PGA Championship
Runner-up: Don January
Jerry Barber won the PGA Championship in one of golf's most dramatic finishes, holing three long putts on the final three holes to tie Don January, then winning the 18-hole playoff by one shot. Barber, at 45, became one of the oldest PGA champions. The three clutch putts on 16, 17, and 18 remain one of the most remarkable clutch sequences in major championship history.
PGA Championship
1961
Olympia Fields Country Club · Olympia Fields, Illinois
Champion
Jerry Barber
-1
Winning Score
-1 (277)
Winning Margin
0 strokes
Course
Olympia Fields Country Club
Location
Olympia Fields, Illinois
Field Size
168 players