Golf Network News
Sunday 5 August 1979Men’s majorsYear in Review
Graham wins PGA Championship
Oakland Hills Country Club, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · Thursday 2 to Sunday 5 August 1979 · purse $350,600 · winner's share $60,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 09 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 64° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 21 km/h W, gusts 66 · 13.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/15°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/19°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 27 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/19°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 45 · 29 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.
150 started, 74 (cut at 146) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Township
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Ben Crenshaw
The golfer
b. 1946-05-23, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Australia; age 33 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