This Day in Golf History: December 12

The first golf “tees” were no tees at all. Players would take a small amount of sand and build a little tower or pyramid to elevate the ball. But on this date in 1899, George F. Bryant of Boston is credited with getting a patent for a wooden golf tee. Also, the great Charles Boswell, a 13-time winner of the U.S. Blind Golfers’ Association, was born on this date in 1916. Boswell won numerous awards, but Pat Browne later passed his USBGA total.