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: December 1

On this date in 1973, Jack Nicklaus finished at 13-under-par 275 to win by one stroke over Mason Rudolph at the Walt Disney World Open. The $30,000 first-place money made him the first tour player to earn more than $2 million in PGA Tour career earnings. Also, one of the most talented shotmakers in golf history, Lee Trevino, was born on this date in 1939 in Dallas, Texas. Trevino won a pair of three majors each: U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA and won 29 PGA Tour events in all.

Cliff Schrock