The 1969 PGA Championship was the 51st PGA Championship, played August 14–17 at the South Course of NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb south of Dayton. Raymond Floyd, age 26, won the first of his four major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Gary Player.Floyd held a five-shot lead after the third round, at 202 (−11), and carded a 74 (+3) on Sunday.During the tournament's third round, demonstrators tried to disrupt the play of Player and Jack Nicklaus.