Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: May 16

In the sixth Walker Cup Match that started May 15, 1930, and ended on the 16th, U.S. captain and player Bobby Jones led the Americans to a 10-2 victory over Great Britain & Ireland at Royal St. George’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Also on this date in 1982, Kathy Whitworth won the Atlanta LPGA event for her 83rd LPGA victory to take the all-time lead over Mickey Wright. On the same day in Atlanta, Joan Joyce had 17 putts in her round to break the record of 19 held by Beverley Klass. Also in 1982, Jack Nicklaus won the Colonial National Invitational for his first victory in nearly 2 years. He shot a 67 to win by three over Andy North.

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