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• borntobesting 9,684 Posts

  Fri, Jun 13 2014 11:27 AM

  SweetiePie:

  1892 - Basil Rathbone ~ South African Actor and a fine Sherlock Holmes

  A very good fencer and a very good Sheriff of Nottingham in The adventures of Robin Hood in the 1940's.

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Fri, Jun 13 2014 3:48 PM

  Hey all ... I'm out on location again and finally have some good weather!  Yay!

  I'm taking my cousin Sam out to a Luau tonight for his 19th birthday.  Then tomorrow, it's nerds on a plane for the 5+ hour flight home!

  Sorry I missed the 13th, everyone!  Have a wonderful weekend!

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sat, Jun 14 2014 1:03 PM

  DaddysKat:

  Hey all ... I'm out on location again and finally have some good weather!  Yay!

  Lucky You !!! Sounds keen. ENJ0Y!!!

  June,Saturday the 14th

  In 1958, in very clean, tidy...beautiful, hot ('bout 98 d), muggy (humid 'bout 101) TUSA. At a perfect, extremely difficult, super long, Top Shelf Greens - rock hard lightining fast, Southern Hills CC; "Terrible Tempered" Tommy Bolt `uses a go-low 283 to edure the special-ordered, imported, White Egyptian sand ( almost like powder) & rough that is impossible.  Ask Hogan...doing very well, he hit from rough, injured his hand, and withdrew.

  Tommy Bolt ~ The 58th US OPEN ~

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Sun, Jun 15 2014 9:25 AM

  June 15             ~ Happy Fathers Day ! ~

  Way back in 1901,  At the posh Myopia Hunt Club in Massachusettes, young Willie Anderson, $hits a rude 331 to become the champion of the 7th US Open

  And then, in 1947 at a humid 101, St. Louis CC in Missouri with a fine 282, Lew Worsham earns the 47th US Open

  in 1969 "0L' Sarge" enjoys the best day of his 'entire' life. At Champions GC in Houston (good luck with that weather ~ miserable) Mr. Orville Moody smooths a 281 and is the 69th US Open Champion

  so then, in 1980, a 40 year old has been ( yes, he has been) Jack Nicklaus eats up and enjoys Dining at Baltusrol GC in New Jersey. With a very neat 272, Golf's Best takes the 80th US Open

  Then, in 1986, at that 'Hampton Heaven', Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (a Stanford White treasure) in New York, Raymond Floyd uses a 279 and wins the 86th US Open

  Then in 1997,( 0H, C00L ), at our very own WGT CC, Congressional CC, out there in Bethesda, Marysland, Big Easy Boy, Ernie Els is the 97th US Open winner with a 276 

  and so, we then go to Illinois in 2003 ( to catch some of that fine Chi - Town weather...in June) then go to Olympia Fields CC (snotty) and we watch Jim Furyk (dude is a 'stick') get pretty damn happy to win US Open -103rd with 272

  Certainly Also ~

  1923 in Troon Scotland, at the awesome Troon Golf Club, a Gentleman, named Arthur Havers, cobbles a 295 to take the Clerit Jug (F-ing empty) and the 58th British Open

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Sun, Jun 15 2014 6:50 PM

  15 June

  Sorry folks ... been a real busy weekend.  I just wanted to get one of my all-time favorite singers posted ...

   Waylon Jennings (1937 - 2002)

  I sooooo hear ya, Waylon ... I'm here aren't I?

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Mon, Jun 16 2014 12:40 PM

  I've got some belateds to post today, before I get on to today's birthidays.

  But before I get started ... today is PGA golfer Phil Mickelson's 44th birthday.

  Okay ... now for the belated birthdays ...

  13 June ...

  Actor Stevo O is 40; Tim Allen is 61; Ally Sheedy is 52, Malcolm McDowell is 71 and Richard Thomas is 63.

  14 June ...

  Donald Trump is 68, Boy George is 53, Steffi Graf is 45, Burl Ives (1909 - 95), Will Patton is 60 and Sleepy Sam Perkins is 53.

  15 June,

  Ice Cube is 45, Neil Patrick Harris is 41, Courteney Cox is 50, Helen Hunt is 51, Jim Belushi is 60, Harry Nilsson (1941-94) and Jake Busey is 43

   

  Okay ... now that I'm current ... 16 June,

  Did I mention PGA golfer Phil Mickelson is 44????

  Today's tribute goes out to R&B songwriter/singer Lamont Dozier, who turns 71 today.

  Notables:

  • Actor Stan Laurel (1890 - 1965)
  • Author Joyce Carol Oates is 76
  • Singer Eddie Levert is 72

  Actors/Actresses:

  • John Cho is 42
  • Missy Peregrym is 32
  • Arnold Vosloo is 54
  • Joan Van Ark is 71
  • Jack Albertson (1907-81)
  • Bill Cobbs is 80

  Tribute Video:

  For those R&B lovers, here's a number by Lamont Dozier ...

  Hope everyone has a wonderful week ... and to those north of the equator, just a few more days until the Summer solstice! 

• Yasch 310 Posts

  Mon, Jun 16 2014 11:45 PM

  Today marks my One Year Anniversary here up on WGT.

  A year ago was the VUSO @ Merion. I had just watched the pros have a go at this course, so I thought I would take a crack at it. YIKES...talk about baptism by fire! Playing from the tips and with Champ. speed greens, using starter equipment, I was out of my element very quickly. I played the course a few more times, not knowing that all those doubles, snowmen and others were being tabulated and kept on my rap sheet. 

