Dow Finsterwald
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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About Dow Finsterwald
Dow Finsterwald won 1 major championship during their career.
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Career Highlights
- 1958 PGA Championship — Won first stroke-play PGA Championship at Llanerch CC, two-stroke victory over Billy Casper
- 1958 — Named PGA Player of the Year after landmark major championship victory
- 1957 — Won Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average on Tour
- Consistency King — Finished in the money in 72 consecutive tournaments (second only to Byron Nelson's 113)
- Ryder Cup — Four appearances as player (1957, 1959, 1961, 1963), non-playing captain in 1977
- Career — 12 PGA Tour wins, served as Director of Golf at The Broadmoor for 28 years
Did You Know?
- Historic Format Change: Finsterwald won the first-ever stroke-play PGA Championship in 1958 after the tournament switched from its traditional match-play format that had been used since 1916
- The Broadmoor Legend: Served 28 years as Director of Golf at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs while simultaneously serving as PGA of America vice-president (1976-1978)
- Ohio University Pride: Member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at OU, later inducted into Ohio University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969 and honored by fellow Ohioan Jack Nicklaus at the 2007 Memorial Tournament