This Day in Golf History: September 11

Golf history goes silent today in tribute to the 9-11 victims in the terrorist attack on American land in New York City, Washington, D.C., and area near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Appropriate on a day like today that the last location would be a reminder of a sad golf stroke: the shank. We don’t go totally silent, utilizing the iconic Arnold Palmer. On this date in 1954, at the 9th Annual Bill Waite Memorial Tournament, Palmer and partner Tommy Sheehan of Detroit defeated George Rowbotham (Philadelphia) and Ben Smith (Detroit), 4 and 3, in the better-ball final at Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. This was the tournament he was playing when he met future wife Winnie Walzer.