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 26

On this date in 1954, Arnold Palmer shot a first-round 65 at the Azalea Open for his first-ever lead on tour, and he was still an amateur. On March 26, 2001, Arnie shot a 71 to Jack Nicklaus’ 75 in Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf match at The King/The Bear Course. On this date in 1951, the one-year-old LPGA Tour saw Patty Berg win the Sandhills Women’s Open at Southern Pines Country Club in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Berg shot 221 to win by 10 shots over Babe Zaharias and take home the $750 first prize out of a total prize pot of $3,000. Also, one of the more obscure LPGA major champions won her only major and only tour event on this date in 1995 when Nanci Bowen won the Nabisco Dinah Shore at Mission Hills CC by one shot over Susie Redman.

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