Jack Nicklaus won the first of his five PGA Championship titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dave Ragan.

[3][5] With the victory, Nicklaus at age 23 joined Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, and Ben Hogan as the only winners of all three American majors: the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championship.

Nicklaus bogeyed the last two holes at Lytham and finished a stroke out of the 36-hole Saturday playoff, won by Bob Charles.

[10] The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February to avoid Florida's summer).

After cool temperatures in Britain, the oppressive July heat in Dallas was difficult for many to adjust to.