This Day in Golf History: March 17

On this date in 1902, the great amateur Grand Slam champion of 1930 Bobby Jones was born on St. Patrick’s Day in Atlanta. This was also the year Gene Sarazen was born. Jones was a golf prodigy who became one of the greatest sports figures of all-time and whose lasting legacy is the Masters Tournament, which comes up on April 10-13. He died on December 18, 1971. Also on this date in 1991, Arnold Palmer posted a 70 in the rain-shortened Nestle Inv., finishing T-24, his best finish from 1979 to 2004 in his event and his final top-25 finish in his PGA Tour career. Peter Jacobsen provided a cake to celebrate Palmer’s great week. 2