Today in PGA History
Golf Tours Topics: LPGA
Events in Sport
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1916-01-17 - Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in NYC
1916-04-10 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1922-06-14 - Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament
1924-07-29 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
1925-05-12 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926-09-25 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1927-11-05 - Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
1929-12-07 - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
1930-09-13 - Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament
1934-08-19 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament
1935-10-23 - Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament
1941-04-09 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1945-08-20 - Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament
1947-06-24 - Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
1952-01-19 - PGA approves allowing black participants
1955-02-17 - Mike Souchak sets PGA 72-hole record of 257
1959-05-17 - Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122
1961-11-09 - PGA eliminates caucasians only rule
1965-08-05 - Dave Marr wins PGA title
1972-08-06 - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
1980-01-22 - PGA begins a senior golf tour
1983-01-01 - PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
1983-10-16 - 25th Ryder Cup: US, 14½-13½ at PGA National Golf Club (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US)
1990-04-01 - Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
1991-01-13 - Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open
1991-10-11 - Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59
Golfer Tiger Woods
1992-02-27 - Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years
1996-12-15 - Jim Colbert & Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches
1996-12-15 - Tom Lehman & Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches
1997-06-29 - Greg Norman wins PGA St Jude Classic
2003-05-22 - In Fort Worth, Texas, Annika Sörenstam becomes the first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years.
Birthdays in Sport
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1892-12-21 - Walter Hagen, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19)
1901-12-23 - Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)
1902-02-27 - Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
1909-06-07 - Virginia Apgar, American physician and childbirth specialist (d. 1974)
1912-02-04 - Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
1912-05-27 - Sam Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
1912-08-13 - Ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)
1923-02-14 - Jay Herbert, golfer (1960 PGA winner)
1929-09-10 - Arnold Daniel Palmer, Latrobe PA, PGA golfer (1964 Masters)
1929-11-20 - Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
1930-07-21 - Gene Alec Littler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1961 US Open)
1931-03-31 - Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1931-06-10 - Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
1931-06-24 - Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70)
1932-03-19 - Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
1933-12-09 - Orville Moody, Chickasha OK, PGA golfer (1969 US Open)
1934-05-07 - Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
1934-07-14 - [Robert] Lee Elder, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1974 Monsanto Open)
1934-10-03 - Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer (1966 Texas Open)
1934-11-28 - Dick Rhyan, Columbus OH, PGA golfer (1994 GTE-5th)
1935-01-17 - Jimmy Powell, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic)
1935-09-28 - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
1935-10-23 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson)
1935-11-01 - Gary J Player, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer (Brit Open-1959, 68, 74)
1936-01-14 - John Paul Cain, Sweetwater TX, PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids)
1936-03-05 - Dale Douglass, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open)
1936-03-14 - Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
1936-04-14 - Robert Herman Nichols, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown)
1936-07-20 - Butch Baird, Chicago IL, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open)
1936-10-20 - Larry Mowry, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1987 Crestar Pepsi Senior)
1937-02-22 - Tommy Aaron, Gainesville GA, PGA golfer (1973 Masters)
1937-04-23 - Don Massengale, Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity)
1937-05-20 - Dave Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis)
1937-07-13 - Charles Coody, Stamford TX, PGA golfer (1971 Masters)
1937-09-01 - Al Geiberger, Red Bluff CA, PGA golfer (1962 Ontario Open)
1937-10-10 - Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer (1964 St Petersburg Open)
1937-12-10 - Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Jr)
1938-01-04 - Louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)
1938-03-07 - Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
