The 1934 PGA Championship was the 17th PGA Championship, held July 24–29 at Park Country Club in Williamsville, New York, a suburb northeast of Buffalo. Then a match play championship, Paul Runyan won the first of his two PGA Championship titles, defeating Craig Wood in 38 holes.

Defending champion Gene Sarazen lost 4 and 3 in the second round to Al Watrous.

Format

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1934 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:

• Tuesday – 36-hole stroke play qualifier
  • defending champion Gene Sarazen and top 31 professionals advanced to match play
• Wednesday – first round – 36 holes
• Thursday – second round – 36 holes
• Friday – quarterfinals – 36 holes
• Saturday – semifinals – 36 holes
• Sunday – final – 36 holes

Final results

Sunday, July 29, 1934

Place	Player	Money ($)
1	Paul Runyan	1,000
2	Craig Wood	500
T3	Gene Kunes	250
	Denny Shute
T5	Bob Crowley	200
	Al Houghton
	Dick Metz
	Al Watrous

Final eight bracket

Quarter-finals July 27

Semi-finals July 28

Finals July 29

Paul Runyan

1up

Dick Metz

Paul Runyan

4&2

Gene Kunes

Gene Kunes

4&3

Bob Crowley

Paul Runyan

38h

Craig Wood

Craig Wood

2&1

Al Watrous

Craig Wood

2&1

Denny Shute

Denny Shute

6&5

Al Houghton

Final match scorecards

Morning

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	3	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
Runyan	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	5	4	6
Wood	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	4
Leader	R1	–	W1	W1	W1	W1	W2	W2	W2	W2	W1	W1	W1	–	–	–	–	W1

Afternoon

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	3	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
Runyan	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	5	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wood	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	5	3	3	5	3	4	5	4	3	4
Leader	W1	–	–	–	R1	–	–	W1	–	–	W1	W1	W1	–	R1	R1	–	–

Extra holes

Hole	1	2
Par	5	4
Runyan	4	4
Wood	4	5
Leader	–	R1

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