The 1956 PGA Championship was the 38th edition of the professional golf competition, held at Blue Hill Country Club in Canton, Massachusetts, a suburb southwest of Boston. Jack Burke Jr. won his second major championship of 1956, a 3 and 2 victory over Ted Kroll; Burke had won the Masters in April. It was the penultimate PGA Championship as a match play competition; stroke play was introduced two years later in 1958. This was the tenth and final year the PGA Championship was scheduled for a Tuesday finish. PGA Championship 1956: July 20–24, 1956 at Blue Hill Country Club. Champion: Jack Burke Jr., at def. Ted Kroll, 3 and 2 — 2nd major title. Wiki link