Where: Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville, N.Y. 

Synopsis: After qualifying through sectional tournaments, 32 players were in the field for the inaugural PGA Championship in 1916. Jim Barnes, a former caddie and a club-maker's apprentice from Lelant, Cornwall, England, defeated Jock Hutchinson in the 36-hole final, 1-up. Barnes also won the second PGA Championship in 1919 (the tournament was not played in 1917-18 due to World War I).

Year: 1927
Where: Cedar Crest Country Club, Dallas, Texas
Synopsis: Walter Hagen defeated Joe Turnesa 1-up in a dramatic ending to an amazing feat -- Hagen's record fifth PGA Championship. Turnesa shot a 71 to Hagen's 77 over the first 18, but only led by two holes. And in the second 18, but Hagen rallied as Turnesa appeared to get nervous and began missing putts that he had made earlier in the week. Hagen finally pulled ahead on the 31st hole and held on to win.

Year: 1928
Where: Five Farms Country Club, Baltimore, Md.
Synopsis: In a stunning upset, five-time champion Walter Hagen lost to Leo Diegel in the quarterfinals, ending Hagen's amazing streak of 22 straight PGA Championship match-play victories. Diegel went on to win the title, and won again in 1929.

Year: 1930
Where: Fresh Meadows Country Club, Flushing Meadow, N.Y.
Synopsis: Gene Sarazen, playing on his home course at the time, faced Tommy Armour in a true battle of heavyweights, and neither player could secure the upper hand. With the match tied, both players found the greenside bunker on the 36th hole. Armour blasted out 12 feet past the cup, while Sarazen knocked his shot 10 feet away. Armour's putt barely fell in, then Sarazen missed to give Armour the victory.

Year: 1933
Where: Blue Mound Country Club, Wauwatosa, Wis.
Synopsis: Before the tournament began, Tommy Armour pronounced Gene Sarazen "all washed up." That remark lit a fire under Sarazen, who spent the whole week routing his competitors. Facing Willie Goggin in the final, the Squire won by an easy 5&4. As he received the Wanamaker Trophy for the third time, he told the crowd, "pretty good for a washed-up golfer."

Year: 1942
Where: Seaview Country Club, Atlantic City, N.J.
Synopsis: Sam Snead won his first major championship then reported to the Navy the very next day, so it was more than coincidence that he defeated U.S. Army Corporal Jim Turnesa, 2&1, in the final. The match ended on the 35th hole, where Snead drained a 60-foot chip shot for birdie. Turnesa had defeated Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan and Harold 'Jug' McSpaden en route to the final.

Where: Moraine Country Club, Kettering, Ohio 

Synopsis: Byron Nelson had a magical season in 1945, winning 18 tournaments, including an unthinkable 11 in a row. The 1945 PGA Championship -- the only major played in 1945 due to World War II -- was Nelson's ninth consecutive win in the string of 11 straight. At the time, the PGA Championship was contested with a match-play format. Nelson defeated Sam Byrd 4-and-3 in the 36-hole championship match. For a little more perspective on Nelson's win streak, consider this (if you can): he won every tournament he entered from March-August of 1945.

Year: 1956
Where: Blue Hill G&CC, Canton, Mass.
Synopsis: Jack Burke Jr. defeated Ted Kroll, 3&2, in the final of the first PGA Championship to feature a 128-man field. Burke trailed by three early in the second 18 of the 36-hole finale but rallied by winning five of the next seven holes to claim the Wanamaker Trophy. The win gave Burke two majors on the year, as he also won the Masters earlier that season.

Year: 1958
Where: Llanerch Country Club, Havertown, Pa.
Synopsis: The 1958 PGA Championship was the first to be contested as a 72-hole stroke-play event, as all previous editions had been match-play affairs. It also was the first PGA Championship to be televised, as CBS showed the final three holes and the trophy ceremony. Dow Finsterwald, best known as the longtime head professional at the Broadmoor, came from behind to defeat Billy Casper by two.

Year: 1963
Where: Dallas Athletic Club, Dallas, Texas
Synopsis: In 100-degree heat, Jack Nicklaus defeated Dave Ragan by two shots to win the first of his five career PGA Championships. And at age 23, Nicklaus joined Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Gene Sarazen as the only men to win the PGA, the Masters and the U.S. Open. Bruce Crampton had led by three shots after 54 holes, but Nicklaus surged to a final-round 68 to secure the victory.

