This Day in Golf--April 27

Midwest Moments: Legendary 36-year Chicago Tribune golf editor Charlie Bartlett was born on this date in 1905. He died on November 6, 1967, and at the next Masters, the Charles Bartlett Lounge was dedicated on April 10, 1968, in the Masters press building to honor him. Also, on April 27, 1899, these clubs—Onwentsia, Chicago Golf, Glenview, Midlothian, Washington Park, Riverside, Westward Ho, Evanston, Edgewater, Belmont and Skokie were at an organizational meeting at the Grand Pacific Hotel to form the Western Golf Association. And in Detroit on April 27, 1899, World Golf Hall of Famer Leo Diegel was born.