This Day in PGA Ch. Golf--Aug. 9

Hall of Fame member Larry Nelson won two PGA championships, and they both were won on Aug. 9. The first one came in 1981 at Atlanta Athleltic Club. Nelson led Fuzzy Zoeller by four after three rounds and won by that many after he and Zoeller shot final-round 71s. The second PGA was won in 1987 when Nelson beat Lanny Wadkins in a sudden-death playoff at the steamy Champion Course at PGA National. The playoff began on the par-4 10th. Both players missed the green, but Nelson chipped to six feet and made his putt and Wadkins chipped to four feet and missed his par putt. It was the final major win for Nelson, who had also won the 1983 U.S. Open.