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 4

The affable and verbally adept Peter Jacobsen was born on this date in 1954. The personable Oregonian won seven times on the PGA Tour and has been doing TV commentary for many years. Also, one of Jacobsen’s dearest friends and team partners on tour, Arnold Palmer, In one of the most glorious seasons in golf history, shot a 71 in the second round of the Baton Rouge Open on this date in 1960. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but he had won the Texas Open on Feb. 28, went on to win in Baton Rouge on March 6, then won the Pensacola Open on March 13 for three in a row in a year he won eight times, including the Masters and U.S. Open.

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