1938-10-31 - Rives McBee, Denton TX, PGA golfer (1989 RJR Bank One Classic)
1938-12-13 - Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)
1939-01-27 - Mike Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open)
1939-05-09 - Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
1939-05-13 - Terry Dill, Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
1939-07-11 - Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, PGA golfer (US Seniors Open 1992)
1939-09-14 - DeWitt T Weaver Jr, Danville KY, PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open)
1939-10-01 - George Archer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1969 Masters Bing Crosby)
1939-10-14 - Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
1939-12-01 - Lee Buck Trevino, Dallas Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 71)
1940-01-01 - Jack Kiefer, Columbia PA, PGA golfer (1994 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1940-06-18 - Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
1940-06-23 - Simon Hobday, Mareking South Africa, PGA golfer (1994 US Senior Open)
1940-10-14 - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
1941-01-14 - C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr, Chattanooga TN, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas)
1941-03-09 - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
1941-05-31 - Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock GA, PGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
1941-09-02 - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
1941-09-29 - Kermit Zarley, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1970 Canadian Open)
1941-11-02 - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino CA, PGA golfer (1970 PGA)
1942-08-31 - Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer (1983 Hawaiian Open)
1942-09-04 - Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (Masters 1976)
1942-09-04 - Raymond Loran Floyd, Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (1986 US Open)
1942-11-09 - Thomas Daniel Weiskopf, Massillon OH, PGA golfer (British Open 1973)
1942-11-19 - Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox KY, PGA golfer (1994 Dallas Reunion)
1942-12-02 - Bob E Smith, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1993 Yanase Cup)
1943-02-14 - Robert J Murphy Jr, Brooklyn NY, PGA golfer (1968 Phila Classic)
1943-02-23 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
1943-07-18 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-07-21 - Jerry McGee, New Lexingon OH, PGA golfer (1975 Pensacola Open)
1943-09-03 - Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-11-13 - Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth PA, PGA golfer (1994 GTE West Classic)
1944-01-06 - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Fort Worth-1976, 78, 80)
1944-01-14 - Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage)
1944-02-14 - Bruce Summerhays, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93)
1944-07-07 - Tony Jacklin, Scunthorpe England, PGA golfer (1970 US Open)
1944-10-13 - Buddy Allin, Bremerton WA, PGA golfer (1980 NZ Open)
1945-06-03 - Hale S Irwin, Joplin MO, PGA golfer (1974 US Open)
1946-09-25 - Gilmer Bryan Morgan, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1977 BC Open)
1946-12-18 - Hubie Green, Birmingham Ala, PGA golfer (US Open 1977)
1946-12-28 - Hubie Green, golfer (US Open-1977, PGA-1985)
1947-09-10 - Larry Gene Nelson, Ft Payne AL, PGA golfer (1980 Atlanta Classic)
1947-11-04 - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
1948-06-26 - Allen Michael Doyle, Woonsocket RI, PGA golfer (1991 Memorial-64th)
1949-01-15 - Howard Allen Twitty, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1979 BC Open)
1949-02-01 - Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1949-08-27 - Douglas Fred Tewell, Baton Rouge LA, PGA golfer (1980 Sea Pines)
1949-09-04 - Thomas Sturges Watson, KC MO, PGA golfer (1975 Byron Nelson)
1949-12-05 - Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
1949-12-09 - Thomas O Kite Jr, Austin TX, PGA golfer (1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983)
1950-12-31 - Robert Bryan Gilder, Corvallis OR, PGA golfer (1980 Canadian Open)
1951-07-18 - Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
1951-07-26 - Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd)
1951-08-27 - Don [Sheldon George] Pooley Jr, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1980 BC Open)
1951-09-07 - Mark R McCumber, Jacksonville FL, PGA golfer (1979 Doral-Eastern)
1951-11-11 - Fuzzy [Frank] Zoeller, New Albany IN, PGA golfer (Masters 1981)
1951-12-05 - Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines IA, PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
1952-01-11 - Ben Daniel Crenshaw, Austin TX, PGA golfer (1976 Bing Crosby)
1952-02-22 - Wayne John Levi, Little Falls NY, PGA golfer (1983 Buick Open)
1952-03-01 - David Allen Barr, Kelowna BC, PGA golfer (Atlanta Golf Classic)
1953-03-13 - Andy Bean, Lafayette Ga, PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978)
Deaths in Sport
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1969-10-06 - Walter Hagen, US PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
2007-01-02 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
