This Day in Golf History: December 27

Dave Marr was born on this date in 1933 in Houston. He won the 1965 PGA Championship but more indelibly he was a longtime ABC-TV golf analyst (later NBC) who set the standard for analytics that successors are still trying to achieve. He died in 1997. Also, steady middle-of-the-road American golf professional Charley Hoffman was born on this date in 1976. The San Diego native has four PGA Tour victories and two top-10s in majors. His highest world ranking was 20th.