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1972 PGA Championship Leaderboard

Gary Player Wins PGA Championship
Position
Name
To Par
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
1 Gary Player +1 71 71 67 72 281
T2 Tommy Aaron +3 71 71 70 71 283
T2 Jim Jamieson +3 69 72 72 70 283
T2 Billy Casper +4 73 70 67 74 284
T2 Raymond Floyd +4 69 71 74 70 284
T2 Sam Snead +4 70 74 71 69 284
T7 Doug Sanders +5 72 72 68 73 285
T7 Phil Rodgers +5 71 72 68 74 285
T7 Gay Brewer +5 71 70 70 74 285
T7 Jerry Heard +5 69 70 72 74 285
T11 Hale Irwin +6 71 69 75 71 286
T11 Lee Trevino +6 73 71 71 71 286
T13 Jack Nicklaus +7 72 75 68 72 287
T13 Dan Sikes +7 70 72 72 73 287
15 Charles Coody +8 71 73 70 74 288
T16 Miller Barber +9 73 74 72 70 289
T16 Arnold Palmer +9 69 75 72 73 289
T16 Lanny Wadkins +9 74 68 72 75 289
T16 Hubert Green +9 75 71 73 70 289
T20 Larry Wise +10 74 71 67 78 290
T20 Bob Shaw +10 72 72 74 72 290
T20 Johnny Miller +10 70 76 70 74 290
T20 J.C. Snead +10 72 72 71 75 290
T24 Bob E. Smith +11 72 69 76 74 291
T24 Chi Chi Rodriguez +11 71 74 73 73 291
T24 Art Wall +11 72 71 75 73 291
T24 Bruce Crampton +11 73 74 68 76 291
T24 Lee Elder +11 73 71 71 76 291
T29 Jerry McGee +12 73 74 72 73 292
T29 Jim Wiechers +12 70 73 69 80 292
T29 Bert Yancey +12 72 74 71 75 292
T29 Mike Souchak +12 73 73 71 75 292
T33 DeWitt Weaver +13 74 74 72 73 293
T33 Larry Hinson +13 75 74 73 71 293
T33 Lou Graham +13 75 75 70 73 293
T36 Sam Carmichael +14 76 73 71 74 294
T36 George Archer +14 73 73 79 69 294
T36 Deane Beman +14 75 72 72 75 294
T36 Mason Rudolph +14 74 75 71 74 294
T40 Bob Murphy +15 75 70 70 80 295
T40 John Schlee +15 75 75 69 76 295
T40 Ken Still +15 72 75 72 76 295
T40 Dave Stockton +15 74 73 74 74 295
T40 Denny Lyons +15 73 73 74 75 295
T40 Dale Douglass +15 74 71 73 77 295
T40 Paul Harney +15 74 71 77 73 295
T40 Mike Hill +15 73 72 74 76 295
T48 Babe Hiskey +16 73 75 72 76 296
T48 Richard Crawford +16 70 78 73 75 296
T48 Jim Wright +16 74 72 75 75 296
T51 Fred Haas +17 74 74 73 76 297
T51 Rod Funseth +17 70 74 75 78 297
T53 Grier Jones +18 72 76 74 76 298
T53 Frank Beard +18 80 70 72 76 298
T53 Bud Allin +18 68 77 75 78 298
T53 Bob Rosburg +18 71 79 72 76 298
T53 Jimmy Powell +18 72 74 74 78 298
T58 Pat Schwab +19 73 73 77 76 299
T58 Ron Letellier +19 75 75 70 79 299
T58 Bob Charles +19 76 74 77 72 299
T58 Dow Finsterwald +19 75 75 72 77 299
T62 Bob Goalby +20 72 78 79 71 300
T62 Tom Weiskopf +20 73 72 75 80 300
T62 Wayne Yates +20 75 74 76 75 300
T62 Jerry Steelsmith +20 73 77 75 75 300
T62 Bobby Nichols +20 76 74 70 80 300
T68 Jack Burke Jr. +21 74 72 76 79 301
