Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1978 PGA Championship was the 60th PGA Championship played August 3-6 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont Pennsylvania a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. John Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson.Watson led the tournament each day and held a five-shot lead after 54 holes but he faltered on Sunday with a 73 (+2) in his best opportunity for a PGA Championship the only major he has never won.