This Day in Arnold Palmer History: March 10

On this date in 1963, Arnold Palmer shot a 67 in the Pensacola Open to take first place. It was part of a great start to the season for him. He won three of the first seven events he played: the Los Angeles Open, Phoenix Open in which Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus finished second and third, and Pensacola. On this date in 1972, Palmer called a penalty on himself in Round 2 of the Florida Citrus Inv. and missed the cut by the extra penalty stroke. And Sandra Palmer, who played during Arnold Palmer’s productive years, was born on this date in 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas. She was often confused with being kin to Arnold but was not. She was slight in height at just 5-2 but was accurate with her fairways clubs and was good enough to win the 1975 U.S. Open, the same year she was LPGA Tour Player of the Year and leading money winner.