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1920 PGA Championship

Field	Value
name	1920 PGA Championship
dates	August 17–21, 1920
location	Flossmoor, Illinois
course	Flossmoor Country Club
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
field	32 players
format	Match play - 5 rounds
purse	$2,580
winners_share	$500
champion	SCO Jock Hutchison
score	def. James Douglas Edgar, 1 up
previous	1919
next	1921

|USA |USA Illinois The 1920 PGA Championship was the third PGA Championship, which is now considered one of golf's major championships. It was held August 17–21 at the Flossmoor Country Club outside Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. The field of 32 qualified through sectional tournaments. They competed in 36-hole match play rounds in a single-elimination tournament.

Harry Hampton made a surprising run by winning three consecutive matches before finally succumbing to Jock Hutchison in a semi-final match 4 and 3. James Douglas Edgar won the other semi-final over George McLean by a resounding 8 and 7 margin. Hutchison defeated Edgar, 1 up, in the final.

Two-time defending champion Jim Barnes lost in the second round to Clarence Hackney, 5 and 4.

Bracket 1

August 17 August 18 August 19

| score-width = 35px | team-width = 130px

| RD1-team1 = Jock Hutchison | RD1-score1 = 5&3 | RD1-team2 = Eddie Loos | RD1-score2 =

| RD1-team3 = Laurie Ayton, Snr | RD1-score3 = 39th | RD1-team4 = Charles Hoffner | RD1-score4 =

| RD1-team5 = Louis Tellier | RD1-score5 = 10&9 | RD1-team6 = Joe Roseman | RD1-score6 =

| RD1-team7 = Charles Mayo | RD1-score7 = 2&1 | RD1-team8 = Lloyd Gullickson | RD1-score8 =

| RD2-team1 = Jock Hutchison | RD2-score1 = 5&3 | RD2-team2 = Laurie Ayton, Snr | RD2-score2 =

| RD2-team3 = Louis Tellier | RD2-score3 = 4&2 | RD2-team4 = Charles Mayo | RD2-score4 =

| RD3-team1 = Jock Hutchison | RD3-score1 = 6&5 | RD3-team2 = Louis Tellier | RD3-score2 =

Bracket 2

August 17 August 18 August 19

| score-width = 35px | team-width = 130px

| RD1-team1 = James Douglas Edgar | RD1-score1 = 1 up | RD1-team2 = Pat O'Hara | RD1-score2 =

| RD1-team3 = Joe Sylvester | RD1-score3 = 4&3 | RD1-team4 = Tom Boyd | RD1-score4 =

| RD1-team5 = Bob MacDonald | RD1-score5 = 4&3 | RD1-team6 = Leo Diegel | RD1-score6 =

| RD1-team7 = Bill Mehlhorn | RD1-score7 = 3&2 | RD1-team8 = Wallie Nelson | RD1-score8 =

| RD2-team1 = James Douglas Edgar | RD2-score1 = 11&9 | RD2-team2 = Joe Sylvester | RD2-score2 =

| RD2-team3 = Bob MacDonald | RD2-score3 = 1 up | RD2-team4 = Bill Mehlhorn | RD2-score4 =

| RD3-team1 = James Douglas Edgar | RD3-score1 = 5&4 | RD3-team2 = Bob MacDonald | RD3-score2 =

Bracket 3

August 17 August 18 August 19

| score-width = 35px | team-width = 130px

| RD1-team1 = Harry Hampton | RD1-score1 = 6&5 | RD1-team2 = Jack Gordon | RD1-score2 =

| RD1-team3 = George Thompson | RD1-score3 = 3&2 | RD1-team4 = Isaac Mackie | RD1-score4 =

| RD1-team5 = Clarence Hackney | RD1-score5 = 3&2 | RD1-team6 = Phil Hesler | RD1-score6 =

| RD1-team7 = Jim Barnes | RD1-score7 = 4&3 | RD1-team8 = George Bowden | RD1-score8 =

| RD2-team1 = Harry Hampton | RD2-score1 = 5&4 | RD2-team2 = George Thompson | RD2-score2 =

| RD2-team3 = Clarence Hackney | RD2-score3 = 5&4 | RD2-team4 = Jim Barnes | RD2-score4 =

| RD3-team1 = Harry Hampton | RD3-score1 = 4&3 | RD3-team2 = Clarence Hackney | RD3-score2 =

Bracket 4

August 17 August 18 August 19

| score-width = 35px | team-width = 130px

| RD1-team1 = George McLean | RD1-score1 = 6&5 | RD1-team2 = George Sayers | RD1-score2 =

| RD1-team3 = Tom Kennett | RD1-score3 = 2&1 | RD1-team4 = Otto Hackbarth | RD1-score4 =

| RD1-team5 = Peter O'Hara | RD1-score5 = 1 up | RD1-team6 = Pat Doyle | RD1-score6 =

| RD1-team7 = Alex Cunningham | RD1-score7 = 2&1 | RD1-team8 = Willie Macfarlane | RD1-score8 =

| RD2-team1 = George McLean | RD2-score1 = 8&7 | RD2-team2 = Tom Kennett | RD2-score2 =

| RD2-team3 = Peter O'Hara | RD2-score3 = 5&4 | RD2-team4 = Alex Cunningham | RD2-score4 =

| RD3-team1 = George McLean | RD3-score1 = 38th | RD3-team2 = Peter O'Hara | RD3-score2 =

Final four

August 20 August 21

| score-width = 35px | team-width = 145px

| RD1-seed1 = | RD1-seed2 = | RD1-seed3 = | RD1-seed4 =

| RD1-team1 = Jock Hutchison | RD1-score1 = 4&3 | RD1-team2 = Harry Hampton | RD1-score2 =

| RD1-team3 = James Douglas Edgar | RD1-score3 = 8&7 | RD1-team4 = George McLean | RD1-score4 =

| RD2-team1 = Jock Hutchison | RD2-score1 = 1 up | RD2-team2 = James Douglas Edgar | RD2-score2 =

References

"Tournament Info for: 1920 PGA Championship". [[PGA of America]].
(August 18, 1920). "Pro Golfers Begin Five-Day Struggle". [[The New York Times]].
(August 19, 1920). "Barnes Eliminated In Pro Golf Play". [[The New York Times]].
(August 20, 1920). "M'Lean Pulls Golf Match From Fire". [[The New York Times]].
(August 21, 1920). "Hutchison Reaches Final In Pro Golf". [[The New York Times]].
(August 22, 1920). "Hutchison Victor Over Edgar, 1 Up". [[The New York Times]].

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