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 17

On this date in 1897, the third U.S. Open was held in one day of 36 holes. Joe Lloyd of England won by one shot over Willie Anderson and won $150. The championship was held with 35 players at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. Anderson would become a four-time winner.

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