Sports Fact of the Day 1/12/2007

1/12/2003:
Lanky, long-driving South African golfer Ernie Els runs roughshod over thefield at the Mercedes Championships at Kapalua, Hawaii, winning by eight strokes and setting a new PGA Tour record for 72 holes of 31 under par. He tops the 28-under-par mark shared by John Huston at the 1988 Hawaiian Open and Mark Calcavecchia at Phoenix in 2001.

Birthdays:
Mac Speedie b. 1920
Joe Frazier b. 1944
Tom Dempsey b. 1947
Dominique Wilkins b. 1960
Jocelyn Thibault b. 1975