Today in Golf History
Sub-Topics: Curtis Cup - Jack Nicklaus - LPGA Championship - PGA Championship - Ryder Cup - Solheim Cup - Tiger Woods - Walker Cup
Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 1,949
1811-01-09 - 1st Women's Golf Tournament held
1860-10-17 - 1st British Golf Open: Willie Park shoots a 164 at Prestwick Club
1860-10-17 - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)
1861-09-26 - 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
1868-09-14 - Golf's 1st recorded hole-in-one (Tom Morris at Prestwick's 8th hole)
1876-02-03 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, & football
1878-03-13 - Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match
1888-02-22 - John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans (Yonkers NY)
1888-11-14 - St Andrews Golf Club, Yonkers NY, opens with just 6 holes
1889-03-30 - John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)
1894-12-22 - United States Golf Association forms (NYC)
1895-10-04 - 1st US Golf Open: Horace Rawlins shoots a 173 at Newport GC RI
1895-10-04 - Horace Rawlins wins 1st US Open golf tournament (Newport RI)
1896-07-18 - 2nd US Golf Open: James Foulis shoots a 152 at Shinnecock Hills NY
1897-07-18 - 3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
1897-09-17 - 3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill
1898-06-18 - 4th US Golf Open: Fred Herd shoots a 328 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
1899-07-29 - Southern Calif Golf Assn forms
1899-09-15 - 5th US Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD
1899-12-12 - George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
1900-10-05 - 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago GC Ill
1900-10-05 - Harry Vardon wins US Open golf tournament
1901-06-02 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
1901-06-14 - 1st golf championship is played
1901-06-15 - 7th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 331 at Myopia Hunt Club MA
1902-10-11 - 8th US Golf Open: Laurie Auchterlonie shoots a 307 at Garden City NY
1902-10-11 - Lawrence Auchterlonie wins US Open golf tournament
1903-06-27 - 9th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 307 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1904-07-09 - 10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL
1905-09-22 - 11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass
1906-06-29 - 12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill
1907-06-21 - 13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA
1908-08-28 - 14th US Golf Open: Fred McLeod shoots a 322 at Myopia Hunt Club Mass
1909-06-24 - 15th US Golf Open: George Sargent shoots a 290 at Englewood GC NJ
1909-06-25 - George Sargent wins US Open golf tournament
1910-06-18 - 16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA
1910-06-24 - 50th British Golf Open: James Braid shoots a 299 at St Andrews Scot
1910-11-22 - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
1911-06-24 - 17th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 307 at Chicago GC in Ill
1912-08-02 - 18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY
1913-06-24 - 53rd British Golf Open: J H Taylor shoots a 304 at Hoylake Hoylake
1913-09-06 - 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
1913-09-20 - 19th US Golf Open: Francis Ouimet shoots a 304 at The Country Club MA
1914-06-19 - 54th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 306 at Prestwick Club
1914-08-21 - 20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill
1915-06-18 - 21st US Golf Open: John Travers shoots a 297 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1916-01-17 - Professional Golfer Assn (PGA) forms in NYC
1916-04-10 - 1st professional golf tournament held
1916-04-10 - The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
1916-06-30 - 22nd US Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN
1919-06-11 - 23rd US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass
1920-08-13 - 24th US Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio
1921-06-25 - 56th British Golf Open: Jock Hutchison shoots a 296 at St Andrews
1921-07-22 - 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in MD
1922-06-14 - Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament
1922-06-23 - 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 300 at Royal St George
1922-07-15 - 26th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 288 at Skokie CC in Ill
1923-07-15 - 27th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 296 at Inwood CC in NY
1923-08-09 - NY State Golf Assoc formed
1924-04-10 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1924-06-06 - 28th US Golf Open: Cyril Walker shoots a 297 at Oakland Hills CC Mich
1924-06-24 - 59th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Hoylake Hoylake
1924-07-29 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
1925-05-12 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1925-06-05 - 29th US Golf Open: Willie Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester CC Mass
1925-09-05 - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1926-06-25 - 61st British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Royal Lytham
1926-07-10 - 30th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 293 at Scioto CC in Ohio
1926-09-25 - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
1926-12-09 - USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs
1927-02-20 - Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1927-02-27 - For 2nd Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1927-06-16 - 31st US Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
1927-07-15 - 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St Andrews
1928-05-11 - 63rd British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Royal St George's
