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 U.S. Open History: June 18

One of the most pivotal U.S. Opens concluded on this day in 1960 when Arnold Palmer shot a final-round 65 to come back from seven shots behind and beat amateur Jack Nicklaus by two at Cherry Hills in Denver. In a generational classic, Ben Hogan had a chance for a fifth title but faltered in the final holes and ended four strokes back. The “this day in golf” photo on the home page shows Palmer with Cary Middlecoff on the first tee at Cherry Hills watching Jack Fleck tee off in the second round.

Cliff Schrock