This Day in Golf--July 24

Jordan Spieth added more than a page of Open Championship lore in winning the tournament yesterday at Birkdale. It was more like a chapter with his epic comeback. Doug Sanders is part of Open lore, but not for a Spieth-like ending. Sanders was born on this date in 1933. He had strong success on the PGA Tour with 20 victories, but he never won a major despite finishing fourth or better in all four majors. He is forever linked to the 1970 Open Championship at St. Andrews, where he missed a short putt to win on the final hole, then lost an 18-hole playoff to Jack Nicklaus the following day.