On January 8 in golf history — 2012: Steve Stricker wins Hyundai Tournament of Champions, plus 4 more moments from 1937–2012.
American professionals born in the late 1930s came of age during the television era that transformed golf in the 1960s.
The late 1940s saw the birth of players who would dominate the international game in the 1970s.
Glen 'All' Day, who won the 1999 MCI Classic on the PGA Tour, was born in this era in Louisiana.
Players born at the end of the 1980s became regular PGA Tour competitors in the late 2010s.
Steve Stricker closed with a 64 to win the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, his record-setting 12th PGA Tour title.