Tiger Woods Wins PGA Championship: First to Win Three Majors in a Calendar Year Since Hogan
Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship at Valhalla, becoming the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to capture three major titles in a single calendar year. The victory extended his stranglehold on professional golf and set up his unprecedented run of holding all four major trophies simultaneously the following spring.
August 21, 2000
26 years ago
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