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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: June 30

In 1916, Chick Evans became the first golfer to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in the same year. It was on this date that he won the U.S. Open, at Minikahda Golf Club, leading start to finish and winning over Jock Hutchison by a pair of shots.

Cliff Schrock