May 12, 1970

What does this date and golf have in common? At the Masters this year, Canadian lefty Mike Weir won the tournament with May 12, 1970 as his birthday. At the U.S. Open, also this year, Jim Furyk won the tournament with May 12, 1970 as his birthday as well.

Coming into the British Open, the course at Royal St. George was the true story with its hilly fairways and strong winds. In fact, by the end, only one player came in under par. And it was a guy who had never played a major tournament before and his last win was on the Hooters Tour (now the Nationwide Tour). So congratulations to Ben Curtis, who has moved up from 396th to 35th best in the world and can brag that he held off Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh and others to win the oldest golf championship in the world.

Oh yeah, the date. Sadly, Curtis' birthday is not May 12, 1970. In fact, the only other golfer with that birthday is Andrew Coltart, who wasn't able to qualify for the Open. That left the services of his caddie open to whomever needed him that weekend. A first-timer did need a caddie and enlisted his services. His name? Ben Curtis.


Remember when professional wrestling showed wrestling instead of mixing in pathetic drama as it does today? Then you may remember one wrestler named the Ultimate Warrior, who wore $3 makeup that wasn't waterproof and had an "electric jolt" when he shook the ropes. After losing his title and coming back for a brief stint a few years later, he's been very quiet in the wrestling world. Whatever happened to him? Flipping to C-SPAN2, it appears he's in the public speaking business. He was speaking at the Conservative Students Conference. With a suit big enough to hold his huge body, he talked and talked for at least a half hour about inspirational things. I really wasn't listening. I was looking at his semi-good serious Washington image, aside from his long hair, and laughing hysterically at the description the serious C-SPAN people put on the bottom of the screen: Warrior - Former WWF Champion.