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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: September 13

A pair of Open Championships from the 1800s ended on this date. In 1866, at Prestwick, Willie Park Sr. won for the third time, beating brother Davie Park by two shots. The 1866 Open was the seventh Open Championship and Willie shot 169. There were 16 players. In 1872, also at Prestwick, Tom Morris Jr. won for the fourth straight time, winning by three strokes over David Strath.

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