On this day….
1956 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tour Peach Blossom Open; first-place money – $900.
1962 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tour Titleholders Championship; first-place money – $1,330.
1973 – Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Tour Birmingham Classic; first-place money – $4,950.
1973 – Lanny Wadkins wins PGA Tour Byron Nelson Classic; first-place money – $30,000.
1979 – Jane Blalock wins LPGA Tour Otey Crisman Classic; first-place money – $15,000.
1979 – Hubert Green wins PGA Tour First NBC New Orleans Open; first-place money – $45,000.
1984 – Betsy King wins LPGA Tour Freedom/Orlando Classic; first-place money – $22,500.
1984 – Corey Pavin wins PGA Tour Houston Coca-Cola Open; first-place money – $90,000.
1990 – David Frost wins PGA Tour USF&G Classic; first-place money – $180,000.
1990 – Frank Beard wins Senior PGA Tour Murata Reunion Pro-Am; first-place money – $60,000.
2001 – Rosie Jones wins LPGA Tour Kathy Ireland Championship Honouring Harvey Penick; first-place money – $135,000.
2001 – Scott Hoch wins PGA Tour Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic; first-place money – $630,000.
2001 – Hale Irwin wins Senior PGA Tour Bruno’s Memorial Classic; first-place money – $210,000.
2007 – Silvia Cavalleri wins LPGA Tour Corona Championship; first-place money – $195,000.
2007 – Scott Verplank wins PGA Tour EDS Byron Nelson Classic; first-place money – $1,134,000.
2012 - Luke List defeats Brian Stuard by two shots to win Nationwide Tour South Georgia Classic presented by First State Bank & Trust Company at Kinderlou Forest GC; first-place prize money – $112,500.
2012 - Stacy Lewis defeats Lexi Thompson by one shot to win LPGA Tour Mobile Bay LPGA Classic at the Crossings Course at Magnolia Grove; first-place prize money – NA.
2012 – Jason Dufner beats Ernie Els on second playoff hole to win Zurich Classic of New Orleans at TPC Louisianna; first-place prize money – $1,152,000.
2012 – Bernd Wiesberger defeats Richie Ramsay by five shots to win European T0ur Ballantine’s Championship in Icheon, Seoul, South Korea; first-place prize money – $367,500.
Birthdays…
Niclas Fasth (40) of Gothenburg, Sweden; six-time winner on European PGA Tour; best finish on PGA Tour was second at the 2001 British Open.
William Lee Glasson Jr. (52) of Fresno, California; seven-time winner on PGA Tour; 1997 PGA Tour comeback player of the year.
John Laurence (Johnny) Miller (64) of San Francisco, California; winner of 31 professional tournament worldwide, including 25 on PGA Tour; winner of 1973 U.S. Open and 1976 British Open; F CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976); inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame in 1998; NBC television golf analyst.
