On May 5 in golf history — 1957: Doug Ford wins the Masters, plus 5 more moments from 1934–2013.
American Dow Finsterwald, who won the 1958 PGA Championship in its first year of stroke play, was born on this day in Athens, Ohio.
Dow FinsterwaldDoug Ford holed out from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to win the 1957 Masters by three strokes over Sam Snead.
Doug FordBob Goalby won the 1968 Masters after Roberto De Vicenzo signed for an incorrect scorecard that cost him a tie, leading to De Vicenzo's famous line, 'What a stupid I am.'
Bob GoalbyCurtis Strange, who topped the PGA Tour money list in 1985, captured another title that season as he established himself as one of America's best players.
Curtis StrangeScott Hoch won the Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic in North Carolina, one of his many PGA Tour titles spread across two decades.
Little-known Derek Ernst, who got into the field as an alternate, beat David Lynn in a playoff at Quail Hollow to win the Wells Fargo Championship for a shock first PGA Tour title.