This Day in Golf History: February 6

On this date in 1971, golf was played out of this world when astronaut Alan Shepard used a 6-iron he’d assembled from different pieces to hit a couple golf balls on the moon. Commander of Apollo 14, Shepard adjusted moon-rock collecting tools to make his golf club so he could keep his “mission” secret from as many people as possible. His best shot, he estimated, went 200 yards. The original moon club is housed at the USGA Museum in New Jersey.