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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 23

On this date in 1958, Arnold Palmer won the St. Petersburg Open, March 20-23, with scores and first-place money of 70-69-72-65—276, 1st, $2,000. On this date in 1981, Raymond Floyd won the Players Championship (The TPC) at Sawgrass Country Club, beating Curtis Strange and Barry Jaeckel on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. The tournament finished on a Monday due to rain.

Cliff Schrock