In 2016 there were 853 fewer golf courses in
the U.S. than there were in 2010.
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GOLF COURSES AND COUNTRY CLUBS IN THE UNITED STATES
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Year
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Number
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Annual Payroll
($1,000)
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2016
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11,037
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9,100,164
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2015
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11,280
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8,958,268
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2014
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11,407
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8,626,281
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2013
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11,597
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8,426,605
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2012
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11,628
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8,209,893
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2011
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11,751
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7,980,968
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2010
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11,890
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8,043,628
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In the history of North American major professional
sports league championships (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL), a city/metropolitan
area has been home to multiple championships in a season seventeen times.
Detroit is the only city to have more than two major
league championship teams in a season.
Philadelphia is the only city to have all four major
sports teams play in their respective championship games or series in the
same season (1980), though only one of the four actually won the championship.
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CITIES WITH
MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A SEASON
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Year
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City
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Team
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League
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Team
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League
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Team
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League
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1927
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New York City
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Giants
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NFL
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Yankees
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MLB
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1933
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New York City
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Rangers
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NHL
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Giants
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MLB
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1935
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Detroit
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Lions
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NFL
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Red Wings
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NHL
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Tigers
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MLB
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1938
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New York City
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Giants
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NFL
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Yankees
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MLB
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1948
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Cleveland
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Browns
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AAFC
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Indians
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MLB
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1952
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Detroit
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Lions
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NFL
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Red Wings
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NHL
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1956
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New York City
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Giants
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NFL
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Yankees
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MLB
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1969
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New York City
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Jets
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NFL
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Mets
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MLB
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1970
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Baltimore
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Colts
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NFL
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Orioles
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MLB
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1979
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Pittsburgh
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Steelers
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NFL
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Pirates
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MLB
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1986
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Greater New York
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Giants
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NFL
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Mets
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MLB
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1988
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Los Angeles
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Lakers
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NBA
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Dodgers
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MLB
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2002
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Greater Los Angeles
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Lakers
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NBA
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Angels
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MLB
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2004
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Greater Boston
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Patriots
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NFL
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Red Sox
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MLB
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2007
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Greater Boston
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Celtics
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NBA
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Red Sox
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MLB
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2009
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Pittsburgh
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Steelers
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NFL
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Penguins
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NHL
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2014
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Bay Area
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Giants
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MLB
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Warriors
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NBA
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2018
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Greater Boston
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Patriots
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NFL
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Red Sox
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MLB
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TOP 10 FASTEST MOVING OBJECT IN SPORTS
(RECAP OF 10-2)
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Rank
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Object
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Speed (MPH)
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10
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Table Tennis Ball
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72
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9
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Cricket Ball
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101
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8
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Baseball
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105.1
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7
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Hockey Puck
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114.1
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6
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Soccer Ball
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131
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5
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Tennis Ball
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157
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4
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Squash Ball
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176
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3
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Jai Alai
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188
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2
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Golf Ball
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217
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The fastest recorded object used in sports competition
is a badminton birdie (aka shuttlecock). While testing out new racket
technology in 2013, Malaysia’s Tan Bonn Hoeng set a new world record with a
smash traveling at 306 miles per hour.
The fastest recorded hit during competition belongs to
Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei, who managed to smash a 259 miles per hour shot
during the Japan Open final in September 2017.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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The fastest drive ever recorded came from Ryan Winther
who hit a 217-mile per hour drive at the Orange County National Driving Range
in Orlando in January 2013.
On the PGA tour, the fastest club speed in 2017
belonged to Ryan Brehm, who once hit 133 miles per hour while averaging 128
miles per hour..
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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Jai Alai (aka pelota) is known as the most lethal ball
in sports. It is three-quarters the size of a baseball and harder than a golf
ball. The best in the sport can toss the pelota at speeds greater than 188
miles per hour.
At the Speed Challenge Contest semifinals at Dania Jai
Alai on November 24, 2017, Ibon Aldazabal broke the old record of 188 miles
per hour with a throw of 190 miles per hour.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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Although squash is played with a hollow rubber ball,
the best in the sport can hit it at astounding speeds. In the video below,
Australian Cameron Pilley is seen breaking his own world record by hitting
two serves that were recorded at 176 miles per hour.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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American John Isner has the top speed recorded by the
ATP, registering a 157 mph serve bullet during the 2016 Davis Cup.
(Australian Sam Groh a 163 mph serve at the 2012 Busan Open, but it was not
officially recognized by the ATP because of the inconsistences of the radar
guns at that level of a tournament). (The speed of 253 in the video is km/h).
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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Only recently has the speed of shots in soccer been
tracked. The fastest shot recorded in competition, according to several
sources, was a 131-mph rocket from Ronny Heberson in 2006.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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In the 2012 KHL All-Star Skills Competition Alexander
Rauzantsev set a world record for the fastest hockey shot by reaching 114.1
miles per hour.
The NHL record is held by Zdeno Chara, who recorded a
108.8 mile-per-hour shot at the 2012 NHL All-Star Skills Competition.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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The fastest pitch belongs to reliever Aroldis Chapman,
who hit 105.1 miles per hour as a rookie with the Cincinnati Reds in 2010.
(In 2010 a Nolan Ryan fastball was recorded at 100.9
miles per hour. At the time, speed was measured when the ball was ten feet
from the plate. If the pitch had been measured at the now-standard 50 feet
from the plate, the speed extrapolates to an incredible 108.1 miles per
hour).
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports. Stay tuned as
the countdown to number 1 continues.
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The fastest recorded bowl of a cricket ball came from
Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar during a World Cup match in February 2003 when his
bowl reached 101 miles per hour.
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Top 10 fastest moving objects in sports beginning with
number 10 will be posted over the next two weeks. Stay tuned as the countdown
to number 1 continues.
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In June 2016, a 38-year old Polish fireman named Lukasz
Budner registered 72 miles per hour during a planned world record attempt.
The Guinness World Records requirements included that the hit had to occur
during a game, so Budner was prepared to hit hard immediately after the
serve.
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The longest tennis match in history took place at
Wimbledon 2010 when John Isner of the United States beat Nicolas Mahut of
France 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68 in a match that lasted 11 hours and
5 minutes, played over 3 days, June 22, 23 and 24.
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The Air Indiana Flight 216 crash occurred on December
13, 1977, at 19:22 CST, when a Douglas DC-3, registration N51071 carrying the
University of Evansville basketball team, crashed on takeoff at the
Evansville Regional Airport in Evansville, Indiana. The aircraft lost control
and crashed shortly after lift-off. The plane was on its way to Nashville
International Airport, taking the team to play the Middle Tennessee Blue
Raiders.
Two weeks after
the crash, the only member of the basketball team who was not on the DC-3 was
killed in a car accident, leaving all of the members of the 1977 Purple Aces
Basketball team dead.
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| The "Weeping Basketball" Memorial engraved with the names of the players killed in the Air Indiana crash and the player killed two weeks later in a car crash |
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In 2018, Jeff Knox, playing in his 8th
straight Masters, was the only player to have a birdie on hole number 11, and
it didn’t count.
Knox, who was playing with Paul Casey also picked up
his tap-in putt on number 2, and did not putt out on number 18.
In 2014, Knox was paired with Rory McIlroy and beat him
70-71. Since that round, Knox has always picked up on at least one green, so
he doesn’t have a true score.
Yesterday, Jeff Knox was paired with Eddie Pepperell,
and Pepperell estimated that Knox shot a 2-over 74.
So, who is Jeff Knox and why is he playing the Masters,
but not competitively? Please see “comments” for the answers to those
questions.
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