This Day in Golf History--January 6

This is the 100th anniversary of Cary Middecoff’s birth on this date Halls, Tennessee, northeast of Memphis. “Doc” Middlecoff trained to be a dentist but left his practice to play golf professionally. He won three majors, the 1949 and 1956 U.S. Open and 1955 Masters. A notoriously slow player, he was faster in his post-pro career in doing TV work and consulting for Golf Digest.