This Day in Golf History: April 16

On this date in 1959, Arnold Palmer shot a first-round 66 at the Houston Classic and would finish T-3. In 1967, he shot a final-round 64 at the Tournament of Champions for 2nd. On this day in 1989, Don Bies shot a bogey-free, six-under-par 66 to beat Gary Player by one shot and win The Tradition in its first year as a Senior PGA Tour event, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Bies, who started the final round in a three-way tie for second place with Gene Littler and Bob Erickson, dropped an 8-footer for a critical birdie on the par-5 15th and later finished with a 13-under 275 total to win $90,000.