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The 1953 PGA Championship was the 35th PGA Championship held July 1–7 at Birmingham Country Club in Birmingham Michigan a suburb northwest of Detroit. Local resident Walter Burkemo won the match play championship 2 & 1 over Felice Torza in the Tuesday final. The winner’s share was $5000 and the runner-up’s was $3000. Burkemo won his only major title in the second of his three finals; he lost to Sam Snead in 1951 and Chick Harbert in 1954.