
T22
George Bayer United States
288
73
71
72
72
8
T22
Don Fairfield United States
288
70
71
74
73
8
T22
Fred Hawkins United States
288
75
73
71
69
8
T22
Dave Marr United States
288
72
74
73
69
8
T22
Shelley Mayfield United States
288
70
74
72
72
8
T27
Billy Maxwell United States
289
71
72
73
73
9
T27
Sam Snead United States
289
72
71
71
75
9
T29
Charles Bassler
290
73
73
72
72
10
T29
Bob Keller
290
72
73
72
73
10
T29
Al Mengert United States
290
72
74
72
72
10
T29
Gary Player South Africa
290
72
74
71
73
10
T33
Billy Farrell United States
291
75
72
72
72
11
T33
Jon Gustin
291
75
72
75
69
11
T33
Mac Hunter
291
74
71
73
73
11
T33
Dave Ragan United States
291
73
72
73
73
11
T37
Clarence Doser
292
71
75
73
73
12
T37
Mason Rudolph United States
292
71
71
73
77
12
T37
Ken Venturi United States
292
72
72
77
71
12
T37
Lew Worsham United States
292
75
73
73
71
12
T41
Manuel De La Torre
293
72
72
76
73
13
T41
Dow Finsterwald United States
293
74
74
71
74
13
T43
Bud Holscher
294
77
68
75
74
14
T43
Jack McGowan
294
76
70
77
71
14
T45
Buster Cupit United States
295
70
78
72
75
15
T45
Jim Ferrier Australia
295
73
73
77
72
15
T45
Marty Furgol United States
295
71
74
72
78
15
T45
Milon Marusic
295
75
73
74
73
15
T45
Mike Souchak United States
295
72
72
74
77
15
T50
Fred Haas United States
296
72
76
75
73
16
T50
Chuck Malchaski
296
72
73
77
74
16
T52
Jack Burke Jr. United States
297
76
71
72
78
17
T52
Chick Harbert United States
297
73
75
73
76
17
T52
Tom Nieporte United States
297
75
72
75
75
17
T55
Sam Bernardi
298
75
72
75
76
18
T55
Pete Cooper United States
298
74
74
75
75
18
T57
Johnny Bulla United States
300
74
73
77
76
20
T57
Mike Krak
300
71
76
77
76
20
T57
Sam Penecale
300
72
73
79
76
20
60
Bill Heinlein
301
69
77
79
76
21
61
Marshall Springer
302
74
71
77
80
22
62
J.L. McReynolds
304
73
74
79
78
24
63
Al Besselink United States
305
74
73
83
75
25
64
Leon Butler
308
75
72
77
84
28
MC-1
Julius Boros United States
149
74
75
-
-
9
MC-1
Joe Brown
149
74
75
-
-
9
MC-1
Gene Coghill
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-1
Frank Harned
149
77
72
-
-
9
MC-1
Lionel Hebert United States
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-1
Bob Kay
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-1
Joe Moore Jr.
