On October 6 in golf history — 2019: Kevin Na wins Shriners in playoff, plus 4 more moments from 1922–2024.
By the early 1920s Walter Hagen was the game's first great professional showman, a figure who would win five PGA Championships and transform the pro's standing.
Walter HagenBob May, who famously pushed Tiger Woods to a playoff at the 2000 PGA Championship at Valhalla in one of the great major duels, was born on this day.
Walter Hagen, the flamboyant 11-time major champion who transformed the status of the touring professional, died on this day at age 76.
Walter HagenKevin Na beat Patrick Cantlay in a playoff to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas.
Kevin Yu beat Beau Hossler on the first playoff hole to win the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi for his first PGA Tour title.