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: March 15

A couple of non-March 15 dates but still March in the life of Arnold Palmer: On March 20, 1948, playing in his first tour event at age 18, he missed the cut after rounds of 78-76--154 in the Greater Greensboro Open, which Lloyd Mangrum won. In March 1968, one of Arnie’s numerous books was published: The Arnold Palmer Method, a 235-page instructional paperback from the Dell Publishing Company. Alspo, a pair of Titleholders championships concluded on this date. In 1953, Patty Berg won for the fifth time, at Augusta Country Club, by nine shots over Betsy Rawls with a score of 294. And in 1959, Louise Suggs won for the fourth time, with 297, with Rawls second again, this time one stroke behind.

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