This Day in Arnold Palmer History: March 6

On this date in 1960, Arnold Palmer shot a 68 to finish off a victory in the Baton Rouge Open. He had shot 279 and won the $2,000 first prize. It was his second of three straight victories in the year in which he won both the Masters and U.S. Open. And on this date in 1972, Jack Nicklaus won the rain-delayed Doral-Eastern Open on the Blue Monster Course at Doral by two over Lee Trevino and Bob Rosburg. Jack, then 32, picked up $30,000, which put him at $1,477,200.86 for his career, going ahead of Arnold Palmer’s total of $1,471,226.83. Palmer, 42, did not play at Doral and had been the all-time leader for about a decade.