This Day in Golf History: May 14

A pair of major champions died on this date nine years apart. In 2009, 1959 PGA champion Bob Rosburg, also well known for his TV work, died at age 82. In 2018, Doug Ford died at age 95, at the time the oldest former major champion in the world. He won the 1955 PGA and 1957 Masters. As the latter, he had the honor of putting the green jacket on Arnold Palmer for his first of four Masters titles.