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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: August 17

On this date in 1969, Raymond Floyd won the PGA Championship at NCR Country Club in Dayton, Ohio, edging Gary Player by one shot; the South African was plagued by apartheid protesters during the championship.

Cliff Schrock