This Day in Golf History: October 15

On this date in 1961, the LPGA Championship was won for the third time by Mickey Wright, at Stardust C.C., by nine shots over Louise Suggs. Also, Horton Smith, the winner of the first and third Masters Tournament in 1934 and 1936, died on this date in 1963 at age 55 from Hodgkin’s disease.