This Day in Golf History: September 8

On this date in 1963, Jack Nicklaus shot a second-straight 70 to win the World Series of Golf, an unofficial 36-hole event involving the winners of the year’s major championships, held at Firestone C.C., par-70, 7,165-yard South Course, Akron, Ohio. The final standings: September 7-8, 1963—Jack Nicklaus 70-70—140, $50,000; Julius Boros 72-69—141, $15,000; Arnold Palmer 71-72—143, $5,000; Bob Charles 70-77—147, $5,000. And on this date in 1968, in Eugene, Oregon, Sandra Haynie, 25, bogeyed two of her last three holes but still won the $12,500 Pacific Ladies' Classic by three strokes. The Fort Worth, Texas, golfer won $1,875. She finished 54 holes at 213, three-under-par on the 6,361-yard, par-72 Eugene C.C. She hadn't won since the September 1967 Mickey Wright Inv’l. in Bonsall, Calif. Sandra Palmer and Kathy Cornelius tied for second.