This Day in Golf History: February 3

Two-time U.S. Open winner Retief Goosen, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2019, was born on this date in 1969 in Pietersburg, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Also born on this date was the World Golf Hall of Famer Carol Mann, born in Buffalo in 1941 and who passed away in 2018.With the Waste Management tour event this week, we note that in 1955 on this date Arnold Palmer shot a first-round 69 at the Phoenix Open. In 1974, Arnie had a final-round 72 at the Hawaiian Open, finishing T-71, the final time he “finished out of the money.”