Tags: Golf Tournament, Tournament.
The 1979 PGA Championship was the 61st PGA Championship played August 2–5 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township Michigan a suburb northwest of Detroit. After a double-bogey on the 72nd hole David Graham won the first of his two major titles on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff with Ben Crenshaw. Through 17 holes in the final round Graham was seven-under with seven birdies and ten pars.