On this Date
1910: James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a fourstroke victory over Sandy Herdon at the Old Course at St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland.
1911: John Mcdermott becomes the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open when he beats Michael Brady and George Simpson in a playoff.
1913: John Henry Taylor wins his fifth and final British Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, England. Taylor beats defending champion Ted Ray by eight strokes and ties James Braid and Harry Vardon with the most Open victories.
1928: John Farrell beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1947: Jim Ferrier wins the PGA championship by defeating Chick Harbert 2 and 1 in the final round.
1956: Marlene Bauer Hagge beats Patty Berg in a sudden-death playoff to take the LPGA championship. 1958: Brazil, led by 17-year-old Pele, beats France 5-2 in a semifinal game at the World Cup. With Brazil up 2-1 in the second half, Pele scores three consecutive goals. 1968: Joe Frazier stops Mando Ramos in the second round at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the world heavyweight title.
1990: Criminal Type becomes the first horse to win consecutive $1 million races after capturing the Hollywood Gold Cup. He had previously won the $1 million Pimlico Special on May 12.
1991: The NHL’S Board of Governors adopts instant replay.
1995: The New Jersey Devils complete a four-game sweep with a 5-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings for their first Stanley Cup title.
2001: Karrie Webb, 26, captures the LPGA Championship by two strokes to become the youngest woman to complete the Grand Slam. The Australian joins Juli Inkster, Louise Suggs, Pat Bradley and Mickey Wright as winners of the LPGA’S four majors.
2010: John Isner outlasts Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history. Isner hits a backhand winner to win the last of the match’s 980 points, and takes the fifth set against Mahut, 70-68. The first-round match took 11 hours, 5 minutes over three days, lasting so long it was suspended because of darkness two nights in a row. Play resumed at 59-all and continued for more than an hour before Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68.
2011: Nineteen-year-old UCLA star Patrick Cantlay shoots a course-record 10-under 60, the lowest PGA Tour round ever by an amateur to take a four-stroke lead in the Travelers Championship.