2025 PGA TOUR SEASON…Upcoming this Week on Tour (April 3-6): The tour this week made its second Texas stop, prior to the Masters, at the Valero Texas Open played at the TPC San Antonio. Brian Harman managed tough conditions to win by three shots with a final-round 75. Media coverage was on NBC, Golf Channel, ESPN+, Peacock, Sirius XM. Other tours: DP (Euro) Tour, No event. LPGA Tour, T-Mobile Match Play. Senior Champions Tour, James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational. LIV Golf, Miami event.

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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 4

Marvin (Vinny) Giles was born on this date in 1943. He was a well-decorated career amateur who won the U.S. Amateur and Amateur Championship in the 1970s. He became a successful sports agent with his Pros Inc. agency. And one-time major winner and 13-time PGA Tour winner David Toms was born on this date in 1967 in Monroe, Louisiana. Toms won the 2001 PGA as well as the 2018 U.S. Senior Open.

Cliff Schrock