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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 27

On this date in 1966, Arnold Palmer shot a third-round 65 at the Philadelphia Golf Cl. Flash forward nearly 50 years on this day in 2015 and Palmer met with the U.S. Walker Cup team, led by Captain John (Spider) Miller, prior to its trip to England. On this date in 1995, Tiger Woods won his second of three straight U.S. Amateurs by defeating George (Buddy) Marucci Jr., 2 up, at Newport (R.I.) C.C. And two-time Masters champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer was born on this date in 1957 in Anhausen, Germany.

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