Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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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 17

One of the memorable conclusions to a PGA Championship was on this date in 1997. Davis Love III won his lone major, holing out on the final hole for a five-shot victory at Winged Foot West over Justin Leonard. The son of a PGA professional and renowned teacher, Davis Love, Jr., Love III finished just as a rainbow appeared in the sky, a heavenly confirmation of a popular victory. Another PGA Championship that ended on this date was in 1969 at NCR Country Club. Raymond Floyd won his first major, one ahead of South Africa’s Gary Player, who was targeted by apartheid protesters.

Cliff Schrock