This Day in Open Ch. History: July 20

On this date in 1980, Tom Watson won his third Open Championship, a four-stroke victory over Lee Trevino at Muirfield Golf Club. Regarding a different major, on this date in 1958, history was made for the PGA Championship and Dow Finsterwald. It was the first year the PGA was competed at stroke play after previously played at match play. Finsterwald, a close friend of Arnold Palmer’s who was almost exactly the same age, won by two shots over Billy Casper at Llanerch C.C. in Havertown, Pennsylvania. It was also the first PGA Palmer played and he tied for 40th.