This Day in Golf History: May 31

Bobby Jones got his Grand Slam feat of 90 years ago started on this date in 1930 by winning the British Amateur at St. Andrews. He won a 7-and-6 contest with Englishman Roger Wethered. Also, the PGA Championship is mainly associated with being played in August for many years until it switched to a new date in May, but it’s actually been spread throughout the calendar. On this last-day-in-May date in 1949, Sam Snead won the PGA at the Hermitage in Richmond, Va., beating Johnny Palmer, 3 and 2. Snead, “the ageless one,” was 37 years old and had won the Masters earlier in the year. He also won the PGA in 1942 and 1951.