149
75
74
-
-
9
MC-1
Walter Romans
149
73
76
-
-
9
MC-2
Alphonso Atkins
150
75
75
-
-
10
MC-2
Mike Austin
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-2
Avery Beck
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-2
Claude Harmon United States
150
72
78
-
-
10
MC-2
Dick Hart
150
73
77
-
-
10
MC-2
Bob Mix
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-2
George Schneiter
150
77
73
-
-
10
MC-2
Ansel Snow
150
74
76
-
-
10
MC-2
Bob Toski United States
150
76
74
-
-
10
MC-3
Gene Bone
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-3
Jackson Bradley United States
151
76
75
-
-
11
MC-3
Eldon Briggs
151
77
74
-
-
11
MC-3
Al Feminelli
151
73
78
-
-
11
MC-3
Donald Palmer
151
74
77
-
-
11
MC-3
Jerry Pisano
151
78
73
-
-
11
MC-3
Gerald Schultheis
151
73
78
-
-
11
MC-3
Don Sechrest
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-3
Frank Stranahan United States
151
75
76
-
-
11
MC-3
Lester Ward
151
73
78
-
-
11
MC-4
Bill Bisdorf
152
76
76
-
-
12
MC-4
Bill Collins United States
152
72
80
-
-
12
MC-4
Paul Donahue
152
75
77
-
-
12
MC-4
Bill Johnston United States
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-4
Sam Reynolds
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-4
Paul A. Thomas
152
74
78
-
-
12
MC-4
Dave Tinsley
152
72
80
-
-
12
MC-4
Fred Wampler
152
76
76
-
-
12
MC-4
Don Waryan
152
77
75
-
-
12
MC-4
Ralph Williamson
152
76
76
-
-
12
MC-5
Jim Burke
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-5
Bob Duden
153
79
74
-
-
13
MC-5
Vic Ghezzi United States
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-5
Denny Shute United States
153
76
77
-
-
13
MC-5
Theodore Sleichter
153
77
76
-
-
13
MC-5
Sam Urzetta
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-5
Al Watrous United States
153
78
75
-
-
13
MC-6
John Alexander
154
78
76
-
-
14
MC-6
Frank Beley
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-6
George Buck
154
74
80
-
-
14
MC-6
Labron Harris, Sr. United States
154
75
79
-
-
14
MC-6
Charles Harter
154
78
76
-
-
14
MC-6
Tony Holguin
154
79
75
-
-
14
MC-6
Alex Leiper
154
75
79
-
-
14
MC-6
Mac McElmurry
154
75
79
-
-
14
MC-6
Bob Moore
154
80
74
-
-
14
MC-6
Albert Nelson Jr.
154
76
78
-
-
14
MC-6
Bill Ogden
154
79
75
-
-
14
MC-6
Jim Turnesa United States
154
79
75
-
-
14
MC-7
Billy Booe
155
77
78
-
-
15
MC-7
Tom Cherok
155
77
78
-
-
15
MC-7
Mike Dietz
155
76
79
-
-
15
MC-7
Bob Harris
155
79
76
-
-
15
MC-7
Johnny Revolta United States
155
77
78
-
-
15
MC-7
Herman Scharlau
155
79
76
-
-
15
MC-7
Felice Torza Italy
155
78
77
-
-
15
MC-7
John Zontek
155
77
78
-
-
15
MC-8
George Keyes
156
81
75
-
-
16
MC-8
Sonny Rouse
156
75
81
-
-
16
MC-9
Fred Baker
157
79
78
-
-
17
MC-9
Herman Barron United States
157
74
83
-
-
17
MC-9
Jerome Krueger
157
74
83
-
-
17
MC-9
Van-Oran Love
157
79
78
-
-
17
MC-10
Ken Campbell
158
82
76
-
-
18
MC-10
Bob Crow
158
81
77
-
-
18
MC-10
Paul Kern
158
77
81
-
-
18
MC-10
Hardy Loudermilk
158
80
78
-
-
18
MC-10
Peter Marich
158
79
79
-
-
18
MC-11
Andy Borkovich
159
80
79
-
-
19
MC-11
Gene Counter
159
79
80
-
-
19
MC-11
Reggie Myles
159
75
84
-
-
19
MC-11
Don Street
159
82
77
-
-
19
MC-12
Henry Geraldi
160
81
79
-
-
20
MC-13
Leo Biagetti
161
82
79
-
-
21
MC-13
Ralph Bond
161
80
81
-
-
21
MC-13
Don Shock
161
84
77
-
-
21
MC-13
Joe Zalazny
161
81
80
-
-
21
MC-14
Buddy Demling
162
85
77
-
-
22
MC-15
Robert Hendricks
163
81
82
-
-
23
MC-17
Ronald Fox
165
84
81
-
-
25
MC-18
Andy Pataky
166
84
82
-
-
26
MC-19
Alex Gerlak
167
81
86
-
-
27
MC-19
Edward Kuna
167
87
80
-
-
27
MC-20
Reggie Sauger
168
83
85
-
-
28