On August 6 in golf history — 1979: David Graham wins PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, plus 5 more moments from 1870–2017.
Scotland's James Braid, a five-time Open Championship winner and later a celebrated course architect, was born on August 6, 1870, in Earlsferry, Fife.
James BraidAmerican Doug Ford, the 1955 PGA Championship and 1957 Masters winner, was born on August 6, 1922. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.
Doug FordOn August 6, 1979, David Graham beat Ben Crenshaw in a sudden-death playoff to win the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills, the first of his two major titles.
David GrahamOn August 6, 1995, Billy Mayfair won the Motorola Western Open at Cog Hill, one of his PGA Tour titles.
On August 6, 2000, Tiger Woods won the WGC-NEC Invitational at Firestone by 11 strokes, finishing the final holes in near-darkness during his historic 2000 season.
Tiger WoodsOn August 6, 2017, Hideki Matsuyama won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone by five strokes for one of the biggest titles of his career.
Hideki Matsuyama