Golf Central

On this day in 1965,  an 'over-sexed and over-here' United States  team laid down an old-school Ryder Cup stomping on Great Britain-Ireland, 19½-12½ at Royal Birkdale.

The American team, captained by Byron Nelson, smoked GBI in the final-day singles – and in those days, the teams contested a series of 16 singles matches, eight in the morning and eight in the afternoon.

Those who emerged with credit when the smoke cleared from the singles were Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros, Champagne Tony Lema and Dave Marr of the US, and dulcet-toned future golf commentator Peter Alliss of GBI – all of whom managed to win two singles matches apiece.

It was a tough day in 1967, however, for global cultural icon and Latino guerrilla capitan Che Guevara, who was captured and executed by special forces whilst trying to fire up a revolution in Bolivia .
  
Lest we forget, long before Che became a tough-guy revolutionary and his rugged and raggedy image was silk-screened on thousands of stoners T-shirts worldwide, he was a damned fine rugby player.

The young Che starred at inside centre for several Argentine rugby union clubs in the early ‘50s, and – had he been born 50 years later, he might be lining up alongside Los Hermanos Contepomi in the Pumas’ midfield when they take on South Africa in the World Cup semi-finals this weekend.
  
And it’s Torson odriin mend hurgee! as they say in Ulan Bator to Swedish golf starlet Annika Sorenstam (b.1970), TV 'personality' Sharon Osbourne (1952) beefy actor Brian Blessed (b.1937), Tory head boy David Cameron (b.1966)  and of course, Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent (b.1935).