This Day in Golf History: April 1

On this date in 1990, it was no fooling when Jack Nicklaus won his first senior tour event at The Tradition at Desert Mountain, one of his course designs. Nicklaus won by four shots over Gary Player. Born on this date in 1901, one year before Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones, was Johnny Farrell in White Plains, New York. Farrell was an underappreciated player in the Jones-Sarazen years, winning the 1928 U.S. Open during their reign. Farrell won more than 20 tour events but established himself as a premier club pro, prominently at Baltusrol in New Jersey. And on this date in 2001, Arnold Palmer finished T-11 with partner Jack Nicklaus in the Legends of Golf.