On this day….
1924 – Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play.
1949 - Sam Snead wins PGA Tour major The Masters by three shots over Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum; first-place prize money – NA.
1955 - Cary Middlecoff wins PGA Tour major The Masters by seven shots over Ben Hogan; first-place prize money – NA.
1960 – Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tour Babe Zaharias Open; first-place prize money – $1,083.
1960 – Arnold Palmer wins PGA Tour major The Masters by one shot over Ken Venturi; Palmer’s first of three Masters with others coming in 1962 and 1964; first-place prize money – NA.
1977 – Beverly Klass wins LPGA Tour Women’s International Satellite; first-place prize money – $850.
1977 – Tom Watson wins PGA Tour major The Masters by two shots over Jack Nicklaus; Watson’s first of two with the other coming in 1981; first-place prize money – $40,000.
1983 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Tour J&B Scotch Pro-Am; first-place prize money – $30,000.
1983 – Seve Ballesteros wins PGA Tour major The Masters by four shots over Ben Crenshaw; Ballesteros’s second of two with the other coming in 1980; first-place prize money – $90,000.
1988 – Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Tour San Diego Inamori Golf Classic; first-place prize money – $33,750.
1988 – Sandy Lyle wins PGA Tour major The Masters by one shot over Mark Calcavecchia; first-place prize money – $183,800.
1994 – Jose Maria Olazabal wins PGA Tour major The Masters by two shots over Tom Lehman; Olazabal’s first of two with the other coming in 1999; first-place prize money – $360,000.
2005 - Tiger Woods wins PGA Tour major The Masters by defeating Chris DiMarco in a playoff; Woods’s fourth with others coming in 1997, 2001 and 2002; first-place prize money – $1,260,000.
2011 – Charl Schwartzel wins PGA Tour major The Masters by two strokes over Jason Day and Adam Scott; first-place prize money – $1,440,000.
