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1978 PGA Championship

The 1978 PGA Championship was the 60th PGA Championship, played August 3–6 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb northeast of Pittsburgh. John Mahaffey won his only major championship in a sudden-death playoff over Jerry Pate and Tom Watson.

Course layout
Lengths of the course for previous major championships: Before 1962, the 1st hole was played as a par 5. ==Round summaries==
Round summaries
First round Thursday, August 3, 1978 Second round Friday, August 4, 1978 Source: Final round Sunday, August 6, 1978 Source: Playoff The sudden death playoff began on the front nine at hole #1, a par-4 which all three parred.After Watson and Pate could not birdie hole #2, Mahaffey sunk a birdie putt to win the title. ==References==
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