The Road to Oak Hill
The 69th Senior PGA Championship visits renowned Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., for the first time, May 19-25. PGA NEWS continues a series of celebrating special moments in the history of the most prestigious event in senior golf.
1979 (December) -- A New Era
Turnberry Isle Country Club -- North Miami, Fla.
The 41st Senior PGA Championship, the second Championship played in 1979, preceded one of the biggest success stories in professional sports in the 1980s -- the formation of the Senior PGA Tour (now Champions Tour). The Championship, contested at Turnberry Isle Country Club in North Miami, Fla., featured a $100,000 purse, double the previous five years.
Don January, 26 days past his 50th birthday, was unyielding in crafting an 18-under-par 270 on the South Course to defeat George Bayer of Detroit, Mich., by eight strokes. January's winning total was the second lowest in Championship history.
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