Jocky Wilson flew the flag that way for more than 15 years. (He sometimes did so literally, pushing his grinning way through the crowds with the Saltire clasped in one plump hand.) He became the first Scot to win the Embassy World Professional Championship in 1982, repeated the feat in 1989, and between 1979 and 1991 he always reached at least the quarter-finals.

ECONOMIST: Jocky Wilson, darts player, died on March 24th, aged 62

Sixteen-year-old golf prodigy Michelle Wie is playing in her first professional tournament, the Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert, California.

NPR: Golfer Wie Makes Pro Debut in Samsung Tourney

She will make her professional debut on Oct. 13 at the LPGA's Samsung World Championship in Palm Desert, Calif.

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When the Baltimore Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans on February 3rd, it will mark the first time in any North American professional sports league that 2 brothers will oppose each other as coaches of the respective teams vying for a World Championship.

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