Then a match play championship, defending champion Leo Diegel defeated Johnny Farrell 6 and 4 in the finals to win the second of his two major titles.

[5] Prior to his loss to Diegel in the semifinals, five-time champion Hagen was 35–2 (.946) in match play at the PGA Championship in the 1920s, losing only to Sarazen in 38 holes in the 1923 finals, and Diegel 2 and 1 in the 1928 quarterfinals.

Hagen's victory over Tony Manero in the 1929 quarterfinals was his last match win at the PGA Championship until 1940; he was winless in the 1930s with five first round losses.

[6] The PGA Championship returned to the west a dozen years later in 1941 in Colorado.

[7] The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1929 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in six days:[2] Saturday, December 7, 1929 Morning Afternoon