Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: June 2

He is the Walrus: Craig Stadler was born on this date in 1953, making him 72. Stadler won the 1982 Masters in a playoff with Dan Pohl. From San Diego, Stadler won the 1973 U.S. Amateur and turned pro three years later. And World Golf Hall of Fame member Charlie Sifford, chronicled as the first African-American to be on the PGA Tour, was born on this date in 1922 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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