Timeline of golf history (1851–1945) into a year-round Tour. In 1926 under the approval of Gov. Wallace R. Farrington and guidance of longtime local politicians Eddie Tam and then chairman Sam Kalama, a plan for constructing Waiehu Municipal Golf Course was born. Maui County engineers went to work on creating 9 holes of municipal golf along the coast of Maui's Waihee north shore beach. The golf course was completed in 1930 making it Maui's first and only municipal golf course for the working class men and women of Maui. Golf was such a huge success on Maui that the course was later expanded to 18
Timeline of golf history (1945–99) attempting the same feat. Judy Rankin becomes the first LPGA professional to earn more than $100,000 in a season. Richard Stanwood sets the record for fewest putts in one round—15—at Riverside GC in Pocatello, Idaho. The USGA institutes the Overall Distance Standard—golf balls that fly more than 280 yards (256 m) during a standard test are banned. 1977 Al Geiberger shoots 59 at Colonial CC in the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, to set a new PGA Tour 18-hole record. Bing Crosby dies after completing a round of golf in Spain. His Bing Crosby National Pro-Am continues