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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--Aug. 20

On the day the U.S. Amateur concludes, the 1954 champion, Arnold Palmer, is in today's special golf date. On Aug. 20, 1955, Palmer shot a final-round 70 to go with previous rounds of 64-67-64 to win the Canadian Open, the first PGA Tour victory of his career. In a sign of the times, the top prize was worth just $2,400.

Cliff Schrock