Then a match play championship, Sam Snead won 2 and 1 in the final over Jim Turnesa.

He was serving in the U.S. Army and had defeated the other pre-tournament favorites, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson, in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

Defending champion Vic Ghezzi, a New Jersey native, lost 4 and 3 in the first round to Jimmy Demaret, who fell 3 & 2 to Snead in the semifinals.

Harry Cooper was the medalist in the stroke play qualifier at 138 (−6), but lost to Nelson in the quarterfinals on the third extra hole.

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1942 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:[2] Sunday, May 31, 1942 Source:[5] Morning Afternoon