1947 PGA Championship

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1947 PGA Championship

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| location = Southfield, Michigan, U.S.

| course = Plum Hollow Country Club

| dates = June 18–24, 1947

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|6922|yd}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882%2C4522071|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Hogan late arrival for PGA tournament|date=June 18, 1947|page=15}}

| org = PGA of America

| tour = PGA Tour

| field = 141 players,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4184%2C4725805|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=United Press|title=Clarence Doser leads PGA qualifiers with 67|date=June 19, 1947|page=15}}
64 to match play

| cut = 149 (+5), playoff

| format = Match play - 6 rounds

| purse = $17,700 {{cite web|url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=465&date=1947&tourn_name_id=2|publisher=PGA.com|title=Tournament Info for: 1947 PGA Championship|accessdate=April 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227064109/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=465&date=1947&tourn_name_id=2|archive-date=February 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}

| winners_share = $3,500

| champion = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Ferrier

| score = def. {{flagicon|USA}} Chick Harbert, 2 and 1

| previous = 1946

| next = 1948

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The 1947 PGA Championship was the 29th PGA Championship, held June 18–24 at Plum Hollow Country Club in Southfield, Michigan, a suburb northwest of Detroit. Jim Ferrier won the match play championship, 2 and 1 over Chick Harbert in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZcYwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YmoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2591%2C5884717|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|title=Ferrier defeats Harbert in PGA final round, 2-1 |date=June 25, 1947|page=15}} The match was tied after the first round,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=50waAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QCcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7322%2C2850224 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Harbert, Ferrier are even after first 18 holes of P.G.A. title match |date=June 24, 1947 |page=13}} and again after 22 holes. Ferrier won the next three and local resident Harbert could get no closer than two holes down for the rest of the match.{{cite news |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1947/06/25/page/29/|work=Chicago Daily Tribune |last=Bartlett |first=Charles |title=Ferrier's putting wins P.G.A. title, 2 and 1 |date=June 25, 1947 |page=29}} It was the only major title for Ferrier, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Australia.