The 1879 Open Championship was the 19th Open, and was held on September 27 and 29 at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Jamie Anderson won by three strokes over Jamie Allan and Andrew Kirkaldy. The championship was held on the 27th, but the final day was the 29th when Allan and Kirkaldy had an 18-hole playoff to decide second- and third-place position, with Kirkaldy winning 91-92.
The 1921 PGA Championship was played from September 26 to October 1 at Inwood Country Club at Far Rockaway, New York, and won by Walter Hagen for the third time. He beat two-time champion Jim Barnes, 3 and 2, in the final.
On this day in 1930, golfer Bobby Jones completed his revered Grand Slam of winning four major championships in the same year. The four were the U.S. Open, The Open, and U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship. Jones was the first and only golfer in history to win the four big events of his time in the same calendar year. On this date he beat Gene Homans, 8 and 7, at the U.S. Amateur at Merion.
The 1861 Open Championship ended on this date at Prestwick Golf Club, Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the second Open Championship and had a field of 10 professionals and eight amateurs. The winner was Tom Morris, Sr., aka Old Tom, by four shots over Willie Park, Sr. with a score of 163.
The 1926 PGA Championship ended on this date, at Salisbury Golf Club on Long Island in East Meadow, New York, with Walter Hagen beating Leo Diegel, 5 and 3, in the final. The victory was Hagen’s third straight, fourth overall and he would eventually win five.
The 31st Ryder Cup Match ended on this date in 1995, with the European team beating the U.S. in a thriller, 14½-13½, at Oak Hill County Club in Rochester, N.Y. It was a stinging defeat for the Americans to lose on home turf.
The ninth Open Championship, played on this date in 1868, was won by Tom Morris, Jr., who shot a 154 at Prestwick Golf Club and was three shots ahead of his father, Tom Morris, Sr.
Willie Anderson won the 1905 and 11th U.S. Open on this date at the Myopia Hunt Club with a 314 score, two ahead of Alex Smith.
The 21st Ryder Cup Match ended on this date in 1975 at Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. The United States team won over Great Britain and Ireland, 21 to 11 points.
The 1981 Ryder Cup ended on this day at Walton Heath Golf Club in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey, England, southwest of London, with the United States winning 18½ to 9½ points. It is the largest margin of victory by the U.S. over a European team (since 1979).
Clifford Ann Creed won the 1965 LPGA Visalia Golf Open on this date in California. She shot four under par and won by a stroke over Susie Maxwell.
The 1863 Open Championship was played on this date, with Willie Park Sr. winning by two shots over Tom Morris Sr., also known as Old Tom. Park shot 168 in three 12-hole rounds played in one day, beating out the field of 14 players at Prestwick Golf Club.
The third U.S. Open was held on this date in 1897. The 35 players played two rounds at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. Joe Lloyd was the winner by a mere one shot over Willie Anderson, who would become a four-time winner.
Tom Morris Sr., aka Old Tom Morris, won the Open Championship for the third time when he won on this date in 1864 with a score of 167 at Prestwick Golf Club. He finished two shots ahead of Andrew Strath in the field of 16.
The Open Championship of 1870, the 11th overall, finished on this day with Tom Morris Jr., aka Young Tom, winning with a score of 149 at Prestwick Golf Club. He won by 12 shots over the field of 20 players.
Today’s date in 1868 is usually credited as the day when golf's first recorded hole-in-one was made by Young Tom Morris on Prestwick's eighth hole.
Continuing the recent Open Championship theme, the 1866 Open was the seventh Open Championship and was held on this date at Prestwick Golf Club. The winner for the third time was Willie Park, Sr., who won by two shots over his brother Davie Park after shooting 169. There were 16 players.
Donna Andrews won the 1993 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship on this date at 8 under par, taking home $67,500.
The third Open Championship was won by Tom Morris Sr. on this date in 1862 when he shot a 163 at Prestwick Golf Club. He won by 13 shots over Willie Park Sr. Only eight players competed on the 12-hole course. Morris would be known as Old Tom after his son Young Tom became a legendary player himself.
The 1875 Open Championship was held on this date at Prestwick Golf Club, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Yes, the entire tournament was on one day. Eighteen players began at 11:30 a.m. Willie Park, Sr. won by two strokes over runner-up Bob Martin with a score of 166, playing three rounds of 12 holes. Park had won the first championship in 1860 and his 1875 victory gave him four wins.