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 24

On this date in 1965, the University of Houston won an eighth team title in 10 years in the NCAA Tournament. The team’s Marty Fleckman set a 36-hole record. On this date in 1928 at Olympia Fields Country Club, Johnny Farrell defeated Bobby Jones by a shot to win a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open. On this date in 1965, Arnold Palmer shot a first-round 66 at the St. Paul Open to finish T-7. And in 1984, Palmer finished with 69 in the final round of the Senior TPC to finish 1st.

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