This Day in Golf History: January 6

Three of America’s most accomplished golfers were born on this date. In 1921 it was three-time major winner Cary “Doc” Middlecoff in Halls, Tennessee; in 1957, Nancy Lopez was born in Torrance, California; she won 48 LPGA Tour titles and three majors; like Phil Mickelson, she was snakebit in the National Open. She finished runner-up four times. And in 1960, Paul Azinger, the 1993 PGA Champion and 12-time tour winner, was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts.