On September 14 in golf history — 1997: Davis Love III wins PGA Championship, plus 5 more moments from 1899–2014.
Willie Smith won the 1899 U.S. Open at Baltimore Country Club by a record 11 strokes, a winning margin that stood as the largest for decades.
Willie SmithNotah Begay III, a four-time PGA Tour winner, college teammate of Tiger Woods at Stanford, and prominent broadcaster, was born on this day in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Englishman Oliver Wilson played on Europe's 2008 Ryder Cup team and won the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship for his first European Tour title.
American golfer Tony Finau, a multiple-time PGA Tour winner and Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup team member, was born on this day in Salt Lake City, Utah.
With a rainbow over the 18th green at Winged Foot, Davis Love III won the 1997 PGA Championship by five strokes for his lone major title.
Davis Love IIIBilly Horschel won the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills, the second of his back-to-back playoff victories that delivered him the 2014 FedEx Cup.