Ben Hogan won the match play championship, 7 and 6 over Mike Turnesa in the Tuesday final; the winner's share was $3,500 and the runner-up's was $1,500.

[3][4] It was Hogan's second and final PGA Championship victory and the second of his nine major titles; the first was a 6 and 4 win in 1946 at Portland, and the third came a few weeks later at the U.S. Open at Riviera.

Following a near-fatal auto accident in early 1949, his debilitated condition did not agree with the grueling five-day schedule of 36 holes per day in summer heat.

Hogan did not enter the PGA Championship again until 1960, its third year as a 72-hole stroke play event, at 18 holes per day.

The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1948 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:[2] Tuesday, May 25, 1948 Morning Afternoon Source:[3]