This Day in Golf History: April 29

Birthday specials today include PGA major winner and present tour player Justin Thomas in 1993, and two-time major winner, TV analyst and World Golf Hall of Famer Johnny Miller in 1947. Miller was born in San Francisco and went on to assemble a Hall of Fame career, highlighted by winning the 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 Open Championship. In retirement he was a golf analyst for NBC Sports. And this date in 1857 is credited as the publishing date for the first golf instruction book, The Golfer's Manual, “A Keen Hand” by H. B. Farnie.