Golf Network News
Sunday 9 August 1981Men’s majorsYear in Review
Nelson wins PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club, Duluth, Georgia · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 August 1981 · purse $401,050 · 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
13 h 27 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R132°/23°C · wind 13 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 4.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R230°/22°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 31 · 22.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/22°C · wind 12 km/h WSW, gusts 37 · 8.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R431°/21°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the town centre 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.
147 started, 78 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club (Highlands Course), Duluth
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Fuzzy Zoeller
The golfer
b. 1947-09-10, Fort Payne, Alabama, USA; United States; 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