This Day in Golf History: July 20

On this date in 1958, history was made for the PGA Championship and Dow Finsterwald. It was the first year the PGA was competed at stroke play after previously at match play. Finsterwald, a close friend of Arnold Palmer’s who was almost exactly the same age, won by two shots over Billy Casper at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania. It was also the first PGA played by Palmer and he tied for 40th.