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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: June 26

Arguably the greatest female athlete of all time was born on this date in 1911. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born in Port Arthur, Texas. Any sport she tried she mastered, beginning with track and field. She was a gold medalist in the 1932 Olympics. Another major sport was golf, where she became a World Golf Hall of Fame member.

Cliff Schrock