If you wanted to give it a touch of Hollywood coloration—and to do so proved irresistible to a large number of the spectators gathered for the event at the Country Club of Detroit—the final match of the 54th annual United States Amateur championship was a scenario writer's dream come true: it brought together "a graying millionaire playboy who is a celebrity on two continents" … [Read more...] about Arnold Palmer Wins The Amateur – August 28, 1954
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John Daly Wins PGA August 11, 1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n6OyLCaAR0 John Daly’s career has featured a litany of surprises, but none more audacious than the first: his win at the 1991 PGA Championship. Forget that Daly, a rookie, had missed 11 cuts in 23 starts preceding that week at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. The real shocker was his getting into the tournament at all, the result of a … [Read more...] about John Daly Wins PGA August 11, 1991