  My game has improved since then and I enjoy the challenges that each of the courses here offer. I didn't think I would ever get one of these shots, but it did happen.

  replay.aspx?ID=5b3af6d1 a221 46c2 a9af a23a006b50bd 

  I tend to read more in the forums then I respond to, and this particular thread , I check upon on a daily basis to see what new I can learn and perhaps what videos can entertain and/or inspire me.

  Lily & Kat, keep up the great work!  Cheers! 

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Tue, Jun 17 2014 3:03 AM

  June 17

  1239 - Edward I ~ King of England who subdued Wales and expelled Jews from England

  1682 - Charles XII ~ King of Sweden

  1742 - William Hooper ~ Signer of the Declaration of Independence

  1818 - Sophia Frederika Mathilde ~ Queen of Netherlands

  1882 - Igor Stravinsky ~ Russian Composer

   ~plus~

  in 1462, Vlad the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II

  in 1579, Anti - English uprising in Ireland

  in 1579, Sir Francis Drake lands on Coast of California

  in 1631, Mumtaz Mahal dies during chilsbirth, her husband, Shah Yahan I then spends more than 20 years building her tomb ~ TAJ MAHAL ~

  in 1775, Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breeds Hill) is witnessed by Abigail & son, John Quincy Adams

  in 1837, Charles Goodyear obtains 1st Rubber patent

  in 1882, Tornado Kills 130 in Iowa

  in 1885, Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard French Ship 'Isere'

   

  And, on this date:

  1961 - 61st US Open, at Oakland Hills - Gene Littler 281

  1962 - 62nd US Open, at our Oakmont - Jack Nicklaus 283

  1973 - 73rd US Open, at Oakmont - Johnny Miller 279 and his last round 63

  1979 - 79th US Open, at Inverness - Hale Irwin 284

  1990 - 90th US Open, at Mighty Medinah - Hale Irwin 280

  2007 - 107th US Open, at Oakmont - Angel Cabrera 285

  2012 - 112th US Open, at our own Olympic Club - Webb Simpson 281

  ~ Peace ~

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Tue, Jun 17 2014 1:34 PM

  Yasch:

  Today marks my One Year Anniversary here up on WGT.

  Happy Anniversary, Yasch!  And, thank you for your comments!

  17 June,

  Today's tribute:

  Here's an old-time pop singer ... Barry Manilow is 71 today ... 

  Notables:

  • Tennis player Venus Williams is 34
  • Singer Lee Ryan is 31
  • Composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
  • Singer Jello Biafra is 56
  • Composer Gene de Paul (1919 - 1988)
  • Singer Somaya Reece is 31
  • Director Bobby Farrelly is 56

  Actors/Actresses:

  • Arthur Darvill is 32
  • Scott Adkins is 38
  • Greg Kinnear is 51
  • Thomas Haden Church is 54
  • Mark Linn-Baker is 60
  • Jason Patric is 48
  • Marie Avgeropoulos is 28
  • Jon Gries is 57
  • Ralph Bellamy (1904 - 1991)
  • Joe Piscopo is 63
  • John Gallagher Jr is 30
  • Kami Cotler is 49
  • William Lucking is 73

  Tribute videos ...

  Okay ... these are two of Barry Manilow's all-time greats.  We'll start off with is first #1 single, released back in the stone ages ...

  And since he's such a great singer, maybe this one will spark a few FOP memories ...

  Edit:  After listening to the lyrics of this song ... what's with the "pull out the old 45?"  What's he going to do ... Clint Eastwood her into submission with the butt-end of his Colt?  Kinda sick, guys!

  Edit 2:  Okay ... should have checked Wikipedia ... 45 rpm vinyl records.  Wow ... must have stayed up way too late last night! 

  It's Tuesday everyone ... try to be safe!

• DaddysKat 3,554 Posts

  Wed, Jun 18 2014 11:33 AM

  18 June,

  Today's tributes:

  • Paul McCartney is 72
  • Blake Shelton is 38

  Notables:

  • Guitarist Jack Barakat is 26
  • Singer Nathan Morris is 43
  • Screenwriter Alex Hirsch is 29
  • Film Critic Roger Ebert (1942 - 2013)
  • Author Delia Smith (awesome cookbooks) - 73
  • Singer Renee Olstead is 25
  • Pianist Dizzy Reed is 51
  • Songwriter Ray LaMontagne is 41
  • Cartoonist Alan Davis is 58
  • Songwriter Sammy Cahn (1913 - 1993)
  • NBL/NBA 7 time scoring champ George Mikan (1924 - 2005)

  Actors/Actresses

  • Isabella Rossellini is 62
  • Jeanette MacDonals (1903 - 1965)
  • Richard Madden is 28
  • David Giuntoli is 34
  • Willa Holland is 23
  • Alana De la Garza is 38
  • Carol Kane is 62
  • Meaghan Rath is 28
  • Richard Boone (1917 - 1981)
  • Avon Long (1910 - 1984)
  • Brian Benben is 58
  • Kerry Butler is 43
  • Ralph Brown is 57

  Tribute Videos:

  Starting with age ... here's one pretty much everyone has heard ...

  Then off to beauty (or ruggedly handsome) ... 

   

  Okay  ... on to the extra credit question of the day ... Actor Richard Boone played in an old western series back in the 60's (might have been late 50's).  In this show, he carried a business card ... 

  What was printed on the business card (name of the show), and what was the name of the character (it was printed on the card as well)!

   

  Have a wonderful Hump Day, everyone!