This Day in Golf History: February 7

As Golf Year 1960 began, Arnold Palmer had 13 tour wins, including one major, the Masters of 1958. He was not yet viewed as the icon he would become. By the end of the year, though, he would well be on his way to immortality. On this date in 1960, he won the Palm Springs Desert Classic, his fifth event of 1960, with a final-round 65; by 1965 the event was renamed the Bob Hope Desert Classic. The 1960 Classic was the tournament debut, which Arnie would win five times, the final time in 1973.