On this day…
1962 – Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Tour Peach Blossom Tournament; first-place prize money – $1,100.
1973 – Judy Rankin wins LPGA Tour American Defender-Raleigh Classic; first-place prize money – $4,500.
1973 – Bruce Crampton wins PGA Tour Houston Open; first-place prize money – $41,000.
1979 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Tour Women’s International; first-place prize money – $12,000.
1979 – Wayne Levi wins PGA Tour Houston Open; first-place prize money – $54,000.
1984 – Sharon Bennett wins LPGA Tour Potamkin Classic; first-place prize money – $30,000.
1984 – Tom Watson wins PGA Tour MONY Tournament of Champions; first-place prize money – $72,000.
1984 – Orville Moody wins Senior PGA Tour MONY Senior Tournament of Champions; first-place prize money $30,000
1990 – Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Tour Sara Lee Classic; first-place prize money – $63,750.
1990 – Payne Stewart wins PGA Tour GTE Byron Nelson Classic; first-place prize money – $180,000.
1990 – Chi Chi Rodriguez wins Senior PGA Tour Las Vegas Senior Classic; first-place prize money – $67,500.
2001 – Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Tour Chick-fil-A Charity Championship; first-place prize money – $180,000.
2001 – David Toms wins PGA Tour Compaq Classic of New Orleans; first-place prize money – $720,000.
2007 – Mi Hyun Kim wins LPGA Tour SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons; first-place prize money – $210,000.
2007 – Tiger Woods wins PGA Tour Wachovia Championship; first-place prize money – $1,134,000.
2007 – Scott Hoch wins PGA Champions Tour FedEx Kinko’s Classic; first-place prize money – $240,000.
Birthdays….
Aron Price (29) of Jacksonville Beach, Florida; first season on PGA Tour; Nationwide Tour graduate; winner of Nationwide Tour 2008 Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship.
Dean Larsson (39) of Australia living in Dallas, Texas; former Nike Tour player.
Scott Hood (52) of Seattle, Washington; former Canadian Tour member.
Tim Simpson (55) of Atlanta, Georgia; four-time winner on PGA Tour, including Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic; currently on PGA Champions Tour.
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