This Day in Open Ch. History: July 19

On this date in 1981, The 110th Open Championship was won by Bill Rogers at Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Rogers’ only major championship was won by four strokes over runner-up Bernhard Langer. On this date in 1964, Bobby Nichols won the PGA Championship at Columbus Country Club, winning start to finish and foiling the efforts of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, who finished second by three shots. Palmer had shot four rounds in the 60s, including a final-round 69, but it wasn’t good enough against Nichols. In a moment of Palmer personal resilience, on this date in 1997, Arnie shot his first under-par round since prostate-cancer surgery, a two-under 70 at the Burnet Sr. Cl.