1928 – Gene Sarazen won the $750 purse in the 5^th annual Miami Open Golf Tournament held at the Miami Springs Golf Course on this date with a score of 294 for 72 holes.  Sarazen won the tournament 4 times as well as the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and British Open, and many other PGA and non-PGA sanctioned events throughout his career. The Miami Open was played from 1925 until 1955, although it was not an officially sanctioned PGA event until 1945. The tournament was known as the kickoff to the winter golf season.