Today in Golf History
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Events in Sport
Results 1 - 100 of 1,533
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)
1899-07-29 - Southern California Golf Association forms
1899-12-12 - George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
1901-06-02 - Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
1901-06-14 - 1st golf championship is played
1910-11-22 - Arthur Knight patents steel shaft golf clubs
1913-09-06 - 19th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jerry Travers
1923-08-09 - NY State Golf Association formed
1924-04-10 - Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1924-07-29 - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship
1925-09-05 - 29th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1926-12-09 - USGA leagalizes steel shaft golf clubs
1930-09-27 - 34th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bobby Jones
1931-05-10 - Golf ball size hail falls in Burlington NJ
1941-04-09 - PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame
1946-08-18 - Golf Writers Associaton of America forms
1946-09-01 - 1st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg
1947-06-12 - Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
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)
1948-08-15 - 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
1949-09-13 - 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
1950-04-30 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
1950-05-30 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1950-06-24 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
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
1951-03-18 - Pat O'Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1951-03-26 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sandhills Women's Golf Open
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
1951-06-21 - 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
1952-03-02 - 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
1952-04-26 - 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
1952-06-08 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Women's Golf Open
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
1952-08-17 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1952-09-10 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Thomasville Golf Open
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
1953-04-16 - 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
1953-06-20 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1953-06-28 - 8th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1954-01-17 - Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)
1954-01-24 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1954-02-14 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA St Petersburg Golf Open
1954-02-20 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1954-03-07 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1954-03-14 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1954-03-28 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
1954-04-04 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1954-04-11 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open
1954-04-18 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1954-05-16 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
1954-06-19 - Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1954-07-03 - 9th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1954-07-25 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Fort Wayne Golf Open
1954-08-05 - Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
1954-09-12 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open
1954-09-19 - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open
1954-09-26 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
1954-10-31 - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 13 of 13
1893-05-08 - Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
1903-06-20 - Glenna Collett Vare, RI, Natl Am Golf champ (1922, 25, 28-30, 35)
1907-01-27 - Henry Cotton, English golf champion (won 3x British Open)
1911-09-15 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1912-02-12 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional
1912-06-09 - Ingolf Dahl, Hamburg Germany, composer (Andante & Arioso)
1915-10-26 - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor
1923-04-14 - Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1925-12-29 - Pete Dye, American golf course architect
1947-07-29 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
1954-11-16 - Bruce Edwards, American golf caddy (d. 2004)
1976-04-07 - Erich Goldmann, Dingolfing GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1978-09-08 - Marco Sturm, Dingolfing GER, NHL forward (Sharks, Team Germany 1998)
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1918-01-24 - George Arthur Crump, Founder of the Pine Valley Golf Club in Clementon NJ (b. 1871)
1970-08-06 - Ingolf Dahl, German composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
1995-04-02 - Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
1995-07-15 - Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83
1995-10-13 - Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79
2005-05-07 - Tristan Egolf, American writer (b. 1971)
2006-02-10 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (b. 1947)
2006-09-10 - Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
2007-01-02 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