1928-06-24 - 32nd US Golf Open: Johnny Farrell shoots a 294 at Olympia Fields Ill
1929-05-10 - 64th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 292 at Muirfield Gullane
1929-06-30 - 33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY
1929-12-07 - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament
1930-06-12 - 34th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 287 at Interlachen CC Minn
1930-06-20 - 65th British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 291 at Hoylake Hoylake
1930-07-12 - 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins
1930-09-13 - Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament
1930-09-27 - 34th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1930-12-16 - Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award
1931-05-10 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
1931-07-06 - 35th US Golf Open: Billy Burke shoots a 292 at Inverness Club Ohio
1932-06-10 - 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England
1932-06-25 - 36th US Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 286 at Fresh Meadows NY
1933-06-10 - 37th US Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill
1934-03-22 - 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Ga
1934-03-25 - 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284
1934-06-09 - 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934-08-19 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament
1935-04-08 - 2nd Golf Masters Championship: Gene Sarazen wins, shooting a 282
1935-06-08 - 39th US Golf Open: Sam Parks Jr shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA
1935-10-23 - Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament
1936-04-06 - 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
1936-06-06 - 40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol GC NJ
1937-04-04 - 4th Golf Masters Championship: Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 1,050
1821-06-16 - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1908)
1851-04-20 - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (d. 1875)
1889-06-29 - Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
1892-12-21 - Walter Hagen, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19)
1893-05-08 - Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
1894-09-24 - Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
1901-07-12 - Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1901-11-17 - Joyce Wethered, Surrey England, golfer (4 time British Amateur champ)
1901-12-23 - Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)
1902-02-27 - Gene Sarazen, Harrison NY, PGA golfer (Masters 1935, US Open 1922, 32)
1902-03-17 - Bobby Jones Jr, Atlanta Georgia, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930)
1903-06-20 - Glenna Collett Vare, RI, Natl Am Golf champ (1922, 25, 28-30, 35)
1904-10-23 - Harvey Penick, American golfer (d. 1995)
1907-01-26 - Henry Cotton, English golfer (British Open 1934, 1937, 1948)
1907-01-27 - Henry Cotton, English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
1908-05-22 - Horton Smith. American golfer (d. 1963)
1908-07-21 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (d. 1996)
1908-08-10 - Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer
1910-05-10 - Jimmy Demaret, winner of 44 golf tournaments, but not the Open
1911-03-23 - Richard Chapman, golfer (1940 US amateur, 1951 British amateur)
1911-09-15 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1911-09-28 - Henry Ellsworth Vines Jr, tennis (US Open 1931, 32)/golfer
1912-02-04 - Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
1912-02-12 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional
1912-05-27 - Sam Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
1912-06-09 - Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1912-08-13 - Ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)
1914-02-14 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (d. 2007)
1914-03-10 - Chandler Harper, golfer (1950 PGA champ)
1915-02-02 - Stan Leonard, Canadian professional golfer (d. 2005)
1915-10-26 - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor
1917-11-20 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1918-02-13 - Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur)
1919-05-19 - Betty Jameson, Norman OK, LPGA golfer (1947 US Women's Open)
1920-03-03 - Julius Boros, golfer (PGA Champ 1968, US Open 1952, 63)
1920-11-16 - Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer
1921-01-06 - Cary Middlecoff, golfer (1956 Vardon Trophy, 1955 Byron Nelson Award)
1921-06-24 - Billy Casper, golfer
1921-10-28 - Peggy Kirk Bell, LPGA golfer
1923-02-14 - Jay Herbert, golfer (1960 PGA winner)
1923-04-14 - Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1923-05-21 - Bettye Danoff, LPGA golfer
1923-09-07 - Louise Suggs, Atlanta GA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1949, 52)
1924-04-29 - Al Balding, Toronto Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Quebec Open-1952)
1925-12-29 - Pete Dye, American golf course architect
1926-09-18 - Bob Toski, American golfer
1927-05-14 - Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
1927-10-06 - Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer
1928-05-04 - Betsy Rawls, Spartanburg SC, golfer (US Womens Open-51, 53, 57, 60)
1929-04-13 - Marilynn Smith, Topeka KS, LPGA golfer (1972 Pabst Open)
1929-07-10 - Moe Norman, Kitchener Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1966 Quebec Open)
1929-08-23 - Peter Thompson, golfer
1929-09-10 - Arnold Daniel Palmer, Latrobe PA, PGA golfer (1964 Masters)
1929-11-20 - Donald Ray January, Plainview TX, PGA golfer (1960 Tucson Open)
1929-11-29 - Don January, pro golfer (1976 Vardon Trophy)
1930-07-21 - Gene Alec Littler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1961 US Open)
1931-03-14 - Bob Goalby, golfer (British Open-1968, Canadian Open-1968, NZ-1970)
