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I recently subscribed to a golf history email notification. Today's seemed worthy. I'll post more as I get them.


https://golfhistorytoday.com/1950-ben-hogan-1-iron-merion/

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Good Read and great nugget of golfing history. Thanks for sharing!
 
June 12th
1919: Walter Hagen defeats Mike Brady to win the U.S. Open after staying out the previous night partying

“The party pretty much lasted the entire night…champange, pretty girls, …jokes and laughter… no sleep.”
-Walter Hagen, the night before he won the 1919 U.S. Open

https://golfhistorytoday.com/1919-walter-hagen-mike-brady-u-s-open/
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June 14th

1959: Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open at Winged Footed CC by 1 stroke

https://golfhistorytoday.com/1959-billy-casper-us-open/

The first US Open to be played over a 4 day period
Charlie Sifford's first major
A fifty-two foot scoreboard was built specially for this event. It was the largest in USGA history thus far

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Day 1 Scores
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July 13

1962: Arnold Palmer wins his 2nd Open Championship in a row by 6 strokes at Royal Troon
https://golfhistorytoday.com/1962-arnold-palmer-open/

On this day, In 1962 Arnold Palmer hoisted his second consecutive Claret Jug, this time at Royal Troon. After finishing runner-up in his first Open in 1960, he won it in his second appearance in 1961. In this edition, Palmer won the Open Championship by six strokes handily over runner-up Kel Nagle. Palmer and Nagle were quite familiar with each other as they played opposite roles in the 1960 Open Championship.

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Trivia
◾This was the last Open in which all players had to qualify; in 1963 a system of exemptions for the leading players was introduced.
◾The PGA Championship was played the next week (19–22 July) near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July
◾The night before, (July 12) The Rolling Stones played their 1st ever concert at London’s Marquee Club. Arnold
 
Lots of Open Championship flashbacks this week and next.

July 14th

1973: Tom Weiskopf wins The Open Championship wire-to -wire at Troon
https://golfhistorytoday.com/1973-tom-weiskopf-wins-open-troon/

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On this day, In 1973 Tom Weiskopf was hoisting the Claret Jug in front of thousands at Royal Troon. The Columbus, Ohio native won his first major championship by three strokes over opponents Johnny Miller and Neil Coles. Weiskopf capped a wire-to-wire victory and his 72 hole total of 12-under-par 276 matched the then-existing Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the very same course in 1962.
 
37 years ago on July 25. Caddyshack hits movie theaters.
 
This was at Dub's Dread, where my wife and I work part time. It was at one time the longest course in the world, at over 8,000 yards.

Via Ben Hogan Golf.

This Day in Hogan History:
June 28, 1970 Ben Hogan and Sam Snead teamed up and defeated the team of Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden in an exhibition match play event at the Dub’s Dread Golf Course in Piper, Kansas, with the proceeds going to charity. This was the first event that Ben played in over 2 years due to shoulder and knee injuries. The course was designed by Jug McSpaden and at that time was the longest course in the world at over 8,100 yards. The four men won over 200 tournaments accounting for more than $1 million in prize money. Ben, Byron and Sam were in their late 50’s and Jug was in his early 60’s. Byron was carrying his driver 270 yards in the air and they all could still break par off the pro’s tees. The previous 2 years Jug invited his “Gold Dust Twin” Byron Nelson to team up in match play events against Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus (the Palmer/Nicklaus team winning both times).

Pictured is Byron Nelson sinking a birdie putt at a 1970 exhibition golf match held at the Dub's Dread Golf Club in Piper, Kansas. The match consisted of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead teaming against Byron Nelson and Jug McSpaden, who designed the course.

Pictured is a newspaper clipping describing the exhibition match between Hogan / Snead vs. Nelson / McSpaden.


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That's awesome, @Smallville! Thanks for sharing!
 
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing!
 
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