May 28

May 28 in Golf History

On May 28 in golf history — 1956: Jack Burke Jr. wins PGA Championship, plus 5 more moments from 1899–2017.

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1899 Record

Willie Smith wins U.S. Open by 11

Scottish-born Willie Smith won the 1899 U.S. Open at Baltimore by 11 strokes, a record margin of victory that stood for decades.

Willie Smith
1956 Championship

Jack Burke Jr. wins PGA Championship

Jack Burke Jr. capped a remarkable 1956 by winning the PGA Championship at Blue Hill, adding to his Masters title earlier that spring.

Jack Burke Jr.
1978 Championship

Tom Watson wins Byron Nelson Classic

Tom Watson, the dominant player of the late 1970s, won the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in Texas during a stretch of multiple Player of the Year awards.

Tom Watson
1995 Championship

Tom Lehman wins Colonial

Tom Lehman, who would win the 1996 Open Championship, captured the Colonial National Invitation in Fort Worth for a key PGA Tour title.

Tom Lehman
2000 Championship

Phil Mickelson wins Colonial

Phil Mickelson won the MasterCard Colonial in Fort Worth, one of his many PGA Tour titles during a decorated career that produced six major championships.

Phil Mickelson
2017 Championship

Kevin Kisner wins Colonial

Kevin Kisner closed with a 67 to win the Dean & DeLuca Invitational at Colonial by one stroke for his second PGA Tour title.