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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History--January 29

The oldest living major golf champion turns 98 today. Jack Burke Jr. was born on this date in 1923 in Fort Worth, Texas. Burke, cofounder of Champions Golf Club in Houston with Jimmy Demaret, won the Masters and PGA in 1956.

Cliff Schrock