This Day in Golf History--August 3

On this day in 1979 at Oakland Hills in Birmingham, Michigan, Sam Snead made the cut at the PGA Championship. He had rounds of 73-71 to make the cut by two strokes, and become the oldest player to make the cut at a major at age 67 years 2 months 7 days. He shot 71-73 on the weekend to tie for 42nd.