This Day in Golf History: November 18

On this date in 1990, the first Solheim Cup was completed at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Florida with the United States beating Europe, 11½-4½. Kathy Whitworth was the U.S. captain and Mickey Walker led Europe. On this date in 1954, Arnold Palmer turned professional in a public announcement at a Sherman Hotel luncheon in Chicago. He joined the Wilson Sporting Goods Advisory Staff with a contract worth $5,000 per year for three years along with a signing bonus of $2,000. And in 1990, Palmer and Peter Jacobsen shot a 12-under 60 in the RMCC Invitational to finish second.