On this day….
1952 – PGA approves allowing black players to enter tournaments providing sponsors agree.
1969 – Amateur Joanne Carner wins LPGA Tour Burdine’s Invitational.
1975 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Tour Colgate Triple Crown; first-place prize money – $15,000.
1975 – Johnny Miller wins PGA Tour Dean Martin Tucson Open; first-place prize money – $40,000.
1986 – Donnie Hammond wins PGA Tour Bob Hope Chrysler Classic; first-place prize money – $108,000.
1992 - John Cook wins PGA Tour Bob Hope Chrysler Classic; first-place prize money – $198,000.
1997 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA Tour Healthsouth Inaugural; first-place prize money – $90,000.
1997 – John Cook wins PGA Tour Bob Hope Chrysler Classic; first-place prize money – $270,000.
1997 – Hale Irwin wins Senior PGA Tour MasterCard Championship; first-place prize money – $186,000
2003 – Ernie Els wins PGA Tour Sony Open in Hawaii; first-place prize money – $810,000.
Birthday….
Adele Peterson (49) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; former LPGA Tour member; voted Miss Golf by Golf Digest in 1981.
