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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 1978_PGA_Championship1978 PGA Championship - Wikipedia

    The 1978 PGA Championship was the 60th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. John Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson.

  4. www.golfcompendium.com › 2018/11/1978-pga1978 PGA Championship Winner and Scores - Golf Compendium

    The winner needed the biggest final-round comeback in PGA Championship history to get that victory. Winner: John Mahaffey, 276. Where it was played: Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania. Tournament dates: August 3-6, 1978. Leader after first round: Tom Watson, 67.

  5. www.pga.com › archive › eventsHow John Mahaffey pulled off the greatest comeback in PGA ...

    • Chasing Down Watson
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    It is Sunday, August 6, 1978. Mahaffey had come alive with 67 and 68 in the second and third rounds, but Watson is still a cloud of dust, far off on the horizon, seven shots ahead. Mahaffey walks to the first tee hardly pondering paths to victory. “I wanted to finish in the top five because I knew for sure that would get me in a lot of golf tournam...

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    “All the different things that you try not to think about in the back of your mind, that I probably was thinking about in the U.S Opens — 'If I win this, what’s going to happen?' — you get ahead of yourself. That week I did not get ahead of myself. I’m proud of that fact." And ... “Back then we didn’t think about the money so much as winning the ti...

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    “I’ve always been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time,” he says. He mentions meeting Hogan, winning the Tournament Players’ Championship just when his 10-year exemption was nearing an end. And the 1978 PGA. The memories mean a lot. They seem reborn each August. “They always do, and they always will.” And there is only one downside ...

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    May 22, 2023 · No one has won the PGA Championship in the stroke play era more than Jack Nicklaus. The Golden Bear holds the record with five wins in the tournament, having collected victories in 1963, 1971...

  8. www.britannica.com › sports › PGA-ChampionshipPGA Championship - Winners, Records, History | Britannica

    1978 John Mahaffey** 1979 David Graham (Austl.)** 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982 Raymond Floyd 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989

    Year
    Winner*
    2023
    Brooks Koepka
    2022
    Justin Thomas**
    2021
    Phil Mickelson
    2020
    Collin Morikawa

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  10. www.nbcsportsboston.com › golf › every-pgaEvery PGA Championship winner in tournament history

    May 16, 2023 · 2022 - Justin Thomas. 2021 - Phil Mickelson. 2020 - Collin Morikawa. 2019 - Brooks Koepka. 2018 - Brooks Koepka. 2017 - Justin Thomas. 2016 - Jimmy Walker. 2015 - Jason Day. 2014 - Rory McIlroy. 2013 - Jason Dufner. 2012 - Rory McIlroy. 2011 - Keegan Bradley. 2010 - Martin Kaymer. 2009 - Y.E. Yang. 2008 - Padraig Harrington.

  11. golf.fandom.com › wiki › 1978_PGA_Championship1978 PGA Championship | Golf Wiki | Fandom

    John Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson. [1] [2] Watson led the tournament each day and held a five-shot lead after 54 holes, but he faltered on Sunday with a 73 (+2) in his best opportunity for a PGA Championship, the only major he has never won.

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