This Day in Golf History: December 17

The third James Bond movie, “Goldfinger,” premiered on this date in 1964 in London. Starring Sean Connery as the secret agent Bond, the movie has a memorable golf scene between Bond and the villain Auric Goldfinger, in which Bond memorably foils Goldfinger and his caddie, Oddjob, from trying to cheat with some duplicity of his own. Also a lasting impression: Bond caddie Hawker uttering about Goldfinger’s “found” ball in the rough, “If that’s his original ball I’m Arnold Palmer.” Also, Gus Andreone, at 103, became the oldest golfer to make a hole-in-one on this date in 2014 on the 113-yard No. 14 hole at Palm Aire C.C., Lakes Course, Palm Aire, Sarasota, Florida, using a driver. Gus was a member of the PGA and made eight holes-in-one, the first coming in 1939. He died in October 2018 at age 107.