This Day in Golf History: March 14

A pair of one-time major champions were born on this day. In 1929, Bob Goalby, 1968 Masters champion, was born in Belleville, Illinois. He was uncle to Jay Haas. Goalby went into TV roving reporter work for NBC after his playing days were done. He died on January 19, 2022. And in 1936, 1963 Open Championship winner Bob Charles was born in Carterton, New Zealand. He is in a handful of the greatest putters ever. Also on this date, in 1971, Arnold Palmer won the Florida Citrus Invitational, aka the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which just ended on Sunday. Palmer won at Rio Pinar Country Club, by one shot over Julius Boros.