This Day in Golf History: July 1

On this date in 1956, Arnold Palmer won the Insurance City Open, and in 1963, he won the Cleveland Open in a playoff. And in 1961, Mickey Wright, the greatest women’s player in history, won the U.S. Women’s Open at Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey. Her total of 293 was six shots better than runner-up Betsy Rawls, even though she shot an 80 in the second round. It was Wright’s third National Open title.