Golf Central

On this day in 1959, Tommy Armour III came into this world in Denver, Colorado, kick-starting a proud tradition of lucky little nippers with Roman numerals after their names who have turned up to be quite handy professional golfers. It’s sort of like the British monarchy, only they use golf clubs instead of sceptres.

Tommy III is the grand-tyke of the legendary Silver Scot Tommy Armour (First World War hero and three-major title winner in the ‘20s and ‘30s) and heir to a modern line of slightly dodgy golf equipment. Tommy III won the 1990 Phoenix Open on the PGA Tour and poetic justice and literary licence suggests it should have been a III-shot victory. His success on tour has since been followed by Davis III (Love), Notah III (Begay) and Charles III (Howell).

So, proud papas-to-be, multiply! And remember, when you sign that birth certificate your chances of a nice new holiday home in a sunny tropical locale are much better if you multiply them by III !
   
And cool reached a Terminator levels in 2003, when Arnold Schwarzenegger was (or is it vass?) elected Governor of the great state of California.

So, it’s Ois guade winsch i dia zum Gbuadsdog! as they say in Vienna, to silly-fella actor Chevy Chase (b.1943), whose greatest contribution to golf was to remind us all to 'Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball' in Caddyshack. It’s also silly hats all round to Paul 'Croc Dundee' Hogan (b.1939), Alien babe Sigourney Weaver (b.1949) and Pvt. Ryan from Saving Private Ryan Matt Damon (b.1970).