On this day….
1906 – Alex Smith wins PGA Tour major U.S. Open at Onwentsia; first-place prize money – NA.
1947 – Betty Jameson wins LPGA Tour major U.S. Women’s Open; first-place prize money – NA.
1952 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tour major U.S. Women’s Open; first-place prize money – $7,500.
1969 - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Tour major U.S. Women’s Open; first-place prize money – $5,000.
1975 – JoAnne Carner wins LPGA Tour major du Maurier Classic; first-place prize money - $12,000.
1975 – Hale Irwin wins PGA Tour Western Open; first-place prize money – $40,000.
1980 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Tour Sarah Coventry Classic; first-place prize money – $18,750.
1980 – Lee Trevino wins PGA Tour Danny Thomas Memphis Classic; first-placerize pmoney $54,000.
1980 – Roberto De Vicenzo wins Senior PGA Tour major U.S. Senior Open; first-place prize money $20,000.
1986 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Tour Mayflower Classic; first-place prize money – $52,500.
1986 – Bob Murphy wins PGA Tour Canadian Open at Glen Abbey; first-place prize money – $108,000.
1986 – Dale Douglass wins Senior PGA Tour major U.S. Senior Open; first-place prize money – $42,500.
1997 – Michelle McGann wins LPGA Tour ShopRite LPGA Classic; first-place prize money – $135,000.
1997 – Greg Norman wins PGA Tour St. Jude Classic; first-place prize money – $270,000.
1997 - Graham Marsh wins Senior PGA Tour major U.S. Seniors Open; first-place prize money – $232,500.
2003 – Angela Stanford wins LPGA Tour ShopRite LPGA Classic; first-place prize money – $195,000.
2003 - David Toms wins PGA Tour FedEx St. Jude Classic; first-place prize money – $810,000.
2003 – Bruce Lietzke wins Champions Tour major U.S. Senior Open; first-place prize money – $460,000.
2008 – Inbee Park wins LPGA Tour major U.S. Women’s Open; first-place prize money – $585,000.
2008 – Kenny Perry wins PGA Tour Buick Open; first-place prize money – $900,000.
2008 - Loren Roberts wins PGA Tour Commerce Bank Championship; first-place prize money – $240,000.
Birthdays….
Mark Hensby (40) of Melbourne, Australia; won PGA Tour 2004 John Deere Classic.
Edward F. Humenik (53) of Detroit, Michigan; former PGA Tour member.
Lonnie Nielsen (59) of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; won PGA Champions Tour 2007 Commerce Bank Championship.
Billy Kratzert (59) of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; four-time winner on PGA Tour.
