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| champion = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Walter Hagen
| score = def. Jim Barnes, 3 & 2
| previous = 1920
| next = 1922
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}}The 1921 PGA Championship was the fourth PGA Championship, held September 27 to October 1 on Long Island at Inwood Country Club in Inwood, New York. The match play field of 32 consisted of the defending champion and the top qualifiers from the 1921 U.S. Open.[[4] The competition was five rounds of 36-hole matches][ in a single-elimination tournament.[6][7][8][9]]
Walter Hagen defeated Jim Barnes, 3 & 2, in the final,[2] for the third of his eleven major titles. Barnes won the first two PGA titles in 1916 and 1919. Defending champion Jock Hutchison lost in the second round to Gene Sarazen, 8 & 7. Sarazen won consecutive titles in 1922 and 1923. After not entering in 1922 and losing the final in 1923, Hagen won four consecutive PGA Championships, starting in 1924.
Past champions in the field
| Player | Country | Year(s) won | Record | Advanced to | Finish | | Jim Barnes | {{ENG}} | 1916, 1919 | 4–1 | Finals | 2 |
| Jock Hutchison | {{SCO}} | 1920 | 1–1 | Second round | T9 |
Bracket 1
{{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds
| RD1 = Round 1
September 27
| RD2 = Round 2
September 28
| RD3 = Quarter-finals
September 29
| score-width = 30px
| team-width = 130px
| RD1-team1 = Walter Hagen
| RD1-score1 = 6&4
| RD1-team2 = Jack Forrester
| RD1-score2 =
| RD1-team3 = Tom Boyd
| RD1-score3 = Def.
| RD1-team4 = Eddie Towns
| RD1-score4 =
| RD1-team5 = Johnny Golden
| RD1-score5 = 5&3
| RD1-team6 = Robert Barnett
| RD1-score6 =
| RD1-team7 = Laurie Ayton, Snr
| RD1-score7 = 7&6
| RD1-team8 = T. J. Rajoppi
| RD1-score8 =
| RD2-team1 = Walter Hagen
| RD2-score1 = 6&5
| RD2-team2 = Tom Boyd
| RD2-score2 =
| RD2-team3 = Johnny Golden
| RD2-score3 = 1 up
| RD2-team4 = Laurie Ayton, Snr
| RD2-score4 =
| RD3-team1 = Walter Hagen
| RD3-score1 = 8&7
| RD3-team2 = Johnny Golden
| RD3-score2 =
}}Bracket 2
{{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds
| RD1 = Round 1
September 27
| RD2 = Round 2
September 28
| RD3 = Quarter-finals
September 29
| score-width = 30px
| team-width = 130px
| RD1-team1 = Jim Barnes
| RD1-score1 = 3&2
| RD1-team2 = Clarence Hackney
| RD1-score2 =
| RD1-team3 = Bobby Cruickshank
| RD1-score3 = 4&3
| RD1-team4 = Charlie Thom
| RD1-score4 =
| RD1-team5 = Fred McLeod
| RD1-score5 = 37th
| RD1-team6 = Fred Canausa
| RD1-score6 =
| RD1-team7 = Jack Gordon
| RD1-score7 = 8&7
| RD1-team8 = William Leach
| RD1-score8 =
| RD2-team1 = Jim Barnes
| RD2-score1 = 8&7
| RD2-team2 = Bobby Cruickshank
| RD2-score2 =
| RD2-team3 = Fred McLeod
| RD2-score3 = 4&2
| RD2-team4 = Jack Gordon
| RD2-score4 =
| RD3-team1 = Jim Barnes
| RD3-score1 = 11&9
| RD3-team2 = Fred McLeod
| RD3-score2 =
}}Bracket 3
{{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds
| RD1 = Round 1
September 27
| RD2 = Round 2
September 28
| RD3 = Quarter-finals
September 29
| score-width = 30px
| team-width = 130px
| RD1-team1 = Cyril Walker
| RD1-score1 = 37th
| RD1-team2 = Emil Loeffler
| RD1-score2 =
| RD1-team3 = Charles Mothersole
| RD1-score3 = 40th
| RD1-team4 = Johnny Farrell
| RD1-score4 =
| RD1-team5 = Gene Sarazen
| RD1-score5 = 4&3
| RD1-team6 = Harry Hampton
| RD1-score6 =
| RD1-team7 = Jock Hutchison
| RD1-score7 = 39th
| RD1-team8 = Pat O'Hara
| RD1-score8 =
| RD2-team1 = Cyril Walker
| RD2-score1 = 4&2
| RD2-team2 = Charles Mothersole
| RD2-score2 =
| RD2-team3 = Gene Sarazen
| RD2-score3 = 8&7
| RD2-team4 = Jock Hutchison
| RD2-score4 =
| RD3-team1 = Cyril Walker
| RD3-score1 = 5&4
| RD3-team2 = Gene Sarazen
| RD3-score2 =
}}Bracket 4
{{8TeamBracket-NoSeeds
| RD1 = Round 1
September 27
| RD2 = Round 2
September 28
| RD3 = Quarter-finals
September 29
| score-width = 30px
| team-width = 130px
| RD1-team1 = Emmet French
| RD1-score1 = 8&7
| RD1-team2 = Joe Sylvester
| RD1-score2 =
| RD1-team3 = Charles Clarke
| RD1-score3 = 1 up
| RD1-team4 = Peter O'Hara
| RD1-score4 =
| RD1-team5 = George McLean
| RD1-score5 = 2&1
| RD1-team6 = Tom Kerrigan
| RD1-score6 =
| RD1-team7 = James West
| RD1-score7 = 37th
| RD1-team8 = Jack Pirie
| RD1-score8 =
| RD2-team1 = Emmet French
| RD2-score1 = 8&7
| RD2-team2 = Charles Clarke
| RD2-score2 =
| RD2-team3 = George McLean
| RD2-score3 = 8&7
| RD2-team4 = James West
| RD2-score4 =
| RD3-team1 = Emmet French
| RD3-score1 = 5&3
| RD3-team2 = George McLean
| RD3-score2 =
}}Final four
{{4TeamBracket
| RD1 = Semi-finals
September 30
| RD2 = Finals
October 1
| score-width = 35px
| team-width = 135px
| RD1-seed1 =
| RD1-seed2 =
| RD1-seed3 =
| RD1-seed4 =
| RD1-team1 = Walter Hagen
| RD1-score1 = 5&4
| RD1-team2 = Cyril Walker
| RD1-score2 =
| RD1-team3 = Jim Barnes
| RD1-score3 = 5&4
| RD1-team4 = Emmet French
| RD1-score4 =
| RD2-team1 = Walter Hagen
| RD2-score1 = 3&2
| RD2-team2 = Jim Barnes
| RD2-score2 =
}}References
1. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/12/17/98775484.pdf |title=Want British Pro Tourney In May |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=December 17, 1921 |accessdate=March 27, 2011}}
2. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/09/28/98746970.pdf |title=Big Three In Golf Survive At Inwood |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=September 28, 1921 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}
3. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/09/29/98747548.pdf |title=Sarazen Humbles Jock Hutchison |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=September 29, 1921 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}
4. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/09/30/98748219.pdf |title=Sarazen Succumbs To Walker's Skill |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=September 30, 1921 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}
5. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/10/01/98748843.pdf |title=Rain Interferes With P.G.A. Play |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 1, 1921 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1921/10/02/107026337.pdf |title=Hagen Wins Golf Honors of P.G.A. |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=October 2, 1921 |accessdate=March 26, 2011}}