This Day in Golf History: May 31

The PGA Championship historically is associated with being played in August, but it’s actually been spread throughout the calendar and is now settled in May. On this last-day-in-May date in 1949, Sam Snead won the PGA at the Hermitage in Richmond, Va., beating Johnny Palmer, 3 and 2. Snead, “the ageless one,” was 37 years old and had won the Masters earlier in the year. He also won the PGA in 1942 and 1951. And also on this date, Bobby Jones got his Grand Slam feat of 94 years ago started on this date in 1930 by winning the British Amateur at St. Andrews. He won a 7-and-6 contest with Englishman Roger Wethered.