On January 16 in golf history — 2005: Stuart Appleby wins Mercedes Championship, plus 4 more moments from 1935–2005.
Players born in the mid-1930s came up during golf's mid-century growth.
Late-1950s births formed the PGA Tour of the 1980s and 1990s.
Players born in the early 1970s reached the tour around the turn of the millennium.
Late-1980s births became regular PGA Tour competitors in the late 2010s.
Stuart Appleby successfully defended his Mercedes Championship title at Kapalua, beating Vijay Singh and Jonathan Kaye to start the 2005 season.