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Getting the ball up and down from the bunker at No. 18, Gary Player held off Arnold Palmer and amateur Charles Coe to become the Masters first international champion. Palmer took a six fr...

An 18-hole, three-man playoff for the 1962 Masters was won by Arnold Palmer, giving Arnie his third Masters victory. That tied Sam Snead and Jimmy Demaret for the record of the time for m...

Jack Nicklaus donned his first Green Jacket defeating Tony Lema by one stroke, and Julius Boros and Sam Snead by two. Nicklaus' two-under total was aided by a 66 Friday.

Wooded parkland was donated from the city and a civic fund-raising campaign had, by February 8, 1962, acquired pledges totaling $378,026. Ground-breaking for the original construction was...

Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is an English former professional footballer, turned television and radio personality. Wright enjoyed great success wi...

Arnold Palmer continued winning after 1964 - his final PGA Tour victory was in 1973 - and he challenged at majors again after the 1964 Masters. But this tournament mark's Palmer final win...

Jack Nicklaus scored a then Tournament record 17-under-par 271 to win his second Masters title. Nicklaus' record total for four rounds (equaled in 1976 by Raymond Floyd) and winning margi...

In an 18-hole playoff, Jack Nicklaus earned his third Green Jacket and became the Masters first back-to-back champion. Nicklaus ended regulation at 288 tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brew...

Rebounding from a playoff loss the previous year, Gay Brewer birdied hole Nos. 13, 14 and 15 Sunday to defeat Bobby Nichols by one stroke.

Bob Goalby scored birdies on Nos. 13 and 14, and an eagle on No. 15 to record a final round 66. It appeared he and Roberto DeVicenzo would hold a playoff, but DeVicenzo returned an incorr...

George Archer scored a final round even-par 72 for a four-day total 281 to defeat Billy Casper, George Knudson and Tom Weiskopf by one stroke.

Thirty-five years ago on August 31st, 1969, at 9 PM, a light plane tried to land in bad weather at a small airport outside Newton, Iowa. The pilot, Glenn Belz, had only 231 total hours of...

After leading the first three rounds the previous year, Billy Casper defeated Gene Littler 69-74 in the Masters final 18-hole playoff. Casper scored a final round 71 for nine-under-par to...

A couple of late birdies sent Charles Coody to victory in the 1971 Masters. Coody birdied the 15th and 16th holes in the final round, helping him catch Johnny Miller - who had held a 2-st...

Jack Nicklaus joined Arnold Palmer as the Masters only four-time winner scoring 286 over 72 holes. Nicklaus's score was the only sub-par four-day total, and he became the Tournament's thi...

The 1972 U.S. Open Golf Championship was the 72nd U.S. Open played June 15-18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. Jack Nicklaus won the championship.

With a first-round 68, Tommy Aaron took the lead in the 1973 Masters. With middling middle rounds, he lost the lead. But with another 68 in the final round, Aaron reclaimed the lead and t...

On this day in 1973, in a highly publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. 1 ranked men's player. Riggs (...

Gary Player won the 1974 Masters, the second of three Masters titles he would collect in his career, and the seventh of his nine career major victories. Player sealed the win by nearly ho...

in one of the most thrilling Masters ever, Jack Nicklaus fended off challenges from Tom Weiskopf and Johnny Miller to win a record fifth Green Jacket by one stroke. A 40-foot birdie putt ...

Raymond Floyd ran away from the field at the 1976 Masters, winning by eight strokes and setting scoring records along the way. Floyd opened 65-66 and closed with a pair of 70s to finish a...

Scoring a birdie on No. 17, Tom Watson fired a final round 67 to defeat Jack Nicklaus by two strokes. Nicklaus needed a birdie at No. 18 to tie Watson, but bogeyed the hole instead.

Utilizing a final round 64, including seven birdies on the final 10 holes, Gary Player rallied from seven strokes back the last day to win his third Masters title. Player defeated Rod Fun...

Fuzzy Zoeller birdied the second playoff hole, No. 11, and became the Masters first sudden-death champion. Ed Sneed, who joined Zoeller and Tom Watson in the playoff, led by five strokes ...

