This Day in Golf History: January 24

On this date in 1989, Canadian great George Knudson died of lung cancer at age 51. Knudson won eight times on the PGA Tour and was highly regarded for his swing technique with a compact swing over an active lower body. The closest he came to a major victory was as runner-up in the 1969 Masters to George Archer. Also, on this date in 1999, David Duval joined Al Geiberger and Chip Beck, at the time, as the only shooters of a 59 in PGA Tour history. He did it on PGA West’s Palmer Private Course in the final round on his way to winning the Bob Hope tournament.