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: March 16

On this date in 1970, Arnold Palmer set a course-record 62 at The Breakers/Palm Beach G.Club in an American Cancer Society benefit. On this date in 1958, the underappreciated Beverly Hanson won the prestigious Titleholders Championship at Augusta C.C., shooting four under par to beat Betty Dodd by five. On this date in 1954, Hollis Stacy was born in Savannah, Georgia, and went onto a World Golf Hall of Fame career, the main feature being three victories in the U.S. Open. In her youth she won three U.S. Girls’ Juniors.

Cliff Schrock