On this day….
1965 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tour Pensacola Invitational; first-place prize money – $1,275.
1971 – Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Tour Burdine’s Invitational; first-place prize money – $4,500.
1971 - Lee Trevino wins PGA Tour Tallahassee Open Invitational; first-place prize money – $12,000.
1971 – Jack Nicklaus wins PGA Tour Tournament of Champions; first-place prize money – $33,000.
1976 – Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Tour Birmingham Classic; first-place prize money – $57,000.
1976 – Larry Ziegler wins PGA Tour First NBC New Orleans Open; first-place prize money – $35,000.
1982 – Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Tour Orlando Lady Classic; first-place prize money – $22,500.
1982 – Scott Hoch wins PGA Tour USF&G Classic; first-place prize money – $54,000.
1993 – Rocco Mediate wins PGA Tour KMart Greater Greensboro Open; first-place prize money – $270,000.
1993 – Dave Stockton wins Senior PGA Tour Muratec Reunion Pro-Am; first-place prize money – $75,000.
1999 – Rachel Hetherington wins LPGA Tour Chick-fil-A-Charity Championship; first-place prize money – $120,000.
1999 - Jesper Parnevik wins PGA Tour Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic; first-place prize money – $468,000.
1999 – Bruce Fleisher wins Senior PGA Tour The Home Depot Invitational; first-place prize money – $180,000.
2010 – Ewan Porter wins Nationwide Tour South Georgia Classic Presented by First State Bank and Trust Company; first-place prize money – $112,500.
2010 – Marcus Fraser wins European PGA Tour Ballantine’s Championship; first-place prize money – $367,500.
2010 - Jason Bohn wins PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans; first-place prize money – $1,116,000.
2010 – Mark O’Meara and Nick Price defeat John Cook and Joey Sindelar on the second playoff hole, win PGA Champions Tour Liberty Mutual Legends; first-place prize money – $800,000.
Birthdays….
Nick Watney (31) of Sacramento, California; four-time winner on PGA Tour, including 2011 World Golf Championship-Cadillac Championship; won Canada Tour’s 2003 Lewis Chitengwa Memorial Championship.
Wes Martin (39) of Calgary, Alberta; former Canadian Tour member; second in 1990 Alberta Junior Masters.
Chris Johnson (54) of Arcata California; won LPGA Tour 1990 Atlantic City Classic.
