This Day in Golf History: July 24

On this date, back-to-back PGA Championships concluded. In 1966 Al Geiberger won by four shots at Firestone Country Club, and in 1967, Don January won the 49th PGA, played at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. January won his lone major in an 18-hole playoff with Don Massengale, 69-71, on the par-72 course. They had shot 281, seven under par, to finish regulation one shot ahead of Dan Sikes and Jack Nicklaus.