The 2021 U.S. Open winner, Jon Rahm, was born on this date in 1994 in Barrika, Spain.
The Open Championship ended on this date in 1889 at Musselburgh Links with Willie Park, Jr., taking his second title, this time in a 36-hole playoff with Andrew Kirkaldy.
A pair of single-major winners of the Open Championship, who many observers felt had immense potential for greatness, were born on this date. In 1971, 2001 champion David Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and in 1942, the 1973 champion golfer of the year, Tom Weiskopf, was born in Massillon, Ohio.
Chandler Harper, who sported one of the best monikers for a tour pro and won the 1950 PGA Championship, died on this date in 2004 at age 90.
The 1959 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Eldorado Golf Club with the American team beating Great Britain, 8½-3½.
The 1955 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club with the U.S. beating Great Britain, 8-4, the seventh straight American victory.
Walter Hagen won his fourth straight PGA Championship on this date in 1927, winning at Cedar Crest Country Club in a thrilling 1-up victory over Joe Turnesa.
The 1951 Ryder Cup ended on this date at Pinehurst Resort with the U.S. winning, 9½-2½,; Sam Snead was playing captain for U.S.
Jack Westland, the 1952 U.S. Amateur winner, died on this date in 1982 at Pebble Beach, California. He won 12 other major amateur golf events and went on to serve 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Americans won the first Ryder Cup held after World War II in 1947 at Portland Golf Club, 11-1, behind captain Ben Hogan.
South African Gary Player was born on this date in 1935, six years after Arnold Palmer but four ahead of Jack Nicklaus; the three would become the Big Three in global golf. Player won nine majors.
1959 Masters Champion Art Wall Jr. died on this date in 2001 of respiratory failure. He was known for a prolific feat of making 44 holes-in-one.
On this date in 1988, Beth Daniel won the Nichirei Ladies Cup U.S.-Japan Team Golf Championship by two shots over Rosie Jones.
Big-hitting Jimmy Thomson, who finished runner-up in the 1935 U.S. Open and 1936 Masters was born on this date in 1908 in North Berwick, Scotland.
Standout player, teacher, and golf ambassador Peggy Kirk Bell was born on this date 100 years ago in Findlay, Ohio.
Tiger Woods won the debut of the ZoZo Championship on this date in 2019 by three strokes over Hideki Matsuyama at the Accordia Golf & Country Club. In so doing he tied Sam Snead's record of 82 PGA victories
On this date in 1975, Mary Bea Porter completed a wire-to-wire victory with a final-round, three-over-par 76 and a 72-hole total of 287 in the Golf Inns of America tournament at the Whispering Palms course. She finished five under par for four rounds and three strokes ahead of runnerup Donna Young. Porter's first-place money of $5,700 more than doubled the $4,935 she had won In 22 events in 1975 to that point.
One of golf’s saddest days in history was on this date in 1999 when three-time major champion Payne Stewart was among the victims of a jet plane crash in Mina, South Dakota, at age 42.
Ian Baker-Finch, one of the tallest major champions ever at 6-4, was born on this date in 1960 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. IBF, who does analyst work for CBS, won the 1991 Open Championship. The tallest major winner was George Archer, nearly 6-6, who won the 1969 Masters.
The 1994 Solheim Cup ended on this date at The Greenbrier with the United States taking down Europe, 13-7, led by Brandie Burton and Dottie Mochrie (Pepper) each winning three times.