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2012 Event - U.S. golfer Bubba Watson defeats Louis Oosthuizen at the 2012 Masters Tournament in a sudden-death playoff

2012 Event - In Orlando, Golf pro Tiger Woods wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament; this is his first PGA Tour victory since 2009

2011 Event - Tiger Woods wins the Chevron World Challenge, the first tournament he has won in over two years

2011 Event - North Korea plans to host its first ever golf tournament on a course frequented by leader Kim Jong-il

2011 Event - The international association football tournament, the AFC Asian Cup, officially opens in Qatar

1998 Event - Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail LPGA Tournament

1998 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by

1998 Event - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament

1997 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jason Queen

1997 Event - Brunswick World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by John Gant

1997 Event - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions

1996 Event - U.S. beats Japan, 21 -14, at Nichirei International Golf Tournament

1996 Event - Start of 1st "Super 8's" tournament in Kuala Lumpur

1996 Event - Dottie Pepper wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament

1996 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Ernie Schlegel

1996 Event - Brunswick World Tournament of Champions won by Dave D'Entremont

1996 Event - Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1996 Event - Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament

1996 Event - Liselotte Neumann wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champions

1995 Event - Woo-Soon Ko wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament

1995 Event - U.S. beats Japan, 19-17, at Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament

1995 Event - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament

1995 Event - ABC Bud Light Masters Bowling Tournament won by Mike Aulby

1995 Event - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby

1995 Event - Laura Davis wins LPGA Standard Register PING Golf Tournament

1995 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament

1995 Event - Dawn Coe-Jones wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Champion

1994 Event - Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal)

1994 Event - Lisa Kiggens wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament

1994 Event - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament

1994 Event - General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke

1994 Event - ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe

1994 Event - Laura Davies wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1994 Event - Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship

1993 Event - Betsy King wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup Golf Tournament

1993 Event - U.S. wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament

1993 Event - Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament

1993 Event - Tammie Green wins LPGA Rochester International Golf Tournament

1993 Event - Betsy King wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament

1993 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware

1993 Event - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Sprint Senior Challenge Golf Tournament

1993 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by George Branham

1993 Event - Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament

1993 Event - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1992 Event - Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament

1992 Event - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament

1992 Event - Pat Bradley wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament

1992 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell

1992 Event - Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Open Golf Tournament

1992 Event - Shelley Hamlin wins LPGA Phar-Mor Golf Tournament at Hamlin Inverrary

1991 Event - Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins

1991 Event - Martha Nause wins LPGA Chicago Sun-Times Shoot-Out Golf Tournament

1991 Event - Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament

1991 Event - A spectator is killed by lightning at U.S. Open Golf tournament

1991 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Doug Kent

1991 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by David Ozio

1991 Event - Danielle Ammaccapane wins LPGA Standard Register Ping Golf Tournament

1991 Event - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament

1990 Event - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament

1990 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren

1990 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro

1990 Event - Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament

1990 Event - 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)

1990 Event - Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament

1989 Event - Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt and loses Masters golf tournament

1988 Event - Martha Nause wins Planters Pat Bradley International Golf Tournament

1988 Event - Curtis Strange wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1988 Event - Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament

1988 Event - Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament

1986 Event - Raymond Floyd wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1986 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marshall Holman

1985 Event - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament

1985 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA National Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1985 Event - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1985 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mark Williams

1984 Event - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament

1984 Event - Arnold Palmer fails to make U.S. Open golf tournament 1st time in 32 yrs

1984 Event - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1984 Event - IOC agrees to 6-team exhibition baseball tournament in Olympics

1984 Event - NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams

1983 Event - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament

1983 Event - Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball

1983 Event - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament

1983 Event - Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1983 Event - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament

1983 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1983 Event - WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event

1983 Event - Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament

1982 Event - Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament

1982 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1982 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin

1982 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1982 Event - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time

1981 Event - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament

1981 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1981 Event - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1981 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1980 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1980 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Neil Burton

1980 Event - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1980 Event - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC Women's Internationalional Golf Tournament

1980 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb

1980 Event - Donna Caponi Young Pro-Am wins LPGA National Golf Tournament

1980 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Sunstar '80 Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Sandra Post wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1979 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament

1978 Event - Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1978 Event - Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament

1978 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony

1977 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament

1977 Event - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Talk Tournament '77 Golf Tournament

1977 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament

1977 Event - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Women's International Golf Tournament

1977 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament

1976 Event - Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament

1975 Event - Jane Blalock wins LPGA 14 Colgate Triple Crown Golf Tournament

1975 Event - Pat Bradley wins Colgate-Far East Ladies Tournament Golf Tournament

1974 Event - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11/16

1973 Event - Jane Blalock/Sandra Palmer wins Lady Angelo's 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1973 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Dave Soutar

