The Longest of Long Shots won the Open Championship, Gaylord Perry and the Man on the Moon, and LeMond in Yellow - This DiSH for July 20

The Longest of Long Shots won the Open Championship, Gaylord Perry and the Man on the Moon, and LeMond in Yellow - This DiSH for July 20

In 2003, Ben Curtis won the Open Championship at Royal St. Georges. It was first appearance in a golf major and his first professional win. In 1985, Mary Decker Slaney dusted Zola Budd and the rest of the field in a rematch of the 3000 meter debacle at the LA Olympics the previous summer. In 1969, Gaylord Perry proved his former manager Alvin Dark to be quite a fortune teller when he hit a home run about an hour after Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon. In 1986, Greg LeMond became the first American to wear the Yellow Jersey as the leader of the Tour de France.

A 59-year old Tom Watson came within a whisker of winning the Open Championship, Pete Rose sentenced to prison, and the first unassisted Triple Play - This DiSH for July 19

In 2009, 59-year old Tom Watson came within a shot of becoming the oldest to win a major golf championship. In 1946, home plate umpire Red Jones ejected 14 players and coaches in an effort to silence a critic and yet he never found him. In 1990, Pete Rose was sentenced to prison for tax evasion. In 1909, Neal Ball recorded the first unassisted triple play in MLB history.

Two Titanic Survivors Battled Each Other in a Tennis Match, Jean Vandevelde's epic collapse, and Don Mattingly matched an interesting record - This DiSH for July 18

In 1912, tennis players Karl Behr and Richard Norris Williams, both Titanic survivors played each other in a Boston Tennis Tournament. In 1999, Jean Vandevelde came to the final hole at Carnoustie needing only a double bogey to win the Claret Jug, instead, a triple-bogey plunged him into a three-way playoff and lost. In 1962, Bob Allison and Harmon Killebrew both hit grand slams in the same inning in a 14-2 win over Cleveland. In 1987, Don Mattingly hit a home run, matching a MLB record for homering in 8 straight games.

An American scored the First World Cup Hat Trick, a Washing Machine used to make a Cycling record, and Two Triple Plays in one game - The DiSH for July 17

in 1930, American Bert Patenaude scored the first hat trick in World Cup history, but it took 76 years to recognize it. In 1993, Graeme Obree set a new cycling hour record on a bike he built from scrap metal and parts from his washing machine. In 1990, the Minnesota Twins turned two triple plays against the Boston Red Sox. It's the only time that's ever happened in MLB. In 1941, Joe DiMaggio went 0-3 with a walk, ending his hitting streak at 56 games.

Uruguay stunned Brazil, Hale Irwin's Whiff cost him the Claret Jug, and Joe DiMaggio hit safely in his 56th straight game - This DiSH for July 16

In 1950, Uruguay stunned Brazil in the World Cup Final, winning 2-1. In 1983, Hale Irwin's whiff of a tap-in during Saturday's round cost him a shot at the Claret Jug on Sunday. In 1959, Bill Wright became the first African American to win a USGA event when he won the PubLinks Championship. In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely in his 56th consecutive game.