2025 PGA TOUR SEASON…Upcoming this Week on Tour (April 3-6): The tour this week makes its second Texas stop at the Valero Texas Open played at the TPC San Antonio. Akshay Bhatia is back to defend his title. Media coverage is on NBC, Golf Channel, ESPN+, Peacock, Sirius XM. Other tours: DP (Euro) Tour, No event. LPGA Tour, T-Mobile Match Play. Senior Champions Tour, James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational. LIV Golf, Miami event.
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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.
The 1936 PGA Championship ended on this date with Denny Shute winning his first of two consecutive PGAs. He defeated long-hitting Jimmy Thomson, 3 and 2, at Pinehurst Country Club’s No. 2 Course.. Being outdriven by as much as 60 yards, Shute used his short-game guile and strong iron play to take down Thomson.
