On May 18 in golf history — 1958: Dow Finsterwald wins first stroke-play PGA, plus 5 more moments from 1937–2025.
Ralph Guldahl won back-to-back U.S. Opens in 1937 and 1938 and the 1939 Masters, a three-year stretch as one of the best players in the world before a sudden loss of form.
Ralph GuldahlDow Finsterwald won the 1958 PGA Championship, the first year the event switched from match play to stroke play, holding off Billy Casper by two strokes.
Dow FinsterwaldTom Watson won his first major at the 1975 Open Championship at Carnoustie, the beginning of a Hall of Fame career that produced eight major titles.
Tom WatsonDavis Love III won the 1997 PGA Championship at Winged Foot by five strokes, finishing under a rainbow as he completed his lone major title.
Davis Love IIIAdam Scott, the 2013 Masters champion, ascended to World No. 1 for the first time in May 2014, becoming the first Australian to top the men's rankings.
Adam ScottScottie Scheffler shot 11-under 273 to win the 2025 PGA Championship by five strokes at Quail Hollow, capturing his third major title and first Wanamaker Trophy.
Scottie Scheffler