The inaugural Solheim Cup was held in 1990 with the United States team beating Europe, 11.5 to 4.5, at Lake Nona G. & C.C., led by U.S. captain Kathy Whitworth.
After the 1883 Open Championship finished in a tie on November 16 at Musselburgh Links, a 36-hole playoff was competed on this date, with Willie Fernie knocking off the defending champion Bob Ferguson, 1 up.
Diminutive Corey Pavin, the UCLA star who won the 1995 U.S. Open at the American classic Shinnecock Hills, was born on this date in 1959 in Oxnard, California.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Lorena Ochoa was born on this date in 1981 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
This date in 1888 is when tradition says St. Andrew’s Golf Club in Yonkers, New York, opened with a six-hole course by the famous “Apple Tree Gang” and the beginning of American golf.
Jay Sigel, one of America’s most decorated amateurs, was born on this date in 1943 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He won two U.S. Amateurs and 11 Pennsylvania Amateurs among many other feats.
Lucas Glover, a one-time major champion of the 2009 U.S. Open, was born on this date in 1979 in Greenville, South Carolina.
The 2021 U.S. Open winner, Jon Rahm, was born on this date in 1994 in Barrika, Spain.
The Open Championship ended on this date in 1889 at Musselburgh Links with Willie Park, Jr., taking his second title, this time in a 36-hole playoff with Andrew Kirkaldy.
A pair of single-major winners of the Open Championship, who many observers felt had immense potential for greatness, were born on this date. In 1971, 2001 champion David Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and in 1942, the 1973 champion golfer of the year, Tom Weiskopf, was born in Massillon, Ohio.
Chandler Harper, who sported one of the best monikers for a tour pro and won the 1950 PGA Championship, died on this date in 2004 at age 90.
The 1959 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Eldorado Golf Club with the American team beating Great Britain, 8½-3½.
The 1955 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club with the U.S. beating Great Britain, 8-4, the seventh straight American victory.
Walter Hagen won his fourth straight PGA Championship on this date in 1927, winning at Cedar Crest Country Club in a thrilling 1-up victory over Joe Turnesa.
The 1951 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Pinehurst Resort with the U.S. winning, 9½-2½,; Sam Snead was playing captain for U.S.
Jack Westland, the 1952 U.S. Amateur winner, died on this date in 1982 at Pebble Beach, California. He won 12 other major amateur golf events and went on to serve 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Americans won the first Ryder Cup held after World War II in 1947 at Portland Golf Club, 11-1, behind captain Ben Hogan.
South African Gary Player was born on this date in 1935, six years after Arnold Palmer but four ahead of Jack Nicklaus; the three would become the Big Three in global golf. Player won nine majors.
1959 Masters Champion Art Wall Jr. died on this date in 2001 of respiratory failure. He was known for a prolific feat of making 44 holes-in-one.
On this date in 1988, Beth Daniel won the Nichirei Ladies Cup U.S.-Japan Team Golf Championship by two shots over Rosie Jones.