A 60 Year Old Contends for the 1972 PGA Championship

On August 6, 1972, Sam Snead was contending in the final round of PGA Championship on the same course where he nearly won the U.S. Open in 1937

OAKLAND HILL COUNTRY CLUB, BLOOMFIELD, MI - August 7, 1972

At the end of the third round of play on Saturday the leader in the PGA Championship by 1 stroke was Gary Player. He is one of just 4 golfers in history to win all 4 of golf’s professional major championships, a feat known as the Grand Slam (the other three are Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan and Jack N…