Bio

• • Jack Nicklaus wins his first professional tournament, the U.S. Open, making him (among his many other notable records) one of very few players to win the U.S. Open as their first pro victory (Orville Moody and Jerry Pate would later emulate the feat).

• • Painted lines are first utilized to mark water hazards at the U.S. Open.

• • 1963 • • Arnold Palmer becomes the first professional to earn over $100,000 in official prize money in one calendar year.

• • Mickey Wright wins a record 13 events on the LPGA Tour in one year.

• • Bob Charles becomes the first New Zealander to win a major championship, winning the British Open after a playoff with American Phil Rodgers.

• • The casting method for irons is first employed.

• • 1964 • • PGA National opens, in Palm Beach, Florida.

• • Mickey Wright sets the LPGA 18-hole record with a 62 at Hogan Park GC in the Tall City Open.

• • Norman Manley, an amateur from Long Beach, California, scores holes-in-one on two successive par-4s at Del Valley CC, Calif. It is the first and only time this feat has been accomplished.

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