This Day in Golf History: November 27

On this date in 1942, Ben Hogan was named the winner of the Vardon Trophy for the third straight time; he finished ahead of his fellow triumvirate players, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead. And five-time Open Championship winner James Braid, part of the Great Triumvirate before the American triumvirate with Harry Vardon and J.H. Taylor, died on this date in 1950 at age 80 in London. The Scot won the Open in 1901, 1905-06, 1908 and 1910.