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On this day in 1996, Ian Woosnam won the German Open with a score of 20-under-par to give him a six shot victory over Robert Karlsson, Iain Pyman, Fernando Roca and Thomas Gogly. Ian Harold Woosnam, one of the most famous Welsh golfers of all time, was actually born in Oswestry in England in 1958.

He cut his teeth playing at the Llanymynech Golf Club which sits on the England/Wales border with holes in both countries. Standing at only 5 ft 4 inches, Woosnam's powerful hitting belied his diminutive stature and helped him to 28 European Tour wins and 2 PGA Tour wins, including the 1991 Masters.

Elsewhere, on this day in 1996, Tiger Woods became the first man to win three US Amateur Championships, defeating Steve Scott at Pumpkin Ridge GC. He turned out to be quite a good professional, this Tiger bloke...

On this day in 1768, Captain James Cook, who discovered Australia, began his first voyage. Upon landing on the Eastern coastline of Oz, Cook immediately purchased a second-hand horse and cart and spent the next three months travelling the country, growing his hair and learning to surf.

It's Sulley Muntari! as they say in Ghana, to the female golfing duo of Catriona Matthew (39) and Angela Park (20), uber-model Claudia Schiffer (38) and by far the best Bond, Sean Connery (78).