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: August 2

On this date in 1912, the year the Titanic sank and one year before Francis Ouimet shocked the world with his U.S. Open victory, John McDermott won the U.S. Open for the second straight year. He won by two shots over Tom McNamara at the Country Club of Buffalo. McDermott shot two under par for 72 holes. On this date in 1959, the PGA Championship went to Bob Rosburg at Minneapolis Golf Club by just one shot over Doug Sanders and Jerry Barber. Six strokes back at the start of Round 4, Rosburg had a 66 to finish at three-under 277.

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