This Day in Golf History: August 12

On this date in 1973, Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Championship at Canterbury GC near Cleveland and passed Bobby Jones with 14 majors to take the all-time lead. Nicklaus won his third of five PGAs by four strokes over Bruce Crampton of Australia. On this date in 1949, Arnold Palmer won the West Penn Amateur at Oakmont, and in 1962, he won the American Golf Classic. This was also the date, in 1994, that Palmer played his final PGA Championship after playing 37 straight. He missed the cut by eight.