This Day in Golf History: May 5

On this date in 1962, Arnold Palmer shot a 69 in the third round of the Tournament of Champions at Desert Inn C.C. in Las Vegas to go with 69 and 70 in the first two rounds. He would follow it up with a 68 on May 6 and take first place and the $11,000 first prize. About a month earlier Palmer had won a playoff to win his third Masters. And it’s rare that a golfer’s claim to fame is his putting stroke, but that is the case with Leo Diegel, who died on this date in 1951. His putting style was known as “Diegeling” in which his elbows pointed outward from each other and the arms swung back and forth like a pendulum. He was effective enough that he won consecutive PGAs in 1928-1929 and was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame.