This Day in Golf History: June 26

Arguably the greatest female athlete of all time was born on this date in 1911. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was born in Port Arthur, Texas. Any sport she tried she mastered, beginning with track and field. She was a gold medalist in the 1932 Olympics. Another major sport was golf, where she became a World Golf Hall of Fame member. Also, the first American to win the U.S. Open broke through on this date in 1911 at the Chicago Golf Club. John McDermott, just 19 years old, shot 80 to win a playoff with Mike Brady (82) and George Simpson (85).