| 1970 PGA Championship | |
Arnold Palmer never won the PGA Championship, the only one of golf's four majors that Palmer failed to conquer. He did finish second three times, and the 1970 PGA Championship was the last of those three runner-up finishes. It was also the last time Palmer finished in the Top 10 at a PGA Championship.
Palmer played with Stockton in the final round, and Stockton showed the nerves of chasing his biggest win with an up-and-down 73. Stockton was most in danger when he put a ball in the water on the 13th hole, but a brilliant recovery shot allowed him to save bogey. Palmer outplayed Stockton in the final round, 70 to 73, but couldn't catch him.
Tying Palmer for second was Bob Murphy, who started the final round nine strokes behind Stockton but fired a 66.
1970 PGA Championship Scores
Results from the 1970 PGA Championship golf tournament played at the par-70 Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma:
| Dave Stockton | 70-70-66-73--279 | $40,000 |
| Arnold Palmer | 70-72-69-70--281 | $18,500 |
| Bob Murphy | 71-73-71-66--281 | $18,500 |
| Gene Littler | 72-71-69-70--282 | $8,800 |
| Larry Hinson | 69-71-74-68--282 | $8,800 |
| Bruce Crampton | 73-75-68-67--283 | $6,800 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 68-76-73-66--283 | $6,800 |
| Raymond Floyd | 71-73-65-75--284 | $5,650 |
| Dick Lotz | 72-70-75-67--284 | $5,650 |
| Mason Rudolph | 71-70-73-71--285 | $4,800 |
| Billy Maxwell | 72-71-73-69--285 | $4,800 |
| Don January | 73-71-73-69--286 | $3,750 |
| Gary Player | 74-68-74-70--286 | $3,750 |
| Sam Snead | 70-75-68-73--286 | $3,750 |
| Johnny Miller | 68-77-70-71--286 | $3,750 |
| Mike Hill | 71-70-74-73--288 | $3,100 |
| Al Geiberger | 72-74-71-71--288 | $3,100 |
| Billy Casper | 72-70-74-73--289 | $2,500 |
| Dan Sikes Jr. | 74-70-75-70--289 | $2,500 |
| Bruce Devlin | 75-70-71-73--289 | $2,500 |
| Al Mengert | 76-72-70-71--289 | $2,500 |
| Bob Stanton | 71-74-72-73--290 | $1,825 |
| Kermit Zarley | 73-74-73-70--290 | $1,825 |
| Bert Yancey | 74-69-75-72--290 | $1,825 |
| Lou Graham | 75-68-74-73--290 | $1,825 |
| Bob Charles | 74-73-72-72--291 | $1,480 |
| Terry Dill | 72-71-75-73--291 | $1,480 |
| Bobby Nichols | 71-76-72-72--291 | $1,480 |
| Julius Boros | 72-71-72-76--291 | $1,480 |
| Lee Trevino | 72-77-77-65--291 | $1,480 |
| Jim Wiechers | 72-75-73-72--292 | $1,225 |
| Bob Menne | 73-72-75-72--292 | $1,225 |
| Homero Blancas | 70-74-72-76--292 | $1,225 |
| Hale Irwin | 72-69-76-75--292 | $1,225 |
| Howie Johnson | 71-72-76-74--293 | $1,016 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 72-76-76-69--293 | $1,016 |
| Rod Funseth | 76-70-74-73--293 | $1,016 |
| Dave Marr | 76-71-74-72--293 | $1,016 |
| Bob E. Smith | 77-73-72-71--293 | $1,016 |
| Charles Coody | 69-79-73-72--293 | $1,016 |
| Doug Sanders | 75-74-71-74--294 | $750 |
| Orville Moody | 75-72-75-72--294 | $750 |
| Jacky Cupit | 70-77-75-72--294 | $750 |
| Bob Lunn | 74-69-70-81--294 | $750 |
| Jack Burke Jr. | 74-74-74-73--295 | $560 |
| Tommy Aaron | 71-74-75-75--295 | $560 |
| Larry Ziegler | 71-73-79-72--295 | $560 |
| Bert Greene | 73-73-74-76--296 | $420 |
| Phil Rodgers | 74-74-76-72--296 | $420 |
| Hugh Royer Jr. | 76-74-73-73--296 | $420 |
| Bill Collins | 72-71-77-76--296 | $420 |
| Bob Stone | 73-77-75-71--296 | $420 |
| Jerry Steelsmith | 73-72-78-73--296 | $420 |
| Ross Coon | 74-73-74-76--297 | $400 |
| Jimmy Wright | 74-74-76-74--298 | $400 |
| Jim O'Hern | 75-74-73-76--298 | $400 |
| Deane Beman | 76-72-74-76--298 | $400 |
| Frank Beard | 73-73-77-75--298 | $400 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 73-74-77-74--298 | $400 |
| George Knudson | 77-73-74-74--298 | $400 |
| Tommy Jacobs | 77-70-75-77--299 | $400 |
| George Archer | 77-71-75-76--299 | $400 |
| Bob Rosburg | 72-75-74-81--302 | $400 |
| Dick Bury | 75-74-77-78--304 | $400 |
| Gordon Jones | 75-75-78-77--305 | $400 |
| Joe Jimenez | 75-73-80-77--305 | $400 |
| Tommy Aycock | 75-73-82-75--305 | $400 |
| Dave Hill | 76-74-79-77--306 | $400 |
| Bob Hold | 76-74-81-75--306 | $400 |
| Richard Crawford | 74-76-80-79--309 | $400 |
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