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.

1961 -- Runyan Closes the Door
PGA National Golf Club -- Dunedin, Fla.

With a record gallery of 20,000 spectators touring PGA National Golf Club in Dunedin, Fla., Paul Runyan of La Jolla, Calif., delighted the gallery with a record 10-under-par 278 performance to ease the sting of finishing runner-up the previous two years. Runyan finished three strokes ahead of Jimmy Demaret.

Buck White of Greenwood, Miss., set a sizzling pace for the tournament with a first-round 63, the lowest 18-hole round in tournament history. Arnold Palmer matched White's score 23 years later. But White's hot start wasn't enough. He faded to share 12th place.