This Day in Golf History: August 29

On this date in 1908, Scotsman Fred McLeod won an 18-hole playoff with Willie Smith, 77-83, to capture the 14th U.S. Open Championship at the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton, Massachusetts. The two had tied at the end of regulation with 72-hole scores of 322. Also, on this date in 1949, Arnold Palmer won a U.S. Amateur match for the first time, held at Oak Hill’s East Course in Rochester, New York. In Round 1, Palmer defeated Frederick W. Mayer, of Westchester, N.Y., 3 & 2. Arnie also won Round 2 but lost 4 and 3 in Round 3 to Crawford Rainwater, of Pensacola, Fla.