This Day in Golf--May 20

Many parts of the country are experiencing turbulent Open Championship-type weather, which makes it appropriate to observe an Open Championship historical note in May since we are used to the Open being played in July. But in 1897, the Open was played on May 19 and 20, 36 holes each day, with amateur Harold Hilton winning, at Hoylake in England, for his second victory, this time by a stroke over James Braid.