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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--April 24

Birthdays today: Jonas Blixt born in 1984, Jason Bohn and Lee Westwood both in 1973, and Bob Lunn, the 1963 U.S. Public Links champion, was born in 1945. Lunn had a successful tour career, highlighted by back-to-back wins at Memphis and Atlanta in 1968. Bonus Celtics note: Bob Cousy retired from the Celtics on April 24, 1963, after they beat the Lakers in Game 6 of the NBA final for the team’s fifth consecutive NBA Championship.

Cliff Schrock