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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf--Nov. 20

Two distinctive players from golf's past were born on this date. South African Bobby Locke, who won four Open Championships, was born in 1917 and died in 1987. Noted as one of the greatest putters of all time, his technique allowed him to hook his putts into the hole. Texan Don January was born in 1929. Thin as a rail, the 1967 PGA champion was a spirited competitor, and had previously lost a playoff for the 1961 PGA to Jerry Barber. January was one of the Champions Tour's earliest and most dominant and successful players with 22 victories.

Cliff Schrock