This Day in Golf History: May 31

On this date in 1930, Bobby Jones won the Open Amateur (British) to take the first step in winning his fabled Grand Slam. He won at St. Andrews in a 7 & 6 victory against England’s Roger Wethered. Also, It was an Army-Navy battle on this day in 1942 at the PGA Championship played at Seaview C.C. in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sam Snead, who was going to report to the Navy, defeated Jim Turnesa, an Army corporal, 2 and 1, in the final. It was the first of three PGA titles for Snead, who had lost two of the previous four final matches.