This Day in Golf History: December 12

This is the date in 1899 that is traditionally observed as the day George Bryant of Boston patented the wooden golf tee. And one of the LPGA Tour’s stars of yesteryear, Shirley Englehorn, was born on this date in 1940 in Caldwell, Idaho. On tour from 1959 to 1979, Englehorn won the 1970 Women's PGA and 11 events in total. She died on October 2, 2022.