Year: 1968
Where: Pecan Valley Country Club, San Antonio, Texas
Synopsis: Julius Boros survived the wilting Texas heat to defeat Arnold Palmer and Bob Charles by one shot in the 50th PGA Championship. Palmer made a magnificent par on the final hole after watching several birdie putts barely stay out throughout his round. But Boros knocked a long chip to within two feet for a par of his own and became, at age 48, the oldest winner in PGA Championship history.

Year: 1971
Where: PGA National, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Synopsis: Jack Nicklaus earned a wire-to-wire victory, topping Billy Casper to complete his second career Grand Slam. This PGA Championship also earned a place in history by being played in February – only six months after the 1970 PGA Championship. PGA officials moved the event to February as an experiment to increase attendance both at the course and on TV, but went back to summer in 1972.

Where: Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif. 

Synopsis: Lanny Wadkins carded just one birdie in the final round of the 59th PGA Championship and was it ever a timely one, as he snagged it at the 72nd hole. Wadkins began the final round trailing by six shots. Gene Littler, winner of the 1961 U.S. Open, was the 54-hole leader and had a commanding five-shot lead when he made the turn on Sunday. However, Littler dropped five shots in six holes and was tied with Wadkins at the end of regulation setting up the first sudden-death playoff in major championship history. Wadkins won on the third hole of the playoff -- his only major victory.

Where: Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa. 

Synopsis: Talk about a comeback. John Mahaffey started the final round of the 60th PGA Championship at Oakmont trailing no less than Tom Watson by seven shots with 14 holes to play. After some late blunders by Watson and some solid play by Mahaffey, the tournament came down to a three-way playoff with Jerry Pate also along for the ride. After all three players parred the first playoff hole, Mahaffey ended things by making a 12-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to pick up his only major win. Incidentally, the PGA Championship is the only one of the four majors that still eludes Watson. In 1978, he had his best chance.

Where: Atlanta Athletic Club, Johns Creek, Ga. 

Synopsis: Ask any PGA Tour player and he'll tell you -- outside of a major, a tournament played at home is the most difficult to win. That's what makes Nelson's triumph at the Atlanta Athletic Club in the 63rd PGA Championship so special. This particular major was a home game for Nelson, who hails from northwest Atlanta. The win, by four shots over Fuzzy Zoeller, was set up by a pair of 66s in the second and third round and eventually became the first of Nelson's three majors.

Where: Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio 

Synopsis: Then little-known Bob Tway delivered one of the most thrilling finishes you will ever see in a major championship. Tied with Greg Norman going into the 72nd hole, it looked as if Norman was on the verge of winning. He was on the green in two shots, while Tway found a greenside bunker. Tway proceeded to hole the bunker shot for the most unlikely of birdies and celebrated in the bunker as Norman looked on in disbelief. Norman tried to compose himself, but sent his birdie effort to match Tway 10 feet past the hole and walked off with bogey.

Where: Oak Tree Golf Club, Edmond, Okla. 

Synopsis: All along, it looked as if Paul Azinger was on pace for his first major championship win. While he shot 71 on the last day, not bad at all in a major, it wasn't enough for Azinger to hold off hard-charging Jeff Sluman. Slu put together the type of round player's dream about, firing a final-round 65, which included an eagle-3 at the 590-yard, par-5 fifth hole by holing a wedge shot from 115 yards out. Sluman's fantastic final round led to a three-shot victory over Azinger and remains his lone major win.

Where: Inverness Club, Toldeo, Ohio 

Synopsis: At the time, Paul Azinger held the dreaded media title of, "best-player-never-to-have-won-a-major." By week's end, that title was no longer Zinger's. With all four rounds in the 60s, Azinger was tied at 12 under with Greg Norman at the end of regulation in the 75th PGA Championship. Azinger won on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff, two-putting for par from 8 feet, while Norman missed a 4-foot par putt that would have extended the playoff. Azinger's victory meant Norman joined Craig Wood in the history books as the only two players to lose all four majors in a playoff.

Year: 1997 

Where: Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaronack, N.Y. 

Synopsis: With a dramatic rainbow hanging over the final hole -- which many believed to be symbolic of the late Davis Love Jr. looking down on his son -- Davis Love III holed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th green at Winged Foot to put the final touch on a magnicent five-shot victory over good friend Justin Leonard in the 79th PGA Championship. The victory meant Love was no longer the best player never to have won a major.