Question: What Texas-born golfer is responsible for a 1964 rule change requiring players to tap their ball into the hole within 10 seconds if it reaches the lip but doesn’t fall in?
Answer: Don January. During the final round of 1963 Phoenix Open, he putted his ball to the edge of the 18th hole but refused to tap it in because he thought the wind was still moving it. After waiting seven minutes, he finally tapped it in. Gary Player, one the era’s top golfers, complained that the incident caused him to miss a four-foot putt and finish one stroke behind tournament winner Arnold Palmer.
