This Day in Arnold Palmer History: March 8

The Arnold Palmer Invitational goes into a second round today with Shane Lowry leading by one. In 1970 the tournament was called the Florida Citrus Invitational, and on this date Arnold finished the tournament shooting 64-72-64-72—272 to tie for second with Bob Stanton, earning $13,875 each. Bob Lunn won at 17-under 271. However, in 1971, Palmer won the tournament and he got to the figure he needed in 1970, 18 under par, winning by one over Julius Boros. In another Florida tournament on this date, Raymond Floyd won the Doral Open in Miami in 1992, setting up a first on the PGA Tour. After he turned 50 in early September later that year, he won the senior tour's GTE North Classic, becoming the first player to win on both tours in the same year.