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: October 23

The 1935 PGA Championship was done on this date, with Johnny Revolta winning at Twin Hills Golf & Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Revolta defeated Tommy Armour, 5 & 4, in the match-play final. And one of the most pure, genuine and unique golf teachers in history was born on this date in 1904. Harvey Penick, who coached such stars as Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Mickey Wright, Betsy Rawls and Kathy Whitworth, was born in Austin, Texas. His homespun philosophy was brought out late in his life in a series of books, beginning with The Little Red Book, one of the top selling golf books of all time. Penick died in 1995 and has a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Cliff Schrock