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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 3

On this day in 1979 at Oakland Hills in Birmingham, Michigan, Sam Snead made the cut at the PGA Championship. He had rounds of 73-71 to make the cut by two strokes, and become the oldest player to make the cut at a major at age 67 years 2 months 7 days. He shot 71-73 on the weekend to tie for 42nd.

Cliff Schrock