PGA Championship 1972 — leaderboard and results
1972-08-02 to 1972-08-06 · Oakland Hills CC · Major championship · Purse $225,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Player | +1 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 72 | |
| T2 | Jim Jamieson | +3 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 70 | |
| T2 | Tommy Aaron | +3 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 71 | |
| T4 | Billy Casper | +4 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 74 | |
| T4 | Raymond Floyd | +4 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 70 | |
| T4 | Sam Snead | +4 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 69 | |
| T7 | Doug Sanders | +5 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 73 | |
| T7 | Gay Brewer | +5 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 74 | |
| T7 | Jerry Heard | +5 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 74 | |
| T7 | Phil Rodgers | +5 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 74 | |
| T11 | Hale Irwin | +6 | 71 | 69 | 75 | 71 | |
| T11 | Lee Trevino | +6 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 71 | |
| T13 | Dan Sikes | +7 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 73 | |
| T13 | Jack Nicklaus | +7 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 72 | |
| 15 | Charles Coody | +8 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 74 | |
| T16 | Arnold Palmer | +9 | 69 | 75 | 72 | 73 | |
| T16 | Hubert Green | +9 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 70 | |
| T16 | Lanny Wadkins | +9 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 75 | |
| T16 | Miller Barber | +9 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 70 | |
| T20 | Bob Shaw | +10 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 72 | |
| T20 | J.C. Snead | +10 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 75 | |
| T20 | Johnny Miller | +10 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 74 | |
| T20 | Larry Wise | +10 | 74 | 71 | 67 | 78 | |
| T24 | Art Wall | +11 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 73 | |
| T24 | Bob Smith | +11 | 72 | 69 | 76 | 74 | |
| T24 | Bruce Crampton | +11 | 73 | 74 | 68 | 76 | |
| T24 | Chi Chi Rodriguez | +11 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 73 | |
| T24 | Lee Elder | +11 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 76 | |
| T29 | Bert Yancey | +12 | 72 | 74 | 71 | 75 | |
| T29 | Jerry McGee | +12 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 73 | |
| T29 | Jim Wiechers | +12 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 80 | |
| T29 | Mike Souchak | +12 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 75 | |
| T33 | DeWitt Weaver | +13 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 73 | |
| T33 | Larry Hinson | +13 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 | |
| T33 | Lou Graham | +13 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 73 | |
| T36 | Deane Beman | +14 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 75 | |
| T36 | George Archer | +14 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 69 | |
| T36 | Mason Rudolph | +14 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 74 | |
| T36 | Sam Carmichael | +14 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 74 | |
| T40 | Bob Murphy | +15 | 75 | 70 | 70 | 80 | |
| T40 | Dale Douglass | +15 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 77 | |
| T40 | Dave Stockton | +15 | 74 | 73 | 74 | 74 | |
| T40 | Denny Lyons | +15 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | |
| T40 | John Schlee | +15 | 75 | 75 | 69 | 76 | |
| T40 | Ken Still | +15 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 76 | |
| T40 | Mike Hill | +15 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 76 | |
| T40 | Paul Harney | +15 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 73 | |
| T48 | Babe Hiskey | +16 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 76 | |
| T48 | Jim Wright | +16 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 75 | |
| T48 | Richard Crawford | +16 | 70 | 78 | 73 | 75 | |
| T51 | Fred Haas | +17 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 76 | |
| T51 | Rod Funseth | +17 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 78 | |
| T53 | Bob Rosburg | +18 | 71 | 79 | 72 | 76 | |
| T53 | Bud Allin | +18 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 78 | |
| T53 | Frank Beard | +18 | 80 | 70 | 72 | 76 | |
| T53 | Grier Jones | +18 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 76 | |
| T53 | Jimmy Powell | +18 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 78 | |
| T58 | Bob Charles | +19 | 76 | 74 | 77 | 72 | |
| T58 | Dow Finsterwald | +19 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 77 | |
| T58 | Pat Schwab | +19 | 73 | 73 | 77 | 76 | |
| T58 | Ron Letellier | +19 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 79 | |
| T62 | Bob Goalby | +20 | 72 | 78 | 79 | 71 | |
| T62 | Bobby Nichols | +20 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 80 | |
| T62 | Jerry Steelsmith | +20 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 75 | |
| T62 | Tom Weiskopf | +20 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 80 | |
| T62 | Wayne Yates | +20 | 75 | 74 | 76 | 75 | |
| 67 | Jack Burke Jr | +21 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 79 | |
| T68 | Jim O'Hern | +22 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 76 | |
| T68 | Kermit Zarley | +22 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 79 | |
| T68 | Rex Baxter | +22 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 76 | |
| 71 | Chuck Scally | +23 | 74 | 76 | 73 | 80 | |
| T72 | Gene Torres | +26 | 79 | 70 | 77 | 80 | |
| T72 | Stan Thirsk | +26 | 68 | 82 | 76 | 80 | |
| T74 | Larry Gilbert | +27 | 69 | 81 | 80 | 77 | |
| T74 | Lionel Hebert | +27 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 79 | |
| T74 | Steve Friebert | +27 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 79 | |
| 77 | Ralph Johnston | +33 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 89 | |
| CUT | Dave Eichelberger | +14 | 77 | 77 | |||
| DQ | Dave Hill | — | 72 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Homero Blancas | +13 | 72 | 81 | |||
| WD | Julius Boros | — | 74 | 75 | 74 |
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