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 4

A pair of major figures in golf history were born on this date. World Golf Hall of Famer Betsy Rawls was born in 1928 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She won 55 LPGA Tour events, including four U.S. Women’s Opens (1951, 1953, 1957, 1960), and two LPGA Championships in 1959 and 1969. Future hall of famer Rory McIlroy was born in 1989 in Holywood, Northern Ireland. At 35, McIlroy is at a critical time to keep building up his resume and has been needing a Masters victory since 2015 to complete a career Grand Slam. He won his last of four majors in 2014. Also on the birthday list today are 1986 PGA champion Bob Tway (1959) and the second African-American on the LPGA Tour Renee Powell (1946); she is also one of the first seven women to be members of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club.

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