Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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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 12

August 12 has many special occurrences in the 104 playings of the PGA Championship. It was the first day of the event in 1922 (won by Gene Sarazen), 1965 (Dave Marr), 1976 (Dave Stockton), 1993 (Paul Azinger), 1999 (Tiger Woods), 2004 (Vijay Singh), and 2010 (Martin Kaymer). August 12 was the final day in 1973 (when Jack Nicklaus won a record-breaking 14th major), 1990 (Wayne Grady), 2007 (Woods) and 2012 (Rory McIlroy). For the foreseeable future, Brooks Koepka’s August 12 victory in 2018 will be the last time the PGA ends on an August 12 now that the championship has been moved to May.

Cliff Schrock