| 1968 PGA Championship | |
The 1968 PGA Championship was the 50th PGA Championship played and a golfer almost as old as the tournament won it. It was the runner-up who garnered many of the headlines, however.
That's because the runner-up was Arnold Palmer. The PGA Championship proved to be the only one of the four majors that Arnie never won, and his finish here was one of three second-place showings in this tournament for the King.
Palmer reached the final hole needing birdie to take the lead, then hooked his tee shot into the rough and among the trees left of the fairway. He had 230 yards uphill to a two-tiered green, but striped a 3-wood to 12 feet from the cup. And then missed the birdie putt.
Arnie still got in the clubhouse at 281, tied with Charles - the 1963 British Open winner - for the clubhouse lead.
But Boros was still on the course. And he reached the final hole one stroke ahead of Palmer and Charles. That lead appeared in danger, however, when Boros missed the green on his approach. But he pitched to within a few feet and rolled in the par putt for the victory.
Boros was 48 years and four months old, the oldest winner of the PGA Championship and still the oldest winner of any major championship. It was Boros' third win in a major, and the second in his 40s. At age 43, he won the 1963 U.S. Open.
While the 48-year-old Boros handled the head, the 20-years-younger Jack Nicklaus didn't. Nicklaus shot 71-79 and missed the cut in a PGA Championship for the first time in his career.
1968 PGA Championship Scores
Results from the 1968 PGA Championship golf tournament played at the par-70 Pecan Valley Golf Club in San Antonio, Texas:
| Julius Boros | 71-71-70-69--281 | $25,000 |
| Bob Charles | 72-70-70-70--282 | $12,500 |
| Arnold Palmer | 71-69-72-70--282 | $12,500 |
| George Archer | 71-69-74-69--283 | $7,500 |
| Marty Fleckman | 66-72-72-73--283 | $7,500 |
| Frank Beard | 68-70-72-74--284 | $5,750 |
| Billy Casper | 74-70-70-70--284 | $5,750 |
| Miller Barber | 70-70-72-73--285 | $3,405 |
| Frank Boynton | 70-73-72-70--285 | $3,405 |
| Charles Coody | 70-77-70-68--285 | $3,405 |
| Al Geiberger | 70-73-71-71--285 | $3,405 |
| Bob Goalby | 73-72-70-70--285 | $3,405 |
| Lou Graham | 73-70-70-72--285 | $3,405 |
| Doug Sanders | 72-67-73-73--285 | $3,405 |
| Dan Sikes | 70-72-73-70--285 | $3,405 |
| Kermit Zarley | 72-75-68-70--285 | $3,405 |
| Dave Hill | 72-74-69-71--286 | $2,050 |
| Mason Rudolph | 69-75-70-72--286 | $2,050 |
| Dave Stockton | 75-71-68-72--286 | $2,050 |
| Gay Brewer | 71-72-72-72--287 | $1,700 |
| Al Mengert | 71-73-70-73--287 | $1,700 |
| Dick Rhyan | 72-72-68-75--287 | $1,700 |
| Bruce Crampton | 71-75-70-72--288 | $1,400 |
| Lee Trevino | 69-71-72-76--288 | $1,400 |
| Bert Yancey | 75-71-70-72--288 | $1,400 |
| Tommy Aaron | 73-73-73-70--289 | $1,062 |
| Don Bies | 69-73-74-73--289 | $1,062 |
| Dick Crawford | 71-75-73-70--289 | $1,062 |
| Steve Reid | 73-73-71-72--289 | $1,062 |
| Gardner Dickinson | 74-69-76-71--290 | $862 |
| Lionel Hebert | 75-71-70-74--290 | $862 |
| Gene Littler | 73-74-74-69--290 | $862 |
| Bob Lunn | 72-75-72-71--290 | $862 |
| Johnny Pott | 70-70-75-76--291 | $775 |
| Sam Snead | 75-71-72-73--291 | $775 |
| Terry Wilcox | 74-73-71-73--291 | $775 |
| Mac Hunter | 71-72-73-76--292 | $686 |
| John Lively | 74-74-72-72--292 | $686 |
| Jerry Pittman | 74-71-74-73--292 | $686 |
| Bill Sporre | 73-73-76-70--292 | $686 |
| Tim Debaufre | 72-75-73-73--293 | $586 |
| Raymond Floyd | 79-70-73-71--293 | $586 |
| Earl Jacobson | 73-74-74-72--293 | $586 |
| Tom Shaw | 76-71-77-69--293 | $586 |
| Harold Henning | 73-74-76-71--294 | $535 |
| Robert Stone | 74-72-72-76--294 | $535 |
| Larry Wise | 75-71-74-74--294 | $535 |
| Al Chandler | 72-74-77-72--295 | $483 |
| Dow Finsterwald | 71-75-75-74--295 | $483 |
| Ken Venturi | 74-71-75-75--295 | $483 |
| Tommy Aycock | 73-74-71-78--296 | $445 |
| Sam Carmichael | 73-73-78-72--296 | $445 |
| Don January | 78-71-75-72--296 | $445 |
| Jim Mooney | 75-74-73-75--297 | $415 |
| Stan Mosel | 76-73-77-71--297 | $415 |
| Don Whitt T | 75-71-74-77--297 | $415 |
| Laurie Hammer | 70-78-78-72--298 | $395 |
| Bobby Nichols | 75-72-76-75--298 | $395 |
| Ross Coon | 72-76-76-75--299 | $369 |
| Bob Hamilton | 78-71-74-76--299 | $369 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 74-75-72-78--299 | $369 |
| Horace Moore | 72-76-77-74--299 | $369 |
| Charles Sifford | 73-74-77-75--299 | $369 |
| Bob Benning | 76-71-79-74--300 | $365 |
| Bill Collins | 76-73-74-77--300 | $365 |
| Pat Rea | 76-73-76-75--300 | $365 |
| Joe Cardenas | 73-74-80-75--302 | $365 |
| Bob Crowley | 77-71-77-77--302 | $365 |
| Jim Picard | 77-70-77-79--303 | $365 |
| Gene Mitchell | 75-70-82-79--306 | $365 |
| Robert Schoener | 79-70-79-78--306 | $365 |
| Gene Webb | 76-73-79-78--306 | $365 |
| Manuel De La Torre | 73-76-80-78--307 | $365 |
| Larry Ziegler | 75-73-76-83--307 | $365 |
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