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: February 28

On this date in 1971, the great Jack Nicklaus won the 53rd PGA Championship—at the first PGA National golf course, now known as BallenIsles, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Nicklaus won by two over Billy Casper. The victory made Jack the first golfer to win the career Grand Slam twice of the Masters, U.S. Open, Open Ch., and PGA. This week’s Cognizant Classic is being played at PGA National’s current Champion Course.

Cliff Schrock