This Day in Golf History: November 28

One of the gentlemen golfers of yesteryear, Henry Picard, was born on this date in 1906 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Picard, who was not as accomplished as the most distinguished of players, “Lord” Byron Nelson, was good enough to be elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame and won two majors, the 1938 Masters and 1939 PGA. And on this date in 1993, the Skins Game concluded at Bighorn Golf club in Palm Desert, California. The match had been billed as The King versus The Kids. Payne Stewart was a two-time defending champion trying for a three-peat when he squared off with Fred Couples, Paul Azinger and Arnold Palmer, who was making his first appearance since 1987 as a sub for John Daly, who had been suspended by the PGA Tour. At 64, it was asking a lot of Palmer to get his share of skins against a solid youthful trio, and unfortunately that’s how it played out. Stewart won the event when he made a birdie for three skins at the 16th that put him out of reach: Stewart 9 skins, $280,000; Couples 9 skins, $260,000; Azinger 0 skins, $0, Palmer, 0 skins, $0.