Major Improvement
For much of its 89 years, the PGA Championship has been like the youngest child in a family: a runty afterthought, a little scrappy and even a tad rough and tumble (back in 1947, at Plum Hollow Country club in Detroit, winner Jim Ferrier paid two cops $50 apiece to ensure that no spectators would kick or steal his ball). But while the PGA may lack the pageantry of the Masters, the cachet of the U.S. Open, or the tradition of the British Open, it has quietly carved out its own niche, one defined by some of the most colorful, curious and climactic moments in major championship history. Here are some of those moments — both grand and grisly — and a look at why the PGA might now be the most thrilling major of all.
Credit: John Biever/SI
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