The 23-year-old Seve Ballesteros won the first of his two Masters championships in 1980, the second of his eventual five victories in majors. He became the youngest-ever Masters champion ...

The 1980 United States Open Golf Championship was the 80th U.S. Open. The event was held from June 12-15, 1980 at Baltusrol Golf Club, Lower Course in Springfield Township, Union County, ...

Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia) is a professional American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He previou...

In the first Masters played on bentgrass greens, Tom Watson won his second Masters title fending off challenges from runners-up Johnny Miller and Jack Nicklaus. It was the third and fourt...

Craig Stadler defeated Dan Pohl in the Tournament's first one-hole playoff. Stadler led by six strokes beginning the final nine holes, and finished at four-under-par 284 along with Pohl. ...

One of the most bizarre World Cup moments occurred in 1982 during Kuwait's match with France. The French were winning 3-1 when Alain Giresse blasted in another when the Kuwaiti defenders ...

Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters championship, but he had to wait until Monday to do it. Rain cancelled play during Friday's second round, pushing the tournament's finish back a da...

Starting Sunday two strokes behind leader Tom Kite, Ben Crenshaw fired a final round 68 and won his first of two Masters titles. Sunday starting at No. 8, Crenshaw made three consecutive ...

Playing in only his third Masters, Bernhard Langer used weekend rounds of 68-68 to become the Tournament's third international champion. Despite an opening round 80, Curtis Strange enjoye...

In one of the most memorable Masters ever, Jack Nicklaus scored a final round 65 to win his sixth Green Jacket. It came 23 years after Nicklaus donned his first green coat. Nicklaus's fin...

After overcoming England in controversial fashion in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup, Argentina marched into the next round where they faced Belgium. And it was a game in which t...

On November 22, 1986, Tyson was given his first title fight against Trevor Berbick for the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight championship. Tyson won the title by second round TKO, an...

Augusta native Larry Mize chipped in for birdie from 140 feet on the second playoff hole (No. 11) to defeat Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros for the title. Ballesteros was eliminated on t...

The 1988 Masters Tournament was the 52nd Masters Tournament held from April 7-10, 1988 at Augusta National Golf Club. Sandy Lyle won his first Masters championship and second major title ...

The 1989 Masters Tournament was the 53rd Masters Tournament held from April 6-9, 1989 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his first Masters championship and second major title w...

The 1990 Masters Tournament was the 54th Masters Tournament held from April 5-8, 1990 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nick Faldo won his second consecutive Masters championship and third m...

The 1991 Masters Tournament was the 55th Masters Tournament held from April 11-14, 1991 at Augusta National Golf Club. Ian Woosnam won his first major championship by one stroke over José...

The winningest Hispanic pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball topped off his hall of fame career with this perfect game against the first place Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. Mike M...

John Daly won his first major championship by three strokes over Bruce Lietzke. Daly was quite arguably the most unforeseen major championship winner in modern history. He was the eig...

The 1992 Masters Tournament was the 56th Masters Tournament held from April 9-12, 1992 at Augusta National Golf Club. Fred Couples won his first major championship by two strokes over Ray...

Tom Kite won his first, and only, major championship by two strokes over Jeff Sluman. Prior to this event, Kite - who was the PGA Tour's all time money leader - had been known as the "...

Nick Faldo won his third Open Championship and fifth overall major championship by one stroke over John Cook. The silver medal, awarded to the low amateur, was won by England's Daren Lee,...

The 1992 PGA Championship was the 74th PGA Championship held from August 13-16, 1992 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. Nick Price won his first major championship by three...

Sept. 20, 1992, vs. Cincinnati at Lambeau Field. Favre replaces injured starter Don Majkowski in the first quarter, and never looks back. Favre leads two scoring drives in the final eight...

Nov. 15, 1992, vs. Philadelphia in Milwaukee. Despite sustaining a first-degree separation of his left shoulder early in the game, Favre leads the Packers to a come-from-behind 27-24 vict...

The 1993 Masters Tournament was the 57th Masters Tournament held from April 8-11, 1993 at Augusta National Golf Club. Bernhard Langer won his second Masters championship by four strokes o...