This Day in Golf History: March 1

It is traditionally reported that on this date in 1938, with the equipment industry still in its infancy in America, the Federal Trade Commission prohibited the PGA of America and eight manufacturers from price fixing in the golf ball industry. And there is an elite group of American golf stars who can be called a career amateur, players who remained standout amateurs their entire lives while making a living in another profession. The classic example is Bobby Jones. But another, Dr. Ed Updegraff, was born on this date in 1922 in Boone, Iowa. A urologist by trade, Updegraff did not win the U.S. Amateur, but he won several prominent events such as the Western Amateur twice and the U.S. Senior Amateur in 1981. A member of the Iowa and Arizona state golf halls of fame, his greatest honor was receiving the Bob Jones Award in 1999. He died at age 100 on December 23, 2022.