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: January 21

Jack Nicklaus, the man recognized as the greatest golfer in history, was born on this date in 1940 in Columbus, Ohio, putting him at the milestone of 85. Nicklaus won 18 major pro titles and two U.S. Amateurs. And on this date in 1956 at Cali, Colombia, Arnold Palmer charged from seven strokes behind the third-round leader Chick Harbert with a seven-under-par 65 to win the $5,600 Colombian Open. Palmer got top prize money of $1,800 for his 72-hole total of 280, eight under. Harbert skied to a final-round 78 and took eighth.

Cliff Schrock