PGA Championship

Despite Champion John Daly’s complaints of tight fairways and tiny greens, Paul Azinger heeded the advice of former PGA Champion and Inverness Club professional, Byron Nelson, who had suggested earlier in the week to play for the middle of the greens while at Inverness. Azinger strung together four birdies in a row in the final round, shooting a 12-under-par 272, tying him with Australian Greg Norman, the hard-luck runner-up at Inverness, in the 1986 PGA Championship.

Norman had a chance to avoid the tie in the regulation 72 holes, but his 10-foot birdie attempt grazed the hole. The twelfth playoff in Championship history began on the Inverness signature 357-yard, par-4 18^th hole. Again, Norman missed the birdie putt. This time, the ball spun around and away from the cup. Moving to the par-4 10^th hole, Norman fired a wedge shot 30-feet above the cup and Azinger pitched to within eight feet. Norman left his birdie attempt four feet above the cup and Azinger missed, grazing the cup with his putt, before tapping in for par. Norman carefully studied his par putt, but again the ball grazed the cup and spun out. The Australian-born Norman became the second player in history to lose playoffs in all four major championships. For Azinger, it was his first major championship.