By Nicole Bernard
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Lawrence Hogan Mize (born September 23, 1958) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. He is well known for one career-defining shot – a chip from off the green at the 11th hole at Augusta to win the playoff for the 1987 Masters Tournament, which is his only major title to date. He is also the only winner of that tournament to come from Augusta.
Mize turned professional in 1980. He finished in the top 125 on the money list (the level needed to retain membership of the tour) for 20 seasons from 1982 to 2001. His first PGA Tour win was the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic. In 1986, at the Kemper Open, Mize lost a six-hole playoff to Greg Norman.
At the 1987 Masters, Mize was tied with Seve Ballesteros and Norman after four rounds. Ballesteros was eliminated in the first hole of the playoff after missing a 5-footer for par. On the second playoff hole, Augusta’s Par-4 11th, Mize’s second shot landed well to the right of the green. It appeared a birdie would be impossible and even a par would be a challenge. Meanwhile, Norman’s second shot landed on the edge of the green leaving him a lengthy birdie putt. On his third shot, Mize holed a memorable chip shot with a sand wedge from around 140 feet, giving him the birdie. Norman now had an opportunity to tie, but he failed to sink the putt. His Masters win and a tie for fourth at the U.S. Open in June briefly put him in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
A somber color I am found, And as to dirt I little show it; But if you fairly turn me round, Behold I am a poet. (What word fits the first clue, but when read backwards, fits the second?)
Drab – Bard
Died
- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (U.S. First Lady) –
- Urbain Le Verrier (astronomer) –
- William Marsh Rice (merchant) –
- Sigmund Freud (psychologist) –
- Chief Dan George (chief, actor) –
- Bob Fosse (director, choreographer) –
- Mary Frann (actress) –
- Robert Wells (songwriter, co-wrote The Christmas Song) –
Born
- Victoria Woodhull (social reformer) –
- William Stewart Halsted (surgeon) –
- John Avery Lomax (folklorist) –
- Walter Lippman (journalist) –
- Elliot Roosevelt (politician) –
- Mickey Rooney (actor) –
- John Coltrane (musician) –
- Ray Charles (musician) –
- Mary Kay Place (actress) –
- Bruce Springsteen (musician) –
- Larry Mize (golf professional) –
- Jason Alexander (actor) –
- Chi McBride (actor) –
Events
- During the American Revolution, Captain John Paul Jones commanded a small squadron including the flagship USS Bonhomme Richard. On this date, in the evening, his squadron attacked the British frigate HMS Serapis and royal sloop Countess of Scarborough, which were guarding a convoy of merchant ships off the coast of England. The Bonhomme Richard engaged with the Serapis, commanded by Captain Richard Pearson, whereupon a 3.5-hour battle ensued. At one point, when asked to surrender, Jones is credited as saying: I have not yet begun to fight! Jones eventually achieved Pearson’s surrender and captured the Serapis and Countess of Scarborough. Both sides suffered heavy losses and the damaged Bonhomme Richard sank shortly after.–
- N.Y. Knickerbocker Base Ball Club organized–
- Planet Neptune was discovered–
- Bryn Mawr College, the first U.S. graduate school for women, opened in Pennsylvania–
- A time capsule was buried on the site of the NY World’s Fair, to be opened in the year 6939 to reveal such artifacts as a bible, mail order catalog, film of FDR, and college football game–
- Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opened at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida–
- Manon Rhéaume first woman player in an NHL game–
- Cabot Creamery and Chef John Folse created the world’s largest macaroni and cheese. The previous record of 440 pounds was blown away by the team’s 2,469 pound macaroni and cheese.–
Weather
- The remains of Hurricane Eloise merged with a stationary front over New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland to produce major flooding–
- Snow and sleet fell in Binghamton, New York–
- The temperature in Richmond, Virginia, fell from 84 degrees F to 54 degrees F in 2 hours–
COURTESY www.almanac.com
