This Day in Golf History: March 17

On this St. Patrick’s day in 1902, the great Bobby Jones was born in Atlanta. The lifetime amateur founded Augusta National and the Masters. He passed away in December 1971. Also in today’s notes, in 1967, Arnold Palmer had firsts in Los Angeles and Tucson, plus a second, a third and a 10th by the time the tour got to the Greater Jacksonville Open. So it was unexpected that he shot a 73 in Round 2 on this date to go with a first-round 75 and miss the cut.