This Day in Golf History: May 17

On this date in 1962, Arnold Palmer shot a 67 to beat Gary Player’s 71 in an exhibition at the C.C. of Ashevillle. In 1976, Palmer was on a team that set an aviation speed record for a business jet to fly around the world in 57 hours 25 minutes 42 seconds. On this date in 1951, it’s traditionally noted that the USGA and R&A of St. Andrews concurred on abolishing the stymie from the game, which occurred when one golfer’s ball blocked the path of another player’s ball on the putting green, forcing the golfer furthest away to play around the closer ball. Also, Se Ri Pak, at just 20 years old, was a wire-to-wire winner on this date of the 1998 LPGA Championship at DuPont Country club. She finished three shots in front of Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney.