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 30

A pair of U.S. Amateur results occurred on this date. In 1969, Steve Melnyk shot 286 to win by five over Marvin (Vinny) Giles at Oakmont; in 1987, Billy Mayfair defeated Eric Rebmann, 4 and 3, at Jupiter Hills Club (Hills Course), in Florida. Also, one of golf’s most colorful figures, the quick tempered Tommy (Thunder) Bolt, died at age 92 on this date in 2008 after a Hall of Fame career that included victory in the 1958 U.S. Open. On this date in 2011, Arnold Palmer teamed with partner Peter Jacobsen to finish 6th in the Umpqua Bank Challenge (aka Fred Meyer Challenge) in Portland, Oregon, which was his final paycheck at a pro-only event, worth $40,000. 

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