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Nancy would often swap trophies for icy replicas

 

On this day, in 1969, a 12 year old Nancy Lopez won the New Mexico Women's Amateur, crushing 23 year old Mary Bryan 10 and 8 in the final match.

Nancy Lopez was born in California in 1957 and has enjoyed one of the most successful careers ever in women's golf. In her rookie season she won nine LPGA events and was named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. In total she has 48 LPGA wins to her name and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987 at the age of 30.

Also on this day, in 1949, the first episode of Road Runner was aired, The Fast and The Furry-ous. Vin Diesel starred in a popular cinema remake some years later.

Meanwhile, in 1955, Juan Peron is deposed as leader of Argentina, probably for all that singing.

And it's Eemil Sillanpää! As they say in Finland, to;  Radio Two favourite Katie Melua (23), actress turned poker player Jennifer Tilly (49) and big Nev, Neville Southall (49.) Today was also the day, that in 1977,  Marc Bolan died in a car crash.

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Nice day for it: What do you mean by ‘it’?
You know, bit of gardening, bit of golf, bit of rugby…: Rugby, rugby, rugby. What happened to the good old days when it was just golf, golf, golf?
Talking of which…: Fair point. Two Danes share the lead after Round Three at 12-under, Thomas Bjorn carding an impressive 66 and Soren Hansen a 71, which included bogeys on 16, 17 and 18.
Hasn’t Soren Hansen got one of those funny crosses through the ‘o’?: Yes, he has, but I can’t find it. Feel free to let me know…
Who else is in contention?: Alistair Forsyth continued his tournament resurrection with a fabulous 62, to finish on 11-under, with Richard Green, Simon Khan and Lee Westwood a further shot back.
What’s the deal with Forsyth?: Typical golf weirdness. Fifteen shots off the lead after a first round 76, he sacked his caddy Martin Gray on Thursday and started playing the golf his life,
How did the InGolfWeTrust tips get on?: Bernhard Langer is tied seventh at 9-under, Nick Dougherty is tied 14th at 6-under and Monty is tied 20th at 5-under.
All nicely set up for the final day...: You betcha. With 18 golfers within six shots off the lead, it’s going to be a busy day for the people operating the leaderboard.
Any tips?: Samoa to beat Tonga, Canada to overcome Fiji and France to blow Namibia away.
I meant the golf…: Oh. Keep an eye out for Niclas Fasth and Richard Sterne.
Cheers: You’re very welcome.

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