This Day in Golf History: May 28

Julius Boros, the man whose record as the oldest winner of a major was broken by Phil Mickelson, died on this date in 1994 of a heart attack at age 74. Boros had won three majors, the 1952 and 1963 U.S. Open and the 1968 PGA when he was age 48-plus. Also, one of the LPGA Tour’s pioneers, Marlene Bauer Hagge, won the pleasant sounding Land of Sky Open on this date in 1958 in a playoff with JoAnn Prentice on the first hole of sudden death after the two had tied at three-under-par 213. On May 28, 1961, Arnold Palmer shot a final-round 66 at the 500 Festival Open but lost a playoff to Doug Ford. And on this date in 1982, Palmer shot a second-straight 72 at The Memorial Tournament to finish T-58. Jack Nicklaus’ tournament is being played this week on Muirfield. Village at Dublin, Ohio.