T68 Rex Baxter +22 77 73 76 76 302
T68 Jim O’Hern +22 74 76 76 76 302
T68 Kermit Zarley +22 75 75 73 79 302
71 Chuck Scally +23 74 76 73 80 303
T72 Stan Thirsk +26 68 82 76 80 306
T72 Gene Torres +26 79 70 77 80 306
T74 Larry Gilbert +27 69 81 80 77 307
T74 Steve Friebert +27 74 76 78 79 307
T74 Lionel Hebert +27 72 76 80 79 307
77 Ralph Johnston +33 75 74 75 89 313
CUT Bill Ogden +11 73 78 -- -- 151
CUT Labron Harris +11 78 73 -- -- 151
CUT Al Geiberger +11 77 74 -- -- 151
CUT Jerry Barber +11 75 76 -- -- 151
CUT Bradley Anderson +12 78 74 -- -- 152
CUT Bruce Devlin +12 75 77 -- -- 152
CUT Gibby Gilbert +12 76 76 -- -- 152
CUT Don January +12 75 77 -- -- 152
CUT Bob Lunn +12 73 79 -- -- 152
CUT Charles Volpone +12 73 79 -- -- 152
CUT Jim Ferree +12 78 74 -- -- 152
CUT David Graham +12 76 76 -- -- 152
CUT Fred Wampler +12 76 76 -- -- 152
CUT George Smith +12 73 79 -- -- 152
CUT Tom Nieporte +13 76 77 -- -- 153
CUT Mac McLendon +13 75 78 -- -- 153
CUT Fred Marti +13 77 76 -- -- 153
CUT George Knudson +13 79 74 -- -- 153
CUT Jim Colbert +13 75 78 -- -- 153
CUT Homero Blancas +13 72 81 -- -- 153
CUT John H. Cook +14 78 76 -- -- 154
CUT Dave Eichelberger +14 77 77 -- -- 154
CUT John Frillman +14 85 69 -- -- 154
CUT Joe Jimenez +14 75 79 -- -- 154
CUT Doug Ford +14 78 76 -- -- 154
CUT Gene Borek +14 78 76 -- -- 154
CUT George Johnson +14 76 78 -- -- 154
CUT Tommy Jacobs +15 78 77 -- -- 155
CUT Claude King +15 75 80 -- -- 155
CUT Ross Coon +15 78 77 -- -- 155
CUT Chick Evans +16 77 79 -- -- 156
CUT John Weaver +16 79 77 -- -- 156
CUT Ken Folkes +17 79 78 -- -- 157
CUT Babe Lichardus +18 76 82 -- -- 158
CUT Bob Galloway +18 77 81 -- -- 158
CUT Dick Stranahan +18 79 79 -- -- 158
CUT Ken Towns +19 81 78 -- -- 159
CUT Dave Marr +19 74 85 -- -- 159
CUT Jim Ferrier +20 81 79 -- -- 160
CUT George Shortridge +20 79 81 -- -- 160
CUT George “Moe” Demling +20 82 78 -- -- 160
CUT Steve Gragg +21 79 82 -- -- 161
CUT Walker Inman +21 80 81 -- -- 161
CUT Larry Mancour +22 81 81 -- -- 162
CUT Steve Lyles +22 78 84 -- -- 162
CUT Bill Robinson +22 83 79 -- -- 162
CUT John Molenda +23 80 83 -- -- 163
CUT Jim McCoy +23 79 84 -- -- 163
CUT Merle Backlund +23 84 79 -- -- 163
CUT John Kinsey +25 84 81 -- -- 165
CUT Ted Denham +25 83 82 -- -- 165
CUT Ed Bosse +26 84 82 -- -- 166
CUT Don Essig +26 87 79 -- -- 166
CUT Denny Shute +36 91 85 -- -- 176
WD Julius Boros +83 74 75 74 -- 223
WD Bob Wynn +6 76 -- -- -- 76
WD Gene Sarazen +9 79 -- -- -- 79
WD Orville Moody +9 79 -- -- -- 79
WD Bobby Mitchell +9 79 -- -- -- 79
WD Victor Ghezzi +11 81 -- -- -- 81
WD Tommy Bolt -- -- -- -- -- --
DQ Dave Hill +9 72 77 -- -- 149