May 4
Michael Clark II turns 46. Clark won the 2000 John Deere Classic in a playoff and was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
Rory McIlroy, reigning No. 1 player and four-time Major champion, turns 26. He has 22 professional wins – 10 on the PGA Tour and 11 on the Euorpean Tour. McIlroy won his first Major, the 2011 US Open, by eight strokes, breaking multiple records including lowest total to par – 16-under. He went on to win the PGA Championship in 2012 and 2014, and the Open Championship in 2014.
Bob Tway, the 1986 PGA Champoinship winner, turns 56. Tway won 13 titles overall, eight on the PGA Tour. Four strokes behind Greg Norman to start the final day at the PGA Championship in 1986, Tway was still four strokes down through nine holes, but Norman double-bogeyed No. 10 to make things interesting. He caught the Aussie on 14, and made a birdie while Norman bogeyed 18 to win the title.
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