Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1940 PGA Championship was the 23rd PGA Championship held August 26 to September 2 at Hershey Country Club in Hershey Pennsylvania east of Harrisburg. Then a match play championship Byron Nelson won his first PGA Championship defeating Sam Snead 1 up in the 36-hole final. It was the fourth of Nelson’s five major titles; he won the PGA Championship again in 1945. From 1939 to 1945 Nelson made five of the six finals missing only in 1942 (not held in 1943).