TLDR:
- 1924: Walter Hagen won his second PGA Championship title.
- 1949: Sam Snead won both the Masters and the PGA Championship in the same year.
A look back at key anniversaries at the PGA Championship, including Walter Hagen’s victory in 1924, Sam Snead’s historic win in 1949, Lee Trevino’s triumph over Jack Nicklaus in 1974, Tiger Woods breaking his major drought in 1999, Vijay Singh’s playoff victory in 2004, Rory McIlroy’s back-to-back wins in 2014, and Brooks Koepka’s wire-to-wire victory in 2019.
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP ’24: Looking back at Tiger Woods and key anniversaries
A look at some of the anniversaries this year at the PGA Championship:
100 years ago (1924) One year after losing to Gene Sarazen in the championship match, Walter Hagen captured the second of his five PGA Championship titles with a 2-up victory over Jim Barnes in Indiana.
75 years ago (1949) Sam Snead became the first player to win the Masters and the PGA Championship in the same year.
50 years ago (1974) Lee Trevino continued his mastery over Jack Nicklaus in the majors.
25 years ago (1999) Tiger Woods had gone 10 majors without winning since his 12-shot victory in the 1997 Masters.
20 years ago (2004) In the first major at Whistling Straits, Vijay Singh won his second PGA title.
10 years ago (2014) Rory McIlroy capped off the best summer of his career by winning his second straight major.
5 years ago (2019) The PGA Championship moved to May for the first time in some seven decades, and Brooks Koepka joined Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners in stroke play.