Since 1960, when Arnold Palmer ushered in the modern Grand Slam, the P.G.A. Championship had been the final major every year save for 1971, when it was in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and moved to February to avoid South Florida’s summer weather. “I was a pretty big fan of this date change,” Rory McIlroy, a two-time P.G.A. of America, which controls this championship, is a separate entity from the PGA Tour, the primary organizing body for professional men’s golf. Championship took place in May, in 1949, the winner was Sam Snead, whose all-time PGA Tour record of 82 victories Woods will equal with his next win.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2019 06:56 UTC