1972 Event - Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament

1970 Event - 1st computer chess tournament

1970 Event - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament

1970 Event - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson

1969 Event - Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament

1969 Event - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick

1969 Event - Firestone World Bowling Tournament (Mercury Open) won by Jim Godman

1969 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Jim Chestney

1968 Event - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich

1968 Event - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Pete Tountas

1968 Event - Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Dave Davis

1967 Event - Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) and 1st amateur to U.S. Women's open golf tournament

1965 Event - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament

1965 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Tournament

1965 Event - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Dick Weber

1964 Event - Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament

1964 Event - Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament

1963 Event - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament

1963 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament

1963 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1963 Birthday - Paul Way, born in Kingsbury, Middlesex, British golfer, won Brabazon Trophy, 1981, turned pro in 1982, won KLM Dutch Open while on the European Tour, second youngest Ryder Cup player in 1983, and 1985, finished in the top 100 in 1993, on the Order of Merit, after 1997, his participation in tournament golf waned

1963 Event - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Thunderbird Tourney Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA J E McAuliffe Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament

1962 Event - Mickey Wright/Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1961 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Bill Brannin's Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1961 Event - Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1961 Event - 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes

1961 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1960 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament

1960 Event - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1960 Event - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament

1960 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1959 Event - 1st black to win a major golf tournament, William Wright

1959 Event - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Hoosier Celebrity Golf Tournament

1959 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1959 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament

1959 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament

1959 Birthday - Thomas Edward Lehman, born in Austin, Minnesota, PGA golfer, 1994 Memorial Tournament

1959 Event - Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament

1959 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA St. Petersburg Golf Tournament

1959 Event - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament

1958 Event - Betty Jameson/Mary Lena Faulk wins Homestead 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1958 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1957 Event - 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson

1957 Event - Marilynn Smith/Fay Crocker wins Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1957 Event - Fay Crocker wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1956 Event - Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1956 Event - Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament

1955 Event - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Heart of America Golf Tournament

1955 Event - Betty Jameson/Mary Faulk wins Virg Hot Springs 4-Ball Golf Tournament

1955 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1955 Birthday - Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, born in Hokkaido, Japan, sumo wrestler, 58th yokozuna, greatest, highest ranked sumo in recent times, won 31 tournament championships, coming in second to Taiho, noted as lightest yokozuna since Tochinoumi in the 1960's, head coach for Kokonoe stable

1955 Event - Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament

1955 Event - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules

1954 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament

1954 Event - Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1954 Event - Patty Berg/Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament

1954 Event - BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter

1953 Event - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament

1953 Event - Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Carrollton Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Houston Weathervane Golf Tournament

1952 Event - Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament

1951 Event - American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament

1951 Event - Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament

1950 Event - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament

1950 Event - Ben Hogan wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1948 Event - Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion

1947 Event - Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament

1945 Event - Robert Hamilton wins PGA golf tournament

1945 Event - Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season

1938 Event - American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)

1936 Event - 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota

1935 Event - Johnny Revolta wins PGA golf tournament

1934 Event - Paul Runyan wins PGA golf tournament

1930 Event - Tommy Armour wins PGA golf tournament

1930 Event - Weona beats Toluca in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes

1929 Event - Leo Diegel wins PGA golf tournament

1927 Event - 1st golden gloves tournament

1926 Event - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament

1926 Event - The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America

1925 Event - Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament

1922 Event - Charles Hoffner wins PGA golf tournament

1917 Event - 1st exclusively women's bowling tournament begins in St. Louis

1916 Event - 1st professional golf tournament held

1914 Event - 1st international figure-skating tournament held in U.S., New Haven

1912 Event - England defeat Australia to win the Triangular Tournament

1909 Event - George Sargent wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1902 Event - Lawrence Auchterlonie wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1901 Event - 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)

1900 Event - Harry Vardon wins U.S. Open golf tournament

1897 Event - 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden

1895 Event - Horace Rawlins wins 1st U.S. Open golf tournament (Newport RI)

1888 Event - Longest U.S. men's single tournament match Palmer Presbrey defeats T S Tailer, 19-21, 8-6, 6-1, 6-4, an 80-game 1st-round contest

1886 Event - 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena California)

1879 Event - 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)

1860 Event - 1st pro golf tournament held (Scotland) (Willie Park wins)

1857 Event - American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City)

1811 Event - 1st Women's Golf Tournament held

1559 Event - Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament

1234 Death - Floris IV, count of Holland, killed in tournament













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