Today in Golf History (Part 2)
Sub-Topics: Curtis Cup - Jack Nicklaus - LPGA Championship - PGA Championship - Ryder Cup - Solheim Cup - Tiger Woods - Walker Cup
Historical Events
Results 101 - 200 of 1,949
1937-06-12 - 41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1938-04-04 - 5th Golf Masters Championship: Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
1938-06-11 - 42nd US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver
1939-04-02 - 6th Golf Masters Championship: Ralph Guldahl wins, shooting a 279
1939-06-12 - 43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila
1940-04-07 - 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280
1940-06-09 - 44th US Golf Open: Lawson Little shoots a 287 at Canterbury GC OH
1941-04-06 - 8th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Wood wins, shooting a 280
1941-04-09 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1941-06-07 - 45th US Golf Open: Craig Wood shoots a 284 at Colonial Club Ft Worth
1942-04-12 - 9th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 280
1945-08-04 - Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1945-08-20 - Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament
1946-04-07 - 10th Golf Masters Championship: Herman Keiser wins, shooting a 282
1946-06-16 - 46th US Golf Open: Lloyd Mangrum shoots a 284 at Canterbury GC Cleve
1946-08-18 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms
1946-09-01 - 1st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg
1947-04-06 - 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
1947-06-12 - Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1947-06-15 - 47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St Louis CC in MO
1947-06-24 - Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
1947-06-29 - 2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
1947-11-02 - 7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Golf Club (Portland, Oregon, US)
1948-04-11 - 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279
1948-06-12 - 48th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 276 at Riviera CC in LA
1948-08-15 - 3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1949-02-02 - Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
1949-04-10 - 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282
1949-06-11 - 49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL
1949-09-13 - Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
1949-09-25 - 4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1950-01-22 - Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1950-03-19 - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1950-03-24 - Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
1950-04-09 - 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
1950-04-30 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
1950-05-30 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1950-06-10 - 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
1950-06-11 - Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
1950-06-24 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
1950-07-07 - 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon
1950-08-08 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1950-08-13 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1950-09-23 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
1950-10-21 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation
1951-01-05 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1951-01-21 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1951-02-25 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
1951-03-18 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1951-03-26 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open
1951-04-07 - 15th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 280
1951-04-23 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1951-04-24 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Women's Golf Invitational Open
1951-06-16 - 51st US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1951-06-21 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1951-07-01 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1951-08-12 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1951-09-09 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1951-09-16 - 6th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1951-10-19 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open
1952-01-20 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1952-02-24 - Betty MacKinnon & Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
1952-03-02 - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1952-03-16 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1952-03-30 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1952-04-06 - 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 286
1952-04-12 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952-04-26 - Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
1952-04-28 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
1952-04-30 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open
1952-05-04 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open
1952-06-01 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
1952-06-08 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open
1952-06-14 - 52nd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club Dallas
1952-06-21 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1952-06-29 - 7th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1952-08-10 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament
1952-08-17 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1952-09-07 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament
1952-09-10 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Thomasville Golf Open
1952-10-19 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament
1952-10-28 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open
1953-01-18 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1953-02-08 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1953-03-01 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1953-03-08 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1953-03-15 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1953-03-22 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1953-03-29 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
1953-04-05 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1953-04-12 - 17th Golf Masters Championship: Ben Hogan wins, shooting a 274
1953-04-16 - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open
1953-04-19 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1953-05-10 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1953-05-17 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1953-06-07 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1953-06-13 - 53rd US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont PA
1953-06-20 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1953-06-23 - Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
