Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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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: May 12

A pair of one-time major champions was born on this date in the same year, 1970, and they won their major in the same year, 2003. Jim Furyk, a U.S. Open winner, was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and has 17 PGA Tour victories. He was also the first tour golfer to shoot a 58, at the 2016 Travelers Championship. Lefthanded Masters Tournament winner Mike Weir has eight tour victories and was born in Sarnia, Ontario.

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