This Day in Golf History: October 20
The fifth PGA Professional Championship was held October 19-22 in 1972. Don Massengale had a 66 on the 20th at Pinehurst Resort and went on to win by two strokes over Bob Bruno. Defending champion Sam Snead was third at 284. On this date in 1996, Annika Sorenstam won the Women's World Championship at Seoul, South Korea, with scores of 66-69-69-70—274, one shot ahead of Helen Alfredsson, earning $125,000 first-place money.