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: January 10

He’s not well-known today among golf fans but Walter Travis was born on this date in 1862 in Australia. He was a jack of all trades, but his playing accomplishments included winning the 1904 British Amateur and the 1900, 1901 and 1903 U.S. Amateur. And reference sources note that on this date in both 1915 and 1942, the World Wars caused the ruling bodies of golf in Great Britain and Canada in 1915 and the U.S. Golf Association in 1942 to cancel their golf schedules as conflicts raged. Regular play wouldn't resume until the wars ended.

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