This Day in Golf Hisory: February 6

Today is a celebration of the moon shot: The one Alan Shepard hit with a makeshift 6-iron on the moon on this date in 1971 as part of the Apollo 14 space mission, and the incredible moon-shot artist, Babe Ruth, who was born on this date in 1895. The former longtime holder of the home-run record with 714 had 11 seasons of hitting 40 or more homers in his career, and in keeping with a golf theme, he was an avid golfer.