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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: September 13

On this date in 1964, Arnold Palmer finished the World Series of Golf at Firestone Country Club’s South Course in Akron, Ohio. The final standings: Tony Lema 70-68—138, $50,000; Ken Venturi 69-74—143, $15,000; Bobby Nichols 77-70-147, $5,000; Palmer 74-74—148, $5,000. Also, a pair of Open Championships ended on this date. In 1866, at Prestwick Golf Club, Willie Park Sr. won for the third time, and in 1872, also at Prestwick, Tom Morris, Jr. won a fourth straight time (no championship was held in 1871).

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