This Day in Golf History: March 13

On this date in 1960, Arnold Palmer won the Pensacola Open for his third straight victory and fourth of the year in his first 10 events of the season. He won the Palm Springs Desert Classic then won the Texas Open on February 28, Baton Rouge Open on March 6 and Pensacola on the 13th. With the PGA Tour in its Florida swing, this weekend at The Players Ch. at Ponte Vedra Beach, we recognize a University of Florida golfer, Andy Bean, who was born on this date in 1953 in Lafayette, Georgia. Four of Bean’s 11 PGA Tour victories were won in Florida, including Doral three times.