"Just loosen your girdle and let the ball have it". So spoke Mildred Didrikson-Zaharias, who was quite probably the greatest sportswoman the world has ever seen and on this day in history she picked up one of her many golf titles, to go along with three Olympic gold medals in different sports. John Gummer wasn’t much of a sportsman so we’ll move quickly on to the sainted Laura Davies (well, she should be), the fabulous Jonathan Richman (we've been playing Roadrunner in the office all day) and proto-Paris Hilton Hollywood wastrel, Tori Spelling.

The bag of choice for every bloodthirsty golfer (we'll have all three, please...)

 

We've got a bit of a bee in our bonnets about bags for life (it's the supermarket chains' way of making us feel guilty about their rampant profiteering, in case you were wondering), but we'd have these babies from Cobra for keeps, no problem.

The 9-inch cam-style teflon-coated bag has 7-way velour lined elliptical top and 3-way full length dividers, with a new patented Izzo Comfort Swivel double strap. Many of the best bag-manufacturers have dabbled with camo, only to back off from going into full production. Hats off to Cobra for their all-guns-blazing approach, with all three patterns.

Price: £110. For more info, visit our friends at Cobra here.

As far as we know, screen goddess Rita Hayworth, who died on May 15, never rubbed a brassie for luck in her life or picked a ball out of the hole, and Ken Venturi, who was born on this day, devoted his life to the game but we know who we’d rather look at. There’s also room to mention nylon stockings, nuclear weaponry and the first ever airline stewardess.