This Day in Arnold Palmer History: March 6

On this date in 1955, Arnold Palmer finished a PGA Tour event on a March 6 for the first time when he completed play in the Baton Rouge Open with scores 70-73-73-72—288. Bo Wininger, Billy Maxwell and Jimmy Clark went into a playoff the next day, won by Wininger. Arnold tied for 40th and finished out of the money. It was the era on tour when not everyone who made the cut went home with even a penny. A better result took place on this day in 1960. Palmer shot a final-round 68 in the Baton Rouge Open, to win the first-prize money of $2,000. It was the middle victory of a three-in-a-row stretch in his incredible season of 1960 when he won eight times total, including the Masters and U.S. Open.