This Day in Golf--Oct. 30

Arnold Palmer recognized the value of proving his prowess on the world stage, which made him such a global star and icon. In the early 1960s he started playing the Open Championship, and shortly later became a familiar face around the world. On this date in 1966, he won an international title at the Australian Open, shooting rounds of 67-70-66-73—276, and earning first-place prize of $1,792. On the second week of his two-part trip to Aussie land one week later, he lost a two-hole playoff to Bob Stanton in the Dunlop International in Kensington.