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.

Ferrier won the next three and local resident Harbert could get no closer than two holes down for the rest of the match.

Lew Worsham defeated Sam Snead by a stroke in an 18-hole playoff on Sunday, June 15.

Two-time champion Byron Nelson did not compete; his final PGA Championship was the previous year.

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1947 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:[2] Tuesday, June 24, 1947 Morning Afternoon Source:[5][6]