This Day in Golf--Oct. 16

This is the date, in 1983, that Jack Nicklaus said one of the greatest shots he'd ever seen was played during the final day of the Ryder Cup at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Spain's Seve Ballesteros played a 3-wood from a fairway bunker on the par-5 18th that finished on the fringe, from where he secured a halve with Fuzzy Zoeller. It started a nip-and-tuck Sunday Singles conclusion in which Lanny Wadkins' heroic wedge shot on 18 guaranteed a halve in his match and the U.S. won a thrilling 14.5 to 13.5 match.