| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 16–19, 1964 |
| Location | Columbus, Ohio |
| Course(s) | Columbus Country Club |
| Organized by | PGA of America |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 6,851 yards (6,265 m) |
| Field | 162 players, 93 after 1st cut 65 after 2nd cut |
| Cut | 150 (+10) (1st cut) 221 (+11) (2nd cut) |
| Prize fund | $100,000[1] |
| Winner's share | $18,000 |
| Champion | |
 Bobby Nichols | |
| 271 (−9) | |
The1964 PGA Championship was the 46thPGA Championship, played July 16–19 atColumbus Country Club inColumbus, Ohio.Bobby Nichols won his onlymajor title, three strokes ahead of runners-upJack Nicklaus andArnold Palmer.[2][3] Nichols led wire-to-wire after a first round 64 in the hometown of Nicklaus, who shot a 64 in the final round to gain his third runner-up finish in majors in 1964.[4]
Ben Hogan, age 51, competed at the PGA Championship for the first time since1960. Tied for fifth place after a third round 68, he finished tied for ninth for his penultimate top ten in a major. His final top ten came at the1967 Masters.
Nichols' winning score of 271 was the lowest to date at the PGA Championship, the seventh as a 72-holestroke play championship. It stood as the record for thirty years, untilNick Price's 269 in1994.
Nichols' win marked the third time that all of the professional major championships were won by Americans in a calendar year.
TheBritish Open was played the previous week inSt Andrews,Scotland, one of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved to August in1969 (except1971, when it was played in late February) until 2019, when it was moved to the weekend before Memorial Day in May.[5]
Thursday, July 16, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64 | −6 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 67 | −3 |
| Mike Souchak | |||
| T4 | Billy Casper | 68 | −2 |
 Bob Charles | |||
| Paul Haviland | |||
| Don January | |||
| Tom Nieporte | |||
| Arnold Palmer | |||
| T10 | Joe Conrad | 69 | −1 |
| Jon Gustin | |||
| Bob Keller | |||
| Bo Wininger |
Friday, July 17, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71=135 | −5 |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | 68-68=136 | −4 |
| T3 | Ken Venturi | 72-65=137 | −3 |
| Bo Wininger | 69-68=137 | ||
| T5 | Bob Charles | 68-71=139 | −1 |
| Tony Lema | 71-68=139 | ||
| Tom Nieporte | 68-71=139 | ||
| Mason Rudolph | 73-66=139 | ||
| T9 | Billy Casper | 68-72=140 | E |
| Ed Furgol | 71-69=140 | ||
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-73=140 | ||
| Mike Souchak | 67-73=140 |
Saturday, July 18, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71-69=204 | −6 |
| 2 | Arnold Palmer | 68-68-69=205 | −5 |
| T3 | Tom Nieporte | 68-71-68=207 | −3 |
| Mason Rudolph | 73-66-68=207 | ||
| T5 | Billy Casper | 68-72-70=210 | E |
| Ben Hogan | 70-72-68=210 | ||
| Jack Nicklaus | 67-73-70=210 | ||
| Ken Venturi | 72-65-73=210 | ||
| Bo Wininger | 69-68-73=210 | ||
| T10 | Tony Lema | 71-68-72=211 | +1 |
| Mike Souchak | 67-73-71=211 |
Sunday, July 19, 1964
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Nichols | 64-71-69-67=271 | −9 | 18,000 |
| T2 | Jack Nicklaus | 67-73-70-64=274 | −6 | 9,000 |
| Arnold Palmer | 68-68-69-69=274 | |||
| 4 | Mason Rudolph | 73-66-68-69=276 | −4 | 5,000 |
| T5 | Tom Nieporte | 68-71-68-72=279 | −1 | 3,850 |
| Ken Venturi | 72-65-73-69=279 | |||
| 7 | Bo Wininger | 69-68-73-70=280 | E | 3,200 |
| 8 | Gay Brewer | 72-71-71-67=281 | +1 | 2,900 |
| T9 | Billy Casper | 68-72-70-72=282 | +2 | 2,300 |
| Jon Gustin | 69-76-71-66=282 | |||
| Ben Hogan | 70-72-68-72=282 | |||
| Tony Lema | 71-68-72-71=282 |
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