Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: July 28

On this date in 1987, England’s Laura Davies broke the hearts of JoAnne Carner fans when she won an 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Women’s Open that included Ayako Okamoto at Plainfield CC. Davies shot 71, Okamoto 73 and Carner 74. American Carner was 48 and by far the sentimental favorite. On this date in 1957 Arnold Palmer shot a fourth-round 69 at the Eastern Open to finish in a tie for 8th; in 1984, he shot 68-66 in the Golf Digest Commemorative Pro-Am for third place.

Cliff Schrock