On this day, 1981 Miller Barber won his “Senior Major”

It was on this day, In 1981 Miller Barber won the Senior PGA Championship, his 1st of five “Senior Major Championships”. It was his first season on the Senior Tour and Barber sure did cash in. Before the Senior PGA, he won the Peter Jackson Champions in June and Suntree Seniors Classic in October. It wasn’t an easy road for Mr. X who had to take on someone who had been there before in Arnold Palmer. Palmer had won the 1980 Senior PGA Championship just a year earlier also held in North Miami Beach. Barber also over came a scare at the sixteenth hole where he scored a double bogey. Barber’s win was primarily attributed to his torrid birdie streak of four in a row on the back nine. His full 72 hole score was 68-72-68-73=281 finishing 7 under par.