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 25

On this date in 1946, Ben Hogan won the PGA Championship at Portland (Ore.) Golf Club with a 6 and 4 victory over Ed (Porky) Oliver. It was his first of nine majors; he would win a second PGA in 1948. On this date in 1969, Arnold Palmer shot a 71 in an exhibition at Dub’s Dread Golf Course. Jack Nicklaus had 69, Harold (Jug) McSpaden 71, and Byron Nelson 72; Palmer-Nicklaus won, 2 up, in a best-ball match.

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