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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: July 9

On this date in 1960, Arnold Palmer, having come to St. Andrews after winning the Masters and U.S. Open earlier in the year, fell one shot short of first place when Kel Nagle of Australia won the Open Championship in the centenary playing of golf’s oldest major. Palmer was bidding to win the Grand Slam of the four majors in one season.

Cliff Schrock