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 Golf History: October 11

On this date in 1964, Arnold Palmer completed ultimate victory in the Piccadilly World Match Play at Wentworth West. In scheduled 36-hole matches, he defeated Neil Coles, 2 and 1, in the final. In the quarterfinals he defeated Peter Butler, 1 up, and he won in the semifinal, 8 and 6, against Gary Player.

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