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Sunday 6 August 1978Men’s majorsYear in Review
Mahaffey wins PGA Championship
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pennsylvania · Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August 1978 · purse $300,240 · winner's share $50,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 58 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 66° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R129°/20°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 43 · 14.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/17°C · wind 9 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R327°/16°C · wind 10 km/h ENE, gusts 27 · 4.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R426°/21°C · wind 8 km/h NE, gusts 26 · 16.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
149 started, 72 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Jerry Pate, Tom Watson
The golfer
b. 1948-05-09, Kerrville, Texas, USA; United States; age 30 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet