This Day in Golf--Dec. 20

Today's anecdote doesn't have much to do with golf per se, but it's importance can't be discounted. On this day in 1954, Arnold Palmer married Winifred (Winnie) Walzer, who he had only met in September of that year, one month after winning the U.S. Amateur. They were engaged in September, but weren't going to get married for several months. But when Arnie seemed distracted about the whole waiting game, his father said to just get hitched and get on with his golf, which is what he did. He played his first full tour season in 1955 and had his first tour win that year at the Canadian Open.