This Day in Golf History: May 3

On this date in 1964, Pete Brown won the Waco Turner Open in Burneyville, Oklahoma, one of the first African-American victories of a PGA Tour event. Also on this date in 1903, the great entertainer and golf promoter Bing Crosby was born in Tacoma, Washington. Mainly noted for his singing and acting, in golf circles Crosby was a fine player who made the celebrity pro-am famous, on the Monterey Peninsula , and his ambassadorship as a golf promoter earned him a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.