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.

1949 -- One Timely Stroke
PGA National Golf Club -- Dunedin, Fla.

Marshall Crichton of Durham, N.C., picked an opportune moment for golf's dream stroke, when he aced the 147-yard 16th hole in the final round of the 10th Senior PGA Championship. Crichton's final-round 72 and 1-over-par 145 total was a stroke better than the runner-up trio of two-time champion Jock Hutchison of Golf, Ill., Louis Chiapetta of Sylvania, Ohio; and George Smith of Chicago.

Hutchison, who seemed to have always found a way into the thick of the Senior PGA Championship battle, missed his chance to grab a share of the lead after making a bogey on his final hole. Crichton enjoyed his spotlight moment: he tied for 31st in 1953 -- his only other appearance among the top 40 in the Championship.