On October 5 in golf history — 2014: Ben Martin wins Shriners Open, plus 4 more moments from 1903–2014.
By the early 1900s Harry Vardon, J.H. Taylor, and James Braid dominated the Open Championship, a rivalry that defined British golf for two decades.
Harry VardonLaura Davies, a World Golf Hall of Fame member with four major titles and 20 LPGA Tour wins, was born on this day in Coventry, England.
Curtis Strange led the PGA Tour money list in 1985, a peak season for the player who would win back-to-back U.S. Opens in 1988 and 1989.
Curtis StrangeKelly Kraft, who won the 2011 U.S. Amateur with a 2-up victory over Patrick Cantlay, was born on this day in Denton, Texas.
Ben Martin won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for his first PGA Tour title.