Sports history for July 15

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Tuesday, July 15, 1997 | 8:07 a.m.

1922 - Gene Sarazen shoots a final-round 68 to beat out Bobby Jones and John Black for the U.S. Open golf championship.

1923 - Amateur Bobby Jones beats Bobby Cruikshank by two strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open golf title.

1945 - Byron Nelson defeats Sam Byrd in the final round of the PGA golf tournament.

1967 - Argentina's Roberto DeVicenzo wins the British Open by two strokes over defending champion Jack Nicklaus.

1972 - Lee Trevino wins his second consecutive British Open title by beating Jack Nicklaus by one stroke.

1984 - Hollis Stacy wins her third U.S. Women's Open golf title by beating Rosie Jones by one stroke.

1990 - Betsy King overcomes an 11-shot deficit over the final 33 holes to win her second consecutive U.S. Women's Open as Patty Sheehan blows an eight-shot lead over the final 23 holes.

1991 - Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle becomes the first woman to officiate a men's professional basketball game, working a United States Basketball League game between the New Haven Skyhawks and the Philadelphia Spirit.