The 1962 PGA Championship was the 44th PGA Championship, played July 19–22 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Gary Player won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Goalby, for the third of his nine major titles and the third leg of his career grand slam.

The Open Championship was played the previous week in Troon, Scotland, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February).

Player missed the 36-hole cut at Troon, the British Open was won by Arnold Palmer for the second straight year. Palmer had also won the Masters in April. Both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship were played in his home state of Pennsylvania in 1962, just five weeks apart. Palmer lost to 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished ten strokes back in a tie for 17th at Aronimink.

Jack Nicklaus, age 22, shot a final round 67 to finish in a tie for third in his first PGA Championship.

This championship was originally scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles, the first in California since 1929. In November 1960, the PGA of America had voted to retain its "caucasian only" clause, and had gained the ire of California's attorney general Stanley Mosk, who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. In response, the championship for 1962 was moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. The PGA of America dropped the clause in November 1961 by amending its constitution. The championship returned to California in 1977 at Pebble Beach, but was not played in southern California until 1983 at Riviera.

Thursday, July 19, 1962

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	John Barnum	66	−4
2	Chick Harbert	68	−2
T3	George Bayer	69	−1
	Doug Ford
	Bob Goalby
	Frank Stranahan
T7	Leo Biagetti	70	E
	Joe Campbell
	Paul Harney
	Dick Hart
	Don January

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Friday, July 20, 1962

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Doug Ford	69-69=138	−2
T2	George Bayer	69-70=139	−1
	Cary Middlecoff	73-66=139
	Gary Player	72-67=139
T5	John Barnum	66-74=140	E
	Bob McCallister	74-66=140
7	Bob Goalby	69-72=141	+1
T8	Julius Boros	73-69=142	+2
	Jack Burke Jr.	73-69=142
	Marty Furgol	71-71=142
	Bobby Nichols	72-70=142
	Frank Stranahan	69-73=142

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Saturday, July 21, 1962

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Gary Player	72-67-69=208	−2
T2	George Bayer	69-70-71=210	E
	Bob McCallister	74-66-70=210
4	Doug Ford	69-69-73=211	+1
5	Bob Goalby	69-72-71=212	+2
T6	Jack Burke Jr.	73-69-71=213	+3
	Dow Finsterwald	73-70-70=213
	Jack Fleck	74-69-70=213
	Chick Harbert	68-76-69=213
	Cary Middlecoff	73-66-74=213
	Bobby Nichols	72-70-71=213

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Sunday, July 22, 1962

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Gary Player	72-67-69-70=278	−2	13,000
2	Bob Goalby	69-72-71-67=279	−1	6,700
T3	George Bayer	69-70-71-71=281	+1	3,450
	Jack Nicklaus	71-74-69-67=281
5	Doug Ford	69-69-73-71=282	+2	2,900
6	Bobby Nichols	72-70-71-70=283	+3	2,500
T7	Jack Fleck	74-69-70-71=284	+4	2,067
	Paul Harney	70-73-72-69=284
	Dave Ragan	72-74-70-68=284
10	Jay Hebert	73-72-70-70=285	+5	1,750

• PGA Media Guide 2012
• PGA.com – 1962 PGA Championship

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