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Flashback: This week in golf, March 11-18

Let’s look back in history at this week in golf from March 11-18. Information courtesy Golf Channel Research unit.

March 12, 1978: Tom Weiskopf wins the Doral Open by 1, holding off a charging Jack Nicklaus whose final-round 65 included three hole-outs.

March 13, 1960: Arnold Palmer one-putts 9 of his last 10 holes and birdies 17 and 18 to win the Pensacola Open by one.

March 14, 1971: Arnold Palmer defeats Julius Boros by one stroke to win the Florida Citrus Invitational at Rio Pinar CC. The tournament would move to Bay Hill in 1979 and was renamed for Palmer in 2007.