This Day in Golf--May 15

Ken Venturi was born in 1931 in San Francisco. He had a fine amateur record, nearly winning the 1956 Masters, but he fell short of the predicted stardom, primarily due to a hand ailment. He won a legendary 1964 U.S. Open title in the D.C. heat, achieved notoriety in the television booth, and ultimately was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.