On August 23 in golf history — 1929: Five-time Open champion Peter Thomson born, plus 4 more moments from 1929–2009.
Australian Peter Thomson, who won the Open Championship five times between 1954 and 1965, was born on August 23, 1929, in Melbourne.
Peter ThomsonIn the summer of 1959 Bob Rosburg won the PGA Championship in Minneapolis, the only major title of a long PGA Tour career.
Bob RosburgIn August 1981 Larry Nelson won his first PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club, a turning point in a Hall of Fame career.
Larry NelsonIn August 1998 Vijay Singh won the PGA Championship at Sahalee, the first of three major titles for the tireless Fijian.
Vijay SinghAfter his August 2009 PGA win over Tiger Woods at Hazeltine, Y.E. Yang inspired a generation of Asian golfers as the first Asian-born men's major champion.
Y.E. Yang