Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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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 History: December 1

On this date in 1939, Lee Buck Trevino was born in Dallas, Texas. Regarded as one of the greatest ball-strikers in golf history, Trevino won six majors and 29 PGA Tour events and was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Also, on this date in 1973, Jack Nicklaus won the Walt Disney World Open at 13-under-par 275, one stroke ahead of Mason Rudolph. The victory made Nicklaus the first player to reach $2 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour.

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