This Day in Golf History: May 16

On this date in 2019, the first round of the 101st PGA was played on the Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island with Brooks Koepka shooting a 7-under-par 63 to lead by one shot. The 63 tied the championship record. On this date in 1982, Kathy Whitworth won the Lady Michelob LPGA event in Roswell, Ga., at nine under par, by four shots. It was her 83rd victory, putting her in the all-time lead. And on this date in 1957 Arnold Palmer was honored in Youngstown, Pa., at a dinner attended by 400 locals, and he made a double-eagle on this date in 1962.