Dec 10

December 10 in Golf History

On December 10 in golf history — 1966: Palmer and Nicklaus win PGA National Team Championship, plus 4 more moments from 1937–1966.

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On This Day in Golf

1937 Born

Don Bies, PGA Tour and senior winner, is born

Don Bies was born in Cottonwood, Idaho. He earned his lone PGA Tour title at the 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open and went on to win seven times on the Senior PGA Tour.

1938 Born

Bill Dunk, Australian golf great, is born

Bill Dunk was born in New South Wales, Australia. He won five Australian PGA Championships and more than 100 tournaments at home, breaking over 80 course records across his career.

1949 Milestone

Ben Hogan plays first full round after near-fatal crash

On December 10, 1949, Ben Hogan played his first full round of golf at Colonial Country Club, roughly ten months after a head-on bus collision nearly killed him. He would win the 1950 U.S. Open the following year.

Ben Hogan
1950 Born

Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer, is born

Simon Owen was born in New Zealand. He is best remembered for dueling Jack Nicklaus down the stretch at the 1978 Open Championship at St Andrews before finishing runner-up.

1966 Championship

Palmer and Nicklaus win PGA National Team Championship

Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus combined for rounds of 63-66-63-64 to win the PGA National Team Championship at 256, a rare pairing of the game's two biggest stars in the same team.

Arnold Palmer