This Day in Golf History: July 13

On this date in 1962, Arnold Palmer won a second consecutive Open Championship, at Royal Troon, in dominating fashion in a six-shot victory over Australian Kel Nagle. On this date in 1937, Charles Coody was born in Stamford, Texas. The 6-foot-2 Texan won the 1971 Masters, winning while occasionally tugging on his socks, a nervous habit of his.