A look back at events that transpired during this week, Oct. 2-8, 2017, in golf history.
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A look back at events that transpired during this week, Oct. 2-8, 2017, in golf history.
C.B. Macdonald, pictured third from left, wins the first U.S. Amateur, 12 adn 11, over Charles Sands at Newport Country Club.
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The Society of St. Andrews Golfers (now the Royal & Ancient Golf Club) reduces the Old Course from 22 to 18 holes.
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St. Andrews hosts The Open for the first time, following 12 editions at Prestwick, and is won by Tom Kidd of Scotland.
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Newport Country Club hosts the first U.S. Open. England’s Horace Rawlins wins by two shots over Scot Willie Dunn.
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Harry Vardon wins the U.S. Open at Chicago Golf Club, becoming the first player to win both the U.S. Open and The Open.
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Fred Wadsworth wins the PGA Tour’s Southern Open as a Monday qualifier.
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Tiger Woods wins his first PGA Tour event - in his fifth start as a professional - in a playoff over Davis Love III at the Las Vegas Invitational.
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Jack Nicklaus wins the Ohio Kings Island Open and donates his $25,000 winner’s check to charity: $20,000 to a scholarship in his father’s name at Ohio State and $5,000 to the Boy Scouts of America.
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