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 8

On this date in 1933, Denny Shute won the Open Championship, at St. Andrews’ Old Course, winning a 36-hole playoff with fellow Yank Craig Wood by five shots. On this date in 1970, Arnold Palmer shot a first-round 68 at the 99th Open and would finish 12th.

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