1970 PGA Championship

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1970 PGA Championship

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| location = Tulsa, Oklahoma

| course = Southern Hills Country Club

| dates = August 13–16, 1970

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|6962|yd}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5JpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4988%2C3163899 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=Stockton gets three-stroke PGA lead |date=August 16, 1970 |page=1B}}

| org = PGA of America

| tour = PGA Tour

| field = 136 players, 70 after cut{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=396&date=1970&tourn_name_id=2 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1970 PGA Championship |accessdate=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=August 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809071544/http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=396&date=1970&tourn_name_id=2 |url-status=dead }}

| cut = 150 (+10)

| purse = $200,000{{cite web |url=http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2011/history/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=54691 |title= PGA of America - PGA Championships - history - total purses and first prize money |accessdate=August 2, 2011}}

| winners_share = $40,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Dave Stockton

| score = 279 (−1)

| previous = 1969

| next = 1971

}}

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The 1970 PGA Championship was the 52nd PGA Championship, played August 13–16 at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dave Stockton won the first of his two PGA Championships at 279 (−1), two strokes ahead of runners-up Bob Murphy and Arnold Palmer.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6488%2C3631314 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Stockton prevails over Arnie – and his army |date=August 17, 1970 |page=3B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dkwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dFAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3161%2C1347961 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Press |last=Kienzl |first=Ray |title=Stockton makes a name for himself |date=August 17, 1970 |page=31}}

It was Palmer's third runner-up finish at the only major he never won,{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1970/08/24/611459/the-one-that-got-away-again|magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Jenkins |first=Dan |authorlink=Dan Jenkins |title=The one that got away again |date=August 24, 1970 |page=12}} and was his last time in contention in the final round of a PGA Championship. Stockton won his second PGA Championship six years later in 1976.

The third round was played in {{convert|101|F}} heat, and Stockton led by three strokes after 54 holes at 206 (−4). Defending champion Raymond Floyd carded a 65 (−5) on Saturday and was in second place at 209 (−1) entering the final round, and Palmer was alone in third place at 211 (+1).

It was the second major championship at Southern Hills, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1958. It later hosted the U.S. Open in 1977 and 2001 and the PGA Championship in 1982, 1994, 2007, and 2022.