Golf Network News
Sunday 19 August 1984Men’s majorsYear in Review
Trevino wins PGA Championship
Shoal Creek Club, Birmingham, Alabama · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 August 1984 · purse $700,000 · winner's share $125,000
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 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 69° up at noon, and that night a last-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R131°/21°C · wind 7 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/22°C · wind 9 km/h N, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/20°C · wind 13 km/h N, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R429°/22°C · wind 10 km/h NNW, gusts 33 · 3.9 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.
148 started, 70 (cut at 148) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
PGA Championship
Shoal Creek, Birmingham
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Lanny Wadkins, Gary Player
The golfer
b. 1939-12-01, Dallas, Texas, USA; United States; age 44 at the win (year page); 6th 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