Sports Fact and Book Rec of the Day 9/14/2007

9/14/1963:
Deane Beman of Bethesda, Maryland, wins his second U.S. Amateur golf championship, defeating NCAA champion R.H. Sikes, two and one, in the 36-hole final at the Waconda Club in Des Moines, Iowa. Trailing by three holes during the morning session, Beman wins five holes in a row (15 through 19) to wrest control of the match. His skill on the greens, which also helped him win this event in 1960, comes to the fore on the 32nd hole with an 18-footer for birdie, the decisive shot of the day. In 1974, Beman will become the PGA's first commissioner, and his innovative leadership will spawn an era of expansive growth for the sport.

Birthdays:
Harry Sinden b. 1932
Larry Brown b. 1940
Orest Kindrachuk b. 1950
Tim Wallach b. 1957
Hicham el Guerrouj b. 1974


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PICTURE, by Lillian Ross; new foreword by Anjelica Huston (1952; Da Capo Press, 2002)