This Day in Golf History: July 6

On this date in the 1931 U.S. Open, history was made when the longest playoff in championship history came to an end when Billy Burke won a playoff at Inverness. He and George Von Elm were tied after the then 36-hole playoff on July 5, and then played 36 more on this day. Burke barely won, 148-149. The 72 holes were the most playoff holes ever. Peter Thomson, one of four five-time winners of the Open Championship, won his third on this date in 1956 at Royal Liverpool. It was a three-shot victory over Belgian Flory Van Donck. And on this date in 1958, Arnold Palmer shot a third-straight 68 at Firestone in the Rubber City Open for a tie for 12th.