On August 10 in golf history — 1975: Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Championship at Firestone, plus 5 more moments from 1960–2014.
Kenny Perry, a 14-time PGA Tour winner and prolific Champions Tour player, was born on August 10, 1960. He lost the 2009 Masters in a playoff to Angel Cabrera.
On August 10, 1975, Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship at Firestone by two strokes, the fourth of his record-tying five PGA titles.
Jack NicklausOn August 10, 1980, Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship at Oak Hill by seven strokes, his fifth PGA title in the same year he won the U.S. Open.
Jack NicklausOn August 10-11, 1986, Bob Tway holed a greenside bunker shot on the 72nd hole at Inverness to beat Greg Norman and win the PGA Championship, his only major.
Bob TwayOn August 10, 2008, Padraig Harrington won the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills by two over Ben Curtis and Sergio Garcia, his second major in three weeks.
Padraig HarringtonOn August 10, 2014, Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship at Valhalla by one over Phil Mickelson, his second PGA title and fourth major.
Rory McIlroy