1931-03-31 - Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic)
1931-05-15 - Ken Venturi, American golfer
1931-06-10 - Jim [Purvis] Ferree Jr, Pine Bluff NC, PGA golfer (1958 Vancouver)
1931-06-24 - Billy Casper, SD Ca, golfer, 3-time PGA Player of Year ('66, '68, '70)
1932-03-19 - Gay Robert Brewer, Middletwon OH, PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
1932-10-27 - Kathy Cornelius, LPGA golfer
1932-11-16 - Barbara Romack, LPGA golfer
1933-02-09 - Jo Ann Prentice, LPGA golfer
1933-07-24 - Doug Sanders, American golfer
1933-12-09 - Orville Moody, Chickasha OK, PGA golfer (1969 US Open)
1934-02-16 - Marlene Bauer Hagge, Eureka SD, LPGA golfer (1950 Woman Athlete)
1934-05-07 - Ben Smith, Atlanta GA, PGA golfer (Ralphs Senior Classic-4th)
1934-07-14 - [Robert] Lee Elder, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1974 Monsanto Open)
1934-10-03 - Harold Ralph Henning, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (1966 Texas Open)
1934-10-24 - Margie Masters, LPGA golfer
1934-11-28 - Dick Rhyan, Columbus OH, PGA golfer (1994 GTE-5th)
1934-12-28 - Peggy Wilson, golfer
1935-01-17 - Jimmy Powell, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic)
1935-02-12 - Ken Still, golfer
1935-02-13 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer
1935-02-14 - Mickey Wright, San Diego CA, LPGA golfer (4 times LPGA champ)
1935-09-28 - Bruce Crampton, Sydney Australia, PGA golfer (1961 Milwaukee Open)
1935-10-23 - Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson)
1935-11-01 - Gary J Player, Johannesburg S Afr, PGA golfer (Brit Open-1959, 68, 74)
1936-01-14 - John Paul Cain, Sweetwater TX, PGA golfer (1989 Greater Grand Rapids)
1936-03-05 - Dale Douglass, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open)
1936-03-14 - Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
1936-03-14 - Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
1936-04-14 - Robert Herman Nichols, Louisville KY, PGA golfer (1986 Showdown)
1936-07-20 - Butch Baird, Chicago IL, PGA golfer (1961 Waco Turner Open)
1936-10-20 - Larry Mowry, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1987 Crestar Pepsi Senior)
1936-11-12 - Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer
1937-02-22 - Tommy Aaron, Gainesville GA, PGA golfer (1973 Masters)
1937-04-03 - Sandra Spuzich, LPGA golfer
1937-04-23 - Don Massengale, Jackson TX, PGA golfer (1966 Bing Crosby Celebrity)
1937-05-20 - Dave Hill, Jackson MI, PGA golfer (1967 Memphis)
1937-06-28 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (d. 1989)
1937-07-13 - Charles Coody, Stamford TX, PGA golfer (1971 Masters)
1937-09-01 - Al Geiberger, Red Bluff CA, PGA golfer (1962 Ontario Open)
1937-09-15 - Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg PA, LPGA golfer
1937-10-10 - Bruce Devlin, Armidale Australia, PGA golfer (1964 St Petersburg Open)
1937-12-10 - Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Jr)
1938-01-04 - Louis Krebs Graham, Nashville TN, PGA golfer (1975 US Open)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 42 of 42
1875-12-25 - Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
1908-05-24 - Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
1918-01-24 - George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
1963-10-15 - Horton Smith. American golfer (b. 1908)
1966-07-24 - Tony Lema, US golfer, dies at 32
1968-02-01 - Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
1968-09-12 - Tommy Armour, Scottish golfer (b. 1894)
1969-10-05 - Walter Hagen, US golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76
1969-10-06 - Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
1970-08-06 - Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
1971-12-18 - Bobby Jones Jr, PGA golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69
1983-12-28 - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
1989-01-24 - George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
1993-11-20 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
1994-05-28 - Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74
1994-09-23 - Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
1995-04-02 - Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
1995-04-03 - Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89
1995-07-15 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
1995-10-13 - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79
1995-12-23 - Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87
1996-04-22 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1996-07-06 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1997-07-25 - Ben Hogan, golfer (Masters, Brit Open, US Open-1953), dies at 84
1997-10-05 - Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63
1998-09-01 - Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
1999-05-13 - Gene Sarazen, American golfer (b. 1902)
2002-05-23 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
2004-01-26 - Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
2004-09-04 - Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
2005-05-07 - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
2005-09-25 - George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939)
2005-12-15 - Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
2006-02-10 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)
2006-07-30 - Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
2006-09-10 - Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
2006-09-26 - Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
2007-01-02 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
2007-05-20 - Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer (b. 1914)
2007-08-31 - Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
2008-07-10 - Mike Souchak, professional golfer (b. 1927)
2008-08-08 - Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
