This Day in Golf History: July 26
Yesterday Padraig Harrington took the second-round lead at the Senior Open Championship at Sunningdale. On this date in 2009, the U.S.’s Loren Roberts won the same championship for the second time, also at Sunningdale, earning it in a playoff with Mark McNulty and Fred Funk. On this date in 1981, Pat Bradley won the U.S. Women’s Open at LaGrange Country Club in Illinois, winning by one over Beth Daniel. Bradley scored nine under par for 72 holes.