May 30, If you count Jim Barnes winning in 1916 and 1919 with the two middle years taken off for World War I, the PGA Championship has been won in consecutive years eight times. Tiger Woods did it twice, and Walter Hagen won four in a row, 1924-1927!

 

May 23, 2002, with days of turning 90, Sam Snead passed away in Hot Springs, VA.  He was born on May 27, 1912, the same year as Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson.  1912 was a pretty good year for Golf!

 

May 16, 1930, In the sixth Walker Cup Match that started May 15, 1930, and ended on the 16th, U.S. captain and player Bobby Jones led the Americans to a 10-2 victory over Great Britain & Ireland at Royal St. George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England.

 

May 15, 1931, Ken Venturi was born.  After retiring from the Tour in 1967 with a total of 14 career wins, Venturi spent the next 35 years working as a color commentator and lead analyst for CBS Sports – the longest lead analyst stint in sports broadcasting history, made remarkable by the fact that he had a stutter, which he was able to manage in his adult years. He retired from broadcasting at age 71 in June 2002

 

May 14, 1995, Kelly Robbins won the only major of her career by one shot over Laura Davies at DuPont Country Club in the LPGA Championship. 

 

May 10, 1929, Walter Hagen won his fourth Open Championship, and 11th and final major championship at Muirfield, Scotland. His winning score was 12 over par, and that shot was 6 over fellow American Johnny Farrell. Known for his outsized personality and colorful wardrobe, Hagen is in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

 

May 6, 1962, the year he won two majors, Arnold Palmer won the Tournament of Champions. He had scores of 69-70-69-68 for 276 and first prize of $11,000.

 

May 3, 1990, Brooks Koepka, five-time major championship winner, was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. Also, on this date in 1964, the late Pete Brown won the Waco Turner Open at Turner Lodge in Burneyville, Oklahoma, becoming the first African-American to win an official PGA Tour event.