Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1951 PGA Championship was the 33rd PGA Championship held June 27 to July 3 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont Pennsylvania a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. Sam Snead won the match play championship 7 & 6 over Walter Burkemo in the Tuesday final; the winner’s share was $3500 and the runner-up’s was $1500.It marked the first time the PGA Championship returned to a venue; Oakmont had hosted in 1922 (at the time it had also hosted two U.S. Opens and three U.S. Amateurs).