1979 PGA Championship Winner and Scores
Winner: David Graham, 272
Where it was played: Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Tournament dates: August 2-5, 1979
Leader after first round: Tom Watson, 66
Leader after second round: Ben Crenshaw, 136
Leader after third round: Rex Caldwell, 203
Notable Notes: David Graham double-bogied the final hole, which is too bad because had he parred he would have shot 63 to win, and his round would be remembered as one of the best ever. But he still shot 65 to tie Ben Crenshaw for the lead, and then beat Crenshaw in the sudden-death playoff. Graham won the playoff by birdying the third extra hole. Also of note this year: Sam Snead, who was 67 years old, made the cut — the oldest golf to make a cut in a major.
Final Scores
| David Graham | 69-68-70-65—272 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 69-67-69-67—272 |
| Rex Caldwell | 67-70-66-71—274 |
| Ron Streck | 68-71-69-68—276 |
| Jerry Pate | 69-69-69-71—278 |
| Gibby Gilbert | 69-72-68-69—278 |
| Don January | 69-70-71-69—279 |
| Jay Haas | 68-69-73-69—279 |
| Howard Twitty | 70-73-69-67—279 |
| Gary Koch | 71-71-71-67—280 |
| Lou Graham | 69-74-68-69—280 |
| Jerry McGee | 73-69-71-68—281 |
| Tom Watson | 66-72-69-74—281 |
| Jack Renner | 71-74-66-70—281 |
| Andy Bean | 76-69-68-68—281 |
| Graham Marsh | 69-70-71-72—282 |
| Hubert Green | 69-70-72-71—282 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 69-69-71-73—282 |
| Gene Littler | 71-71-67-73—282 |
| Bob Gilder | 73-71-68-70—282 |
| John Schroeder | 72-72-70-69—283 |
| Bob Byman | 73-72-69-69—283 |
| Frank Conner | 70-73-69-72—284 |
| Gary Player | 73-70-70-71—284 |
| Peter Jacobsen | 70-74-67-73—284 |
| Rod Funseth | 70-69-76-69—284 |
| Alan Tapie | 73-65-76-70—284 |
| Gil Morgan | 72-73-70-70—285 |
| Miller Barber | 73-72-69-71—285 |
| Artie McNickle | 69-70-72-74—285 |
| George Burns | 71-74-67-73—285 |
| Larry Nelson | 70-75-70-70—285 |
| Mark McCumber | 75-68-70-72—285 |
| Ed Sneed | 77-67-70-71—285 |
| Lee Elder | 70-71-73-73—287 |
| Bill Rogers | 70-72-73-72—287 |
| Lee Trevino | 70-73-72-72—287 |
| Lynn Janson | 73-71-72-71—287 |
| Jim Masserio | 69-73-71-74—287 |
| Tom Kite | 72-72-69-74—287 |
| Dave Stockton | 70-75-72-70—287 |
| Sam Snead | 73-71-71-73—288 |
| Jimmy Wright | 72-69-72-75—288 |
| Kermit Zarley | 73-69-71-75—288 |
| Calvin Peete | 75-71-70-72—288 |
| Jim Colbert | 73-73-72-71—289 |
| Chi Chi Rodriguez | 71-72-72-74—289 |
| Tommy Aaron | 73-73-69-74—289 |
| Don Padgett | 71-75-73-70—289 |
| Jim Simons | 76-68-73-72—289 |
| Rod Curl | 72-72-73-73—290 |
| John Mahaffey | 72-74-71-73—290 |
| Bob Mann | 71-73-71-75—290 |
| Dewitt Weaver | 73-73-71-74—291 |
| Wally Armstrong | 74-71-73-73—291 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 70-75-75-71—291 |
| Jim Dent | 70-72-76-73—291 |
| Dave Barber | 74-69-71-77—291 |
| Leonard Thompson | 72-67-78-74—291 |
| Barry Jaeckel | 71-73-75-73—292 |
| Keith Fergus | 73-70-73-76—292 |
| Rocky Thompson | 72-72-73-76—293 |
| Mark Hayes | 71-73-77-72—293 |
| Raymond Floyd | 74-70-77-72—293 |
| Scott Bess | 73-72-75-74—294 |
| Al Geiberger | 76-70-73-75—294 |
| Lon Hinkle | 73-72-71-78—294 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 73-72-78-71—294 |
| Austin Straub | 73-70-72-79—294 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 71-75-73-76—295 |
| Bobby Wadkins | 77-68-75-76—296 |
| Dean Refram | 75-69-79-75—298 |
| Ronald Smoak | 72-74-78-79—303 |
| Dennis Coscina | 76-70-74-83—303 |
