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2000 Robert Trent Jones, golf course architect, Augusta National Course, dies at 93
1991 29th Ryder Cup: U.S. beats Europe, 14 -13 at Ocean Course (SC) 1986 Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California 1985 99-yr-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course 1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course 1965 Mark Moore, rocker, S'Express-Winter Course 1964 Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins 1952 Marianne Williamson, born in Houston, Texas, spiritual activist, author, speaker, lecturer, wrote, 'A Course in Miracles', a program about choosing love over fear, 'A Return to Love', breakthrough success attributed to appearance on Oprah Winfrey 1951 Mark McCumber, born in Jacksonville, Florida, Mark Randall McCumber, golfer, won PGA tour ten times, won World Cup of Golf for the United states with Ben Crenshaw, golf analyst for Fox Sports, golf course architect 1938 1st archival course is offered at Columbia University in New York City 1937 Barrington J[ohn] Bayley, born in UK, sci-fi author, Collision Course 1935 Tommy Jacobs, born in America, professional golfer, golf course owner and operator, played on Champions Tour, PGA Tour 1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course) 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1931 Billy Casper, born in San Diego, California, William Earl Billy Casper, Jr., professional golfer, golf course designer, won the PGA Tour 27 times, named 15th greatest golfer of all time by Golf Digest in 2000, considered best putter of his era 1930 New York City College offers 1st course in radio advertising 1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) 1913 1st U.S. dental hygienists course forms, Bridgeport, Ct 1889 John T. Reid opens 1st U.S. golf course in Yonkers, New York 1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore 1817 Karl Drais von Sauerbronn demonstrates bicycle course 1492 Columbus misses Florida when he changed course |
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