On August 12 in golf history — 1962: Gary Player wins PGA Championship at Aronimink, plus 5 more moments from 1891–2018.
John McDermott, the first American-born U.S. Open champion (1911) and still the youngest at age 19, was born on August 12, 1891, in Philadelphia.
John McdermottOn July 22, 1962 Gary Player won the PGA Championship at Aronimink; he remained a global force across five decades of major golf.
Gary PlayerOn August 12, 1984, Lee Trevino won the PGA Championship at Shoal Creek by four strokes, the sixth and final major title of his Hall of Fame career.
Lee TrevinoOn August 12, 1990, Australian Wayne Grady won the PGA Championship at Shoal Creek by three strokes for his only major title.
Wayne GradyOn August 12, 2012, Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by eight strokes, a record margin for the event and his second major.
Rory McIlroyOn August 12, 2018, Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship at Bellerive over Tiger Woods, the last August edition before the major moved to May.
Brooks Koepka