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With a diet like that, it was only natural that Vardon went on to win the play-off against Massy, a former sardine fisherman from Biarritz. It was the only time in the championship's history that a play-off did not go the full distance, when Massey conceded at the penultimate 35th hole.

Over the pond in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Robert Simpson finished with a 2 and 1 victory against Tom McNamara to win his second Western Open. The tournament, however, was marred by a protest from many professional players who objected to the match-play format.

In Rome on this day in 350, Nepotianus the Usurper was killed by rival usurper Magnentius. Storming Rome on June 3 with a band of gladiators, he ruled for 27 days before he was beheaded, with his severed head then carried around The Eternal City on a lance. Nice...

Put down that schwarmer knife and bellow Dogum gunun kutlu olsun! as they do in Turkey to golf broadcaster Roger Maltibie (57), Private Pyle actor, Vincent D'Onofrio (49), jealous sibling Ralf Schumacher (33), and former baddest man on the planet, Mike Tyson (42).