Today in Sports – Tiger Woods becomes the first golfer since 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year
1921 – Molla Bjurstedt Mallory defeats Mary Brown 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia.
1931 – Helen Wills Moody defeats Eileen Bennett Whitingstall 6-4, 6-1 to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association women’s title. 1944 – Robert Hamilton beats Byron Nelson in the final round to win the PGA Championship by one point.
1960 – Dutchman Heiros II, ridden by Willem Gersen, wins the second International Trotting Race at Roosevelt Raceway before a record crowd of 54,861. 1990 – George Steinbrenner resigns as owner of the New York Yankees.
1995 – Monica Seles completes a remarkable first week in competitive tennis by defeating Amanda Coetzer 6-0, 6-1 to win the Canadian Open title. His 74 matches set the tournament record for fewest matches played by a champion.
1999 – The 7th World Championships in Athletics open in Seville, Spain. 2000 — Tiger Woods defeats Bob May in a playoff to win the PGA Championship, becoming the first player to win three major championships in the same year since Ben Hogan in 1953. He also becomes the first player to repeat as PGA champion since Denny Shute in 1937. 2003 — The United States wins the women’s team gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, becoming the first American woman or man to win a gold medal at the biggest international competition outside the Olympics. 2004 — Michael Phelps wins the 100-meter butterfly, tying Mark Spitz’s record of four individual Olympic gold medals in swimming. He beat teammate Ian Crocker to win his fifth gold medal. Shortly after winning his seventh Olympic medal, Phelps cedes his spot in the mixed relay to Crocker.
2006 — Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship by five strokes over Shawn Michael, claiming his 12th career Grand Slam title. He becomes the first player to win two PGA Championships on the same course at Medinah in 1999.
2008 – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt breaks the 200m world record by winning the Beijing Games in 19.30 seconds. He becomes the first athlete to win the 100 and 200 meters at the Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984.
2012 — Augusta National invites former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina investor Darla Moore to become the club’s first female members since its founding in 1932. 2016 — Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt anchor the 4×400 relay team and the U.S. finishes the final night at Olympic Stadium with 31 medals, a record for a non-boycotted Olympics since 1956. The U.S. women’s basketball team beats Spain, 101-72, to win their sixth consecutive title. 2018 — Alabama becomes just the second team to be ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll for three consecutive seasons. The Associated Press preseason poll began in 1950, and since then, only Oklahoma has started three consecutive years at No. 1, from 1985-1987. 2023 FIFA Final World Cup, Australia, Sydney Stadium: Spain Captain Orga Carmon wins the only goal of the game to win 1-0 in Englandroha.