1953-06-28 - 8th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 1,050
1938-02-01 - Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of Year 1961)
1938-02-19 - Penny Zavichas, LPGA golfer
1938-03-07 - Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
1938-06-09 - Anne Kenny, Mudgee NSW, golfer (1968, 71 Australian Champ)
1938-06-13 - Carole Jo Callison, LPGA golfer
1938-06-17 - Judy Kimball-Simon, LPGA golfer
1938-08-14 - Betsy Cullen, LPGA golfer
1938-09-23 - Clifford Ann Creed, LPGA golfer
1938-10-31 - Rives McBee, Denton TX, PGA golfer (1989 RJR Bank One Classic)
1938-12-13 - Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)
1939-01-20 - Murle Breer, LPGA golfer
1939-01-27 - Mike Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1977 Ohio Kings Island Open)
1939-04-04 - JoAnne Carner, Kirkland WA, LPGA golfer (1976 US Women's Open)
1939-05-09 - Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
1939-05-13 - Terry Dill, Forth Worth TX, PGA golfer (1992 Bank One Senior Classic)
1939-07-11 - Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, PGA golfer (US Seniors Open 1992)
1939-09-14 - DeWitt T Weaver Jr, Danville KY, PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open)
1939-09-27 - Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year)
1939-10-01 - George Archer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1969 Masters Bing Crosby)
1939-10-14 - Hugh Delane Thompson, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1991 MONY Syracuse)
1939-12-01 - Lee Buck Trevino, Dallas Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 71)
1940-01-01 - Jack Kiefer, Columbia PA, PGA golfer (1994 Ralphs Senior Classic)
1940-01-19 - Mary Mills, LPGA golfer
1940-01-21 - Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76)
1940-02-06 - Jimmy Tarbuck, English comic/golfer
1940-05-15 - Beth Stone, LPGA golfer
1940-06-18 - Jim Albus, Staten Island NY, PGA golfer (1991 Mazda Senior Players)
1940-06-23 - Simon Hobday, Mareking South Africa, PGA golfer (1994 US Senior Open)
1940-08-18 - Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer (1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th)
1940-10-14 - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
1940-12-12 - Shirley Englehorn, LPGA golfer
1941-01-14 - C L "Gibby" Gilbert Jr, Chattanooga TN, PGA golfer (1976 Danny Thomas)
1941-01-31 - Sharon Miller, LPGA golfer
1941-02-03 - Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1941-03-09 - Jim Colbert, Elizabeth NJ, PGA golfer (1969 Monsanto Open)
1941-03-10 - Sandra Palmer, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1986 Mayflower Classic)
1941-05-31 - Gil [Walter] Morgan, Haddock GA, PGA golfer (1990 Kemper Open)
1941-07-22 - Susie M Berning, Pasadena CA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1972, 73)
1941-08-23 - Gloria Ehret, LPGA golfer
1941-09-02 - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)
1941-09-29 - Kermit Zarley, Seattle WA, PGA golfer (1970 Canadian Open)
1941-10-20 - Bob Panasik, Windsor Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1986 Canadian TPC)
1941-11-02 - David Knapp Stockton, San Bernardino CA, PGA golfer (1970 PGA)
1942-08-31 - Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer (1983 Hawaiian Open)
1942-09-04 - Ray Floyd, Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (Masters 1976)
1942-09-04 - Raymond Loran Floyd, Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (1986 US Open)
1942-09-16 - Amos Tom Wargo, Marlette MI, PGA golfer (1993 PGA Seniors Champion)
1942-10-28 - Sharron Moran, LPGA golfer
1942-11-09 - Thomas Daniel Weiskopf, Massillon OH, PGA golfer (British Open 1973)
1942-11-19 - Lawrence Allen Gilbert, Fort Knox KY, PGA golfer (1994 Dallas Reunion)
1942-12-02 - Bob E Smith, Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1993 Yanase Cup)
1943-01-01 - Jerilyn Britz, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1979 US Women's Open)
1943-02-14 - Robert J Murphy Jr, Brooklyn NY, PGA golfer (1968 Phila Classic)
1943-02-23 - Bobby Wayne Mitchell, Chatham VA, PGA golfer (1971 Cleveland Open)
1943-06-04 - Sandra Haynie, Ft Worth TX, LPGA golfer (1974 US Women's Open)
1943-07-18 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-07-21 - Jerry McGee, New Lexingon OH, PGA golfer (1975 Pensacola Open)
1943-07-31 - Carla Glasgow, LPGA golfer
1943-09-03 - Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943-10-04 - Bonnie Bryant, LPGA golfer
1943-11-13 - Robert Jay Sigel, Narberth PA, PGA golfer (1994 GTE West Classic)
1943-11-19 - Sharon Wilder, LPGA golfer
1944-01-06 - Robert Landers, Tarrant County TX, PGA golfer (Ft Worth-1976, 78, 80)
1944-01-14 - Graham Vivian Marsh, Kalgoorlie Australia, PGA golfer (1977 Heritage)
1944-02-08 - Bunky Henry, golfer
1944-02-11 - Bert Greene, golfer
1944-02-14 - Bruce Summerhays, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (Provo Open-1966, 91 93)
1944-03-02 - Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer
1944-05-10 - Kathy Farrer, LPGA golfer
1944-07-07 - Tony Jacklin, Scunthorpe England, PGA golfer (1970 US Open)
1944-09-17 - Mary Lou Crocker, LPGA golfer
1944-10-13 - Buddy Allin, Bremerton WA, PGA golfer (1980 NZ Open)
1945-01-29 - Donna Marie Caponi Young, Detroit, LPGA golfer (US Open 1969, 70)
1945-02-18 - Judy Rankin, St Louis Mo, LPGA golfer (Vare Trophy 1976-77)
1945-06-03 - Hale S Irwin, Joplin MO, PGA golfer (1974 US Open)
1945-06-27 - Catherine Lacoste, Paris France, golfer (US Women's Open 1967)
1945-07-20 - Betty Burfeindt, LPGA golfer
1945-08-19 - Jane Blalock, champion golfer
1945-09-19 - Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, LPGA golfer (1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore
1945-12-04 - Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
1945-12-12 - Leslie Holbert, LPGA golfer
1946-05-04 - Renee Powell, LPGA golfer
1946-05-19 - Mary Bryan, LPGA golfer
1946-06-07 - Terry Gale, Wyalkatchem WA, Australasia golfer
1946-09-25 - Gilmer Bryan Morgan, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1977 BC Open)
1946-12-18 - Hubie Green, Birmingham Ala, PGA golfer (US Open 1977)
1946-12-22 - Roberta Speer, LPGA golfer
1946-12-28 - Hubie Green, golfer (US Open-1977, PGA-1985)
1947-01-17 - Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer
1947-01-24 - Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
1947-04-29 - John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976)
1947-05-21 - Dorothy Germain, LPGA golfer
1947-05-30 - Jocelyne Bourassa, LPGA golfer
1947-06-02 - Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
1947-07-29 - Janet LePera, LPGA golfer
1947-07-29 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
1947-08-27 - Susie McAllister, LPGA golfer
1947-09-10 - Larry Gene Nelson, Ft Payne AL, PGA golfer (1980 Atlanta Classic)
1947-11-04 - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
1947-11-20 - Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer
Famous Deaths
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