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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: March 20

A golfer’s passing is not normal trivia fodder, but when it’s Harry Vardon, it’s worth observing. The only six-time Open champion and the only notable figure who has his name attached to a way of holding the grip, Vardon died on this date in 1937 a couple months shy of age 67.

Cliff Schrock