1936 PGA RECAP  

 

End Date Tournament Winner Score To Par Margin Winnings Runners Up
01/05 Riverside Open Jimmy Hines 276 N/A 8 750.00 Harold McSpaden
01/05 Miami Open Willie Klein 272 N/A 5   Gene Sarazen
01/12 Los Angeles Open Jimmy Hines 280 +67 4 1,500.00 Henry Picard,Jimmy Thomson
01/18 Tropical Open Denny Shute 138 N/A 3   Frank Walsh
01/19 Sacramento Open Wiffy Cox * 286 N/A 0 750.00 Bill Mehlhorn
01/27 San Francisco Match Play Willie Hunter N/A N/A 0   Willie Goggin
02/01 Catalina Open Willie Hunter 252 N/A 4 1,500.00 Ted Longworth,Rod Munday
02/16 Thomasville Open Johnny Revolta 283 N/A 1 700.00 Victor Ghezzi
02/17 Walter Olson Golf Tournament * 

 
140 N/A 1   Paul Runyan
02/22 St. Petersburg Open Leonard Dodson * 283 N/A 0 500.00 Harry Cooper
02/29 Florida West Coast Open Harry Cooper 282 N/A 1 700.00 Leonard Dodson
03/04 Hollywood Open Victor Ghezzi 276 N/A 1 700.00 Toney Penna,Torchy Toda
03/12 International Four-Ball Miami

 
N/A N/A 0   Jimmy Hines,Gene Sarazen
03/21 Tournament of the Gardens Open Henry Picard 278 N/A 7 700.00 Paul Runyan
03/26 North & South Open Championship Henry Picard * 288 N/A 0 1,000.00 Ray Mangrum
04/01 North California Pro Championship-Match Willie Goggin N/A N/A 0   Larry Brazil
04/05 Augusta National Invitation Horton Smith 285 - 3 1 1,500.00 Harry Cooper
04/12 Richmond Open Jimmy Thomson 285 N/A 4 700.00 Ray Mangrum
04/13 Wildwood New Jersey Open Ray Mangrum * 294 N/A 0   Leonard Dodson
05/20 Massachusetts Open Harold McSpaden 292 N/A 1   Wilfrid Crossley
05/23 Metropolitan Open Byron Nelson 283 N/A 2 750.00 Craig Wood
05/29 True Temper Open Olin Dutra 279 N/A 5 800.00 Harry Cooper
06/01 Indiana State Open Marion Smith 287 N/A 1   Bud Williamson
06/06 U.S. Open Championship Tony Manero 282 - 6 2 1,000.00 Harry Cooper
06/09 Shawnee Open Ed Dudley 288 N/A 1 700.00 Ralph Guldahl,Roland MacKenzie
06/13 General Brock Open Craig Wood 285 N/A 2 1,000.00 Tony Manero
06/16 Central New York Open Clarence Doser 212 N/A 1   Matt Kowal,Bill Mehlhorn
06/16 Illinois Open Zell Eaton 139 N/A 3   Tommy Armour,E. J. Harrison,Johnny Revolta
06/21 Western Open Ralph Guldahl 274 -10 3 500.00 Ray Mangrum
06/21 Virginia Open Bobby Cruickshank 277 N/A 7   Chandler Harper,Nelson Long
06/26 The Open Championship Alfred Padgham 287 - 1 1   James Adams
06/28 Inverness Four-Ball

 
N/A N/A 0   Ray Mangrum,Craig Wood
07/01 Pennsylvania Open Championship Felix Serafin 295 N/A 4   Al Espinosa
07/16 Long Island Open Charles Lacey 289 N/A 5   Willie Klein
07/19 St. Paul Open Harry Cooper * 277 N/A 0 1,200.00 Dick Metz
07/22 Philadelphia Open Championship Ed Dudley * 286 N/A 0   Charles Lacey
07/25 Vancouver Jubilee Open Ken Black 275 N/A 3   Byron Nelson,Jimmy Thomson
07/29 Victoria Open Horton Smith 269 N/A 3 700.00 Byron Nelson
08/01 Centennial Open Billy Burke 206 N/A 1   Ralph Guldahl,Phil Perkins
08/01 Texas PGA Championship Jack Burke, Sr. 285 N/A 1 200.00 Jimmy Demaret
08/02 Seattle Open Macdonald Smith * 285 N/A 0 1,200.00 Ralph Guldahl
08/02 New Jersey Open Johnny Farrell * 286 N/A 0   Victor Ghezzi
08/09 Portland Open Ray Mangrum 278 N/A 1 1,200.00 Neil Christian,Al Zimmerman
08/20 Lake Placid Open Clarence Clark 285 N/A 1 750.00 Ted Turner
08/21 Westchester Open Paul Runyan 280 N/A 9   Willie MacFarlane
08/30 Glens Falls Open Jimmy Hines 277 N/A 4 1,000.00 Paul Runyan
09/06 Hershey Open Henry Picard 287 N/A 1 1,200.00 Jimmy Thomson
09/07 West Virginia Closed Pro Sam Snead * 131 N/A 0   Jimmy Thomson
09/11 Sunset Fields Open Olin Dutra * 201 N/A 0   Jimmy Thomson
09/12 Canadian Open Lawson Little 271 - 9 8 1,000.00 Jimmy Thomson
10/08 New Jersey PGA Championship Victor Ghezzi 281 N/A 2   Craig Wood
10/11 Metropolitan PGA Paul Runyan N/A N/A 0   Charles Lacey
11/22 PGA Championship Denny Shute N/A N/A 0   Jimmy Thomson
11/29 Augusta Open Ralph Guldahl 283 N/A 2 1,000.00 Henry Picard,Denny Shute
12/07 Miami Biltmore Open Ralph Guldahl 283 N/A 2 2,500.00 Horton Smith
12/14 Nassau Open Willie MacFarlane 266 N/A 3 800.00 Harry Cooper,Horton Smith

* indicates a playoff.