Golf - PGA Championship

PGA Championship

One of golfings majors, the PGA Championship represents golf at its finest. The golfers of the world have competed for over 80 years for the the Rodman Wanamaker Trophy. Even changes in golf equipment over the years has not made the selected courses any easier.

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Golf - PGA Championship

Golf - PGA Championship

At the exploratory meeting of The Professionals Golfers' Association of America on January 17, 1916, the idea for a national championship was conceived. Department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker, who hosted the meeting, would provide a trophy for the competition, as well as an initial purse of $2,580 for the match-play event.

The first PGA Championship was played in 1916 at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville, N.Y. England's Jim Barnes won the inaugural Championship, but the event was interrupted for two years by World War I. Barnes came back in 1919 to capture his second consecutive Championship and began his own era of domination. Hagen would go on to post his record-tying five PGA Championships in the 1920s. Gene Sarazen would claim victories in 1922, '23 and '33. Denny Shute captured the PGA Championship title in 1936 and 1937, becoming the first back-to-back winner before Tiger Woods in 2000. In 1958, the format of the PGA Championship was changed from match play to stroke play. In 1963, Jack Nicklaus won his first of a record-tying five PGA Championships. Over the past eight decades, the PGA Championship has developed into one of the premier sporting events in the world.

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Golf - PGA Championship

Golf - PGA Championship

Year	Winner	Site

2007	Tiger Woods	Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla
2006	Tiger Woods	Medinah CC, Medinah, IL
2005	Phil Mickelson	Baltusrol, Springfield, NJ
2004	Vijay Singh	Whistling Straits, WI
2003	Shaun Micheel	Oak Hill, Rochester NY
2002	Rich Beem	Hazeltine National Golf Club, Minneapolis, Mn
2001	David Toms	Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Ga.
2000	Tiger Woods	Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky.
1999	Tiger Woods	Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Ill.
1998	Vijay Singh	Sahalee, Redmond, Wash.
1997	Davis Love III	Winged Foot, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
1996	Mark Brooks	Valhalla, Louisville, Ky.
1995	Steve Elkington	Riviera, Los Angeles, Calif.
1994	Nick Price	Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla.
1993	Paul Azinger	Inverness, Toledo, Ohio
1992	Nick Price	Bellerive, St. Louis
1991	John Daly	Crooked Stick, Carmel, Ind.
1990	Wayne Grady	Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala.
1989	Payne Stewart	Kemper Lakes, Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
1988	Jeff Sluman	Oak Tree, Edmond, Okla.
1987	Larry Nelson	PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
1986	Bob Tway	Inverness, Toledo, Ohio
1985	Hubert Green	Cherry Hills, Denver
1984	Lee Trevino	Shoal Creek, Birmingham, Ala.
1983	Hal Sutton	Riviera, Pacific Palisades, Calif.
1982	Raymond Floyd	Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla.
1981	Larry Nelson	Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Ga.
1980	Jack Nicklaus	Oak Hill, Rochester, N.Y.
1979	David Graham	Oakland Hills, Birmingham, Mich.
1978	John Mahaffey	Oakmont, Oakmont, Pa.
1977	Lanny Wadkins	Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, Calif.
1976	Dave Stockton	Congressional, Bethesda, Md.
1975	Jack Nicklaus	Firestone, Akron, Ohio
1974	Lee Trevino	Tanglewood, Winston-Salem, N.C.
1973	Jack Nicklaus	Canterbury, Cleveland
1972	Gary Player	Oakland Hills, Birmingham, Ala.
1971	Jack Nicklaus	PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
1970	Dave Stockton	Southern Hills, Tulsa, Okla.
1969	Ray Floyd	NCR, Dayton, Ohio
1968	Julius Boros	Pecan Valley, San Antonio, Texas
1967	Don January	Columbine, Littleton, Colo.
1966	Al Geiberger	Firestone, Akron, Ohio
1965	Dave Marr	Laurel Valley, Ligonier, Pa.
1964	Bobby Nichols	Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
1963	Jack Nicklaus	Dallas Athletic Club, Dallas
1962	Gary Player	Aronomink, Newtown Square, Pa.
1961	Jerry Barber	Olympia Fields, Olympia Fields, Ill.
1960	Jay Hebert	Firestone, Akron, Ohio
1959	Bob Rosburg	Minneapolis, St. Louis Park, Minn.
1958	Dow Finsterwald	Llanerch, Havertown, Pa.
1957	Lionel Hebert	Miami Valley, Dayton, Ohio
1956	Jack Burke	Blue Hill, Boston
1955	Doug Ford	Meadowbrook, Detroit
1954	Chick Harbert	Keller, St. Paul, Minn.
1953	Walter Burkemo	Birmingham, Birmingham, Mich.
1952	Jim Turnesa	Big Spring, Louisville, Ky.
1951	Sam Snead	Oakmont, Oakmont, Pa.
1950	Chandler Harper	Scioto, Columbus, Ohio
1949	Sam Snead	Hermitage, Richmond, Va.
1948	Ben Hogan	Norwood Hills, St. Louis
1947	Jim Ferrier	Plum Hollow, Detroit
1946	Ben Hogan	Portland, Portland, Ore.
1945	Byron Nelson	Morraine, Dayton, Ohio
1944	Bob Hamilton	Manito, Spokane, Wash.
1943	No championship played
1942	Sam Snead	Seaview, Atlantic City, N.J.
1941	Vic Ghezzi	Cherry Hills, Denver
1940	Byron Nelson	Hershey, Hershey, Pa.
1939	Henry Picard	Pomonok, Flushing, N.Y.
1938	Paul Runyan	Shawnee, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa.
1937	Denny Shute	Pittsburgh, Aspinwall, Pa.
1936	Denny Shute	Pinehurst, Pinehurst, N.C.
1935	Johnny Revolta	Twin Hills, Okla. City, Okla.
1934	Paul Runyan	Park, Williamsville, N.Y.
1933	Gene Sarazen	Blue Mound, Milwaukee
1932	Olin Dutra	Keller, St. Paul, Minn.
1931	Tom Creavy	Wannamoisett, Rumford, R.I.
1930	Tommy Armour	Fresh Meadow, Flushing, N.Y.
1929	Leo Diegel	Hillcrest, Los Angeles
1928	Leo Diegel	Five Farms, Baltimore
1927	Walter Hagen	Cedar Crest, Dallas
1926	Walter Hagen	Salisbury, Westbury, N.Y.
1925	Walter Hagen	Olympia Fields, Olympia Fields, Ill.
1924	Walter Hagen	French Lick, French Lick, Ind.
1923	Gene Sarazen	Pelham, Pelham, N.Y.
1922	Gene Sarazen	Oakmont, Oakmont, Pa.
1921	Walter Hagen	Inwood, Far Rockaway, N.Y.
1920	Jock Hutchison	Flossmoor, Flossmoor, Ill.
1919	James M. Barnes	Engineers, Roslyn, N.Y.
1918	No championship played
1917	No championship played
1916	James M. Barnes	Siwanoy, Bronxville, N.Y.