Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
Cherry+Hills+1960+U.S.+Open.jpg

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--Jan. 19

On this date 68 years ago, the LPGA Tour played the first round of its inaugural tournament, the Tampa Open at Palma Ceia Country Club, a club founded in 1916. Polly Riley, an accomplished amateur from Texas who played on six Curtis Cup teams, won with a score of 295, with Louise Suggs second, five shots back.

Cliff Schrock