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: September 15

On this date in 1899, the 5th U.S. Open concluded at Baltimore Country Club with Willie Smith of Scotland winning by a landslide, 11 shots over George Low, Val Fitzjohn and Bert Way. And the Open Championship of 1870, the 11th overall, finished on this day with Tom Morris Jr., aka Young Tom, winning with a score of 149 at Prestwick Golf Club. He won by 12 shots over the field of 20 players.

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