Golf Central

It was on this day in 1929 that the golfing powers at the R&A voted against the notion of making the golf ball bigger and lighter, arguing that it would make the game too difficult. In typical Yank fashion, however, the U.S Golf Association saw things differently and countered the argument based on the growing number of skilled players in the game. Over in Mexico City in 1953, there was further controversy as three players, including defending champion Lloyd Mangrum, withdrew from the Pan American Open when they learnt Ben Hogan received a $5,000 guarantee, no matter where he finished. Hogan being Hogan and all that, he only went on to win the bloody thing.

And on this day in 1945, things weren’t looking so rosy for Adolf Hitler. Despite marrying his mistress, Eva Braun, in a Berlin bunker (romantic) the previous day, the pair committed suicide after refusing to surrender to Allied forces at the end of World War II. Talk about not taking your marriage vows seriously. And on the same depressing note, it was on this day in 1993 that world number one women’s tennis player, Monica Seles, was stabbed in the back during a quarter-final match in Hamburg.

It’s Jyoti Randhawa! as they say in India to LPGA swingster Lauren Howe (49), legendary country singer Willie Nelson (75), recently admitted to rehab (we thought you may like to know that) actress Kirsten Dunst (26) and the most annoying, talentless artist in music history Akon (35).