PGA Championship Playoff History
Posted: Tue August 12, 1997 at 8:45 p.m. EDT
1996 - Mark Brooks def. Kenny Perry on the first playoff hole
at Valhalla Country Club, Louisville, Kentucky
1995 - Steve Elkington def. Colin Montgomerie on the first playoff
hole at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles, California
1993 - Paul Azinger def. Greg Norman on the second playoff hole
at Inverness, Toledo, Ohio
1987 - Larry Nelson def. Lanny Wadkins on the first playoff
hole at PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1979 - David Graham def. Ben Crenshaw on the third playoff hole
at Oakland Hills, Birmingham, Michigan
1978 - John Mahaffey def. Jerry Pate and Tom Watson on the
second playoff hole at Oakmont, Oakmont, Pennsylvania
1977 - Lanny Wadkins def. Gene Littler on the third playoff
hole at Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach, California
1967 - Don January (69) def. Don Massengale (71) at Columbine,
Denver
1961 - Jerry Barber (67) def. Don January (68) at Olympia
Fields, Olympia Fields, Illinois
1941 - Vic Ghezzi def. Byron Nelson, 1-up, 38 holes, at Cherry
Hills, Denver
1939 - Henry Picard def. Byron Nelson, 1-up, 37 holes, at
Pomonok, Flushing, New York
1937 - Denny Shute def. Harold McSpaden, 1-up, 37 holes, at
Pittsburgh, Aspinwall, Pennsylvania
1934 - Paul Runyan def. Craig Wood, 1-up, 38 holes, at Park
Club of Buffalo, Williamsville, New York
1923 - Gene Sarazen def. Walter Hagen, 1-up, 38 holes, at
Pelham, Pelham Manor, New York
* The PGA switched from match play to stroke play in 1958
* A sudden-death playoff format began in 1977
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