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Sam Snead wins The Masters and the PGA Championship. At The Masters, Snead is the first champion to wear the now-traditional green jacket.
Cary Middlecoff wins five times on the PGA Tour, including the U.S. Open.
Jimmy Demaret and Ben Hogan face off in a playoff for the Phoenix Open title. Demaret wins.
Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum tied at the end of regulation at the Motor City Open and begin a sudden-death playoff. Eleven holes later, when a winner still hasn't been determined, it is agreed to declare a tie. Middlecoff and Mangrum are listed as co-winners.
Louise Suggs wins the U.S. Women's Open by 14 strokes over runner-up Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
Patty Berg shoots a 68 - a new record for a Women's Professional Golf Association (precursor to LPGA) event - and beats Babe Didrikson Zaharias by one shot in the Tampa Women's Open.
Playing in the National Celebrities Tournament, Bob Hope shoots 74-73 to edge Bing Crosby by two strokes and win his division.
Born This Year:
• Lanny Wadkins, 1977 PGA Championship winner, 21 PGA Tour wins
• Tom Watson, 8-time major champion
• Howard Twitty, PGA Tour
• Jim Thorpe, PGA and Senior PGA Tour
• Forest Fezler, PGA Tour
• Bernard Gallacher, 3-time captain of the European Ryder Cup team
• Mark Rolfing, television commentator
• Lon Hinkle, PGA Tour
• Doug Tewell, PGA Tour, Senior Tour
• Kathy Postlewait, LPGA Tour
Money Leaders:
Scoring Leaders:
Men's Major Championship Winners:
U.S. Open: Cary Middlecoff
British Open: Bobby Locke
PGA Championship: Sam Snead
Women's Major Championship Winners:
Ryder Cup:
Amateur Champions
U.S.: Charles Coe
British: Samuel McCready
U.S. Women's: Dorothy Porter
British Women's: Frances Stephens
Walker Cup
U.S. 10, Great Britain and Ireland 2
