On March 1 in golf history — 1959: Art Wall wins Bing Crosby Pro-Am, plus 6 more moments from 1894–2015.
Clifford Roberts, the businessman who co-founded Augusta National Golf Club with Bobby Jones and chaired the Masters Tournament for decades, was born on this day.
American golfer Shelley Mayfield, a multiple PGA Tour winner in the 1950s, was born on this day in Texas.
Art Wall Jr. captured the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am in a season that would see him win the Masters and PGA Player of the Year honors.
Art Wall Jr.Bruce Lietzke won the Bob Hope Desert Classic in California, one of his 13 career PGA Tour titles.
Scott Hoch shot a strong final round to win the United Airlines Hawaiian Open at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu.
South Korea's Y.E. Yang held off the field at PGA National to win the Honda Classic for his first PGA Tour title, months before his stunning PGA Championship win over Tiger Woods.
Y.E. YangPadraig Harrington beat Daniel Berger on the second playoff hole at PGA National to win the Honda Classic, ending a long PGA Tour victory drought.
Padraig Harrington