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  • Almanac -- Playoff history

    YEAR RESULT
    1996 Mark Brooks def. Kenny Perry on the first playoff hole at Valhalla
    1995 Steve Elkington def. Colin Montgomerie on the first playoff hole at Riviera
    1993 Paul Azinger def. Greg Norman on the second playoff hole at Inverness
    1987 Larry Nelson def. Lanny Wadkins on the first playoff hole at PGA National
    1979 David Graham def. Ben Crenshaw on the third playoff hole at Oakland Hills
    1978 John Mahaffey def. Jerry Pate and Tom Watson on the second playoff hole at Oakmont
    1977 Lanny Wadkins def. Gene Littler on the third playoff hole at Pebble Beach
    1967 Don January (69) def. Don Massengale (71) at Columbine
    1961 Jerry Barber (67) def. Don January (68) at Olympia Fields
    1941 Vic Ghezzi def. Byron Nelson, 1-up, 38 holes, at Cherry Hills
    1939 Henry Picard def. Byron Nelson, 1-up, 37 holes, at Pomonok
    1937 Denny Shute def. Harold McSpaden, 1-up, 37 holes, at Pittsburgh
    1934 Paul Runyan def. Craig Wood, 1-up, 38 holes, at Park Club of Buffalo
    1923 Gene Sarazen def. Walter Hagen, 1-up, 38 holes, at Pelham
    Note: The PGA switched from match play to stroke play in 1958; A sudden-death playoff format began in 1977



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