This Day in Golf--Aug. 7

In the wake of the Champions Tour's 3M Championship over the weekend, today's golf date in history recognizes New Prague, Minn., native Les Bolstad, one of the state's legendary golf figures. On this date in 1926, at just age 18, Bolstad won the fifth U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship at Grover Cleveland Park in Buffalo, N.Y. Later, while playing for the University of Minnesota, Bolstad won the 1927 and 1929 Big Ten titles and he won many state events. Bolstad coached the Golden Gophers golf team from 1947 to 1976. He was a mentor and teacher to countless players, including Patty Berg and Tom Lehman, and was eventually inducted into the Collegiate Golf Coaches Hall of Fame.