Amy Alcott was the qualifying medalist on this date in 1972 at the U.S. Girls' Junior at Jefferson City Country Club in Missouri. She had a leading 151 total for two rounds. But she didn't make it past the second round of match play, and the eventual winner was Nancy Lopez, who had shot a qualifying score eight shots higher.

Gary Player memorably hit a 9-iron out of wet rough on the 408-yard par-4 16th hole in winning the PGA Championship on this date in 1972. The 150-yard blind shot over a weeping willow came to rest four feet from the hole. Player made the birdie putt to increase his lead to two, and he won with a one-over-par total of 281 over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.

Chick Evans won the Chicago City Amateur on this date in 1944 decades after he had won in 1907, 1908 and 1911.

The incomparable "Lord" Byron Nelson won the Canadian Open on this date in 1945 for his record 11th consecutive PGA Tour victory, at Uplands & Thornhill C.C., on the way to winning a record 18 tournaments for the season.

Omar Uresti was born on this date in 1968, making him 54, if you can count your decades easily. Uresti typifies the journeyman aspect of PGA Tour life and now the Champions Tour, never a regular tour winner but somehow able to make a living by getting into as many tour events as possible. I got to see him first hand in July 2018 when I marshaled at the John Deere Classic on the 17th tee. He has a very exaggerated backswing motion prior to hitting the ball, but it is obviously effective for him.

The second PGA Championship to be played at stroke play ended on this date in 1959. Bob Rosburg scorched Minneapolis Golf Club with a final-round 66, allowing him a one-shot victory over Doug Sanders and Jerry Barber, who would win the title two years later.

On this date in 1914, Lloyd Mangrum was born in Trenton, Texas. A decorated World War II Army veteran, Mangrum won 36 tour events and won the 1946 U.S. Open. He finished second twice at the Masters. His distinguished appearance, which made him look like the image of a riverboat gambler, made Mangrum quite notable. He was made a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998.

The 1961 PGA Championship was due to conclude on July 30 at Olympia Fields in Illinois, but Don January and Jerry Barber tied at 277, just three under par. January was four shots ahead with three to play in regulation but Barber was a putting fiend, making 120 feet of putts on those holes, for a par and two birdies, to force the playoff. Twice Barber trailed by two shots in the playoff, but he came on to shoot 67 and win by one stroke on this date.

Today's date marks the 2006 Senior Open victory by American Loren Roberts in a playoff over Eduardo Romero of Argentina. On yesterday’s date, July 29, in another Senior Open result, this one at St. Andrews, Miguel Angel Jimenez won in 2018.

Diminutive Paul Runyan won his first of two PGA Championships on this date in 1934 when he defeated Craig Wood in 38 holes in the final at the Park Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, N.Y. At just 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds, Runyan gave up great length off the tee, but his prowess with fairway woods and his short game combined to be a great equalizer.

Jack Nicklaus tied with Chi Chi Rodriguez at two-over-par 282 at the 12th U.S. Senior Open Championship on this day at Oakland Hills' South Course. Nicklaus won the 18-hole playoff the next day 65-69.

The 1954 PGA Championship, the 36th playing, ended on this date when Chick Harbert beat Walter Burkemo, 4 and 3, at Keller Golf Club in St Paul, Minnesota.

The 1981 U.S. Women's Open was held at LaGrange Country Club, in a suburb of Chicago. It is noted for the great final-day battle between Pat Bradley and Beth Daniel, and for the ultimately failed effort by legendary Kathy Whitworth to win the major she never was able to win. Bradley birdied the final hole on this date after Daniel nearly eagled it, and that secured a nine-under-par total of 279 to win by one shot. Whitworth was third with 284 after taking a three-shot lead after 54 holes. But she shot 74 in the final round to Bradley's 66.

The 1982 U.S. Women's Open was completed on this date at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California. Janet Alex shot a final-round 68 for 283 (−5) to finish six shots ahead of four runners-up, including Beth Daniel, Donna White, JoAnne Carner and Sandra Haynie. Carner led after 36 holes but shot 75-75 afterward to lose her advantage.

Don January won the 1967 PGA Championship on this date in 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.

Mark Calcavecchia won a playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady on this date in the 1989 Open Championship at Troon. It was the first time the championship used a four-hole aggregate playoff to determine the winner. The three had tied at 13-under 275. Calcavecchia handily won the playoff at two under; Grady was one over and Norman's score was an X.

Seve Ballesteros memorably ended Tom Watson's bid to win a third straight Open Championship on this date in 1984 when he birdied the 18th at the Old Course while Watson was making bogey on No. 17. It would have been Watson's sixth Open, to tie him with Harry Vardon for the most all-time. With a normal Watson putting round, he would have won that championship, but he struggled on the greens early on and couldn't get going with the putter, shooting a 73. Ballesteros shot 12-under 276, two ahead of Watson and Bernhard Langer.

Jack Nicklaus won his first PGA Championship on this date in 1963 on the Blue Course at the Dallas Athletic Club. The course played tough. Nicklaus won at five under par by two shots over Dave Ragan. With the metal trophy sitting in heat more than 100 degrees, Jack had to pick up the trophy with a towel. Nicklaus won the long-drive contest on the eve of the first round with a drive more than 341 yards long.

Tom Watson put on a masterful performance in the 1980 Open Championship by shooting 271 at Muirfield, including a round of 69 on this date, and winning by four over second-place Lee Trevino.

The PGA Championship moved to the month of May in 2019, but it has actually been all around the calendar for much of its history. On this date in 1964, Bobby Nichols won the 46th playing at Columbus Country Club in Ohio. His nine-under 271 total beat a pair of heavyweights by three, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.