After playing a splendid first nine holes in 34 -- two strokes under par -- on this fifth and final day of the tournament ( Sunday's fourth round had been washed out by a violent rainstorm when it was only half completed ), Player's game rapidly fell to pieces.

On the final round at Pensacola, the luck of the draw paired Palmer and Player in the same threesome and, although it was far from obvious at the time, the gallery was treated to the first chapter of what promises to be one of the most exciting duels in sport for a long time to come.

In the latter, President José Eduardo dos Santos won the first round election with more than 49 % of the vote to Jonas Savimbi's 40 %.

Karpov defeated Lev Polugaevsky by the score of + 3 = 5 in the first Candidates ' match, earning the right to face former champion Boris Spassky in the semifinal round.

* 1925 – Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first directly elected head of state of the Weimar Republic.

Rogers ' A cruising voyage round the world: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope was published in 1712 and included an account of Selkirk's ordeal.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

In 1989, the Falcons drafted CB Deion Sanders in the first round, who helped them for the next four years, setting many records for the franchise.

She first supported Michael Ancram, who was eliminated in the first round, and then Kenneth Clarke, who lost in the final round.

The first round of mass privatisation finally began in January 1996, and auctions began toward the end of that year.

The winner of the wild card has won the first round 7 out of the 11 years since the re-alignment and creation of the NLDS.

If all four players pass in the first round, the deal is not played ; in rubber bridge the deal is not scored and the hand is redealt by the original dealer, while in duplicate the score is recorded as zero for each pair and returned to the board.

If your side has two aces and a void, then you are not at risk of losing the first two tricks, so long as ( a ) your void is useful ( i. e., does not duplicate the function of an ace that your side holds ) and ( b ) you are not vulnerable to the loss of the first two tricks in the fourth suit ( because, for instance, one of the partnership hands holds a singleton in that suit or the protected king, giving your side second round control ).

Déby won the country ’ s first multi-party presidential elections with support in the second round from opposition leader Kebzabo, defeating General Kamougue ( leader of the 1975 coup against Tombalbaye ).

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

A player making a come bet will bet on the first point number that " comes " from the shooters next roll, regardless of the table's round.

If a 7 or 11 is rolled on the first round, it wins.

If a 2 or 3 is rolled in the first round, it wins.

In 1957's draft, however, Cleveland took fullback Jim Brown out of Syracuse University in the first round.

After finishing the 2006 and 2007 seasons with records of 8 – 8 and 7 – 9, respectively, the Panthers rebounded in the 2008 season, finishing the season with a 12 – 4 record, claiming the NFC South title and a first round bye in the playoffs.

This time, Cleveland did not make it past the first round, losing the Division Series to the Red Sox, despite taking a 2-0 lead in the series.

The Atlanta expansion franchise became the 15th NFL franchise, and they were awarded the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.

In the 2001 NFL Draft, the Falcons orchestrated a trade with the San Diego Chargers, acquiring the first overall pick ( which was used on quarterback Michael Vick ) in exchange for wide receiver / return specialist Tim Dwight and the fifth overall pick ( used on running back LaDainian Tomlinson ).

The 2002 season was the Falcons ' first in the more geographically-accurate NFC South upon NFL realignment.

The Falcons became the first team in NFL history to claim a playoff win over the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field, beating them 27 – 7.

On December 11, 13 games into his first NFL season as head coach, Bobby Petrino resigned without notice to coach at the University of Arkansas, leaving the beleaguered players only a note in the locker room.

Cleveland won the league championship in its first NFL season, followed by two more in 1954 and 1955.

Paul Brown, the first head coach and namesake of the Browns, who won 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships as coach of the Browns, is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, and is widely regarded as one of football's greatest coaches of all-time.

That made the Browns ' entry into the NFL in the 1950 season the first test of whether their early supremacy could carry over into a more established league.

The Browns came into 1954 as one of the most powerful teams in the NFL, having reached the championship in each of their first four years in the league.

On October 26, 1993, the league announced that the owners had unanimously voted for the Carolinas to receive the 29th franchise, the first new NFL team since 1976 ( Jacksonville was named the 30th team a month later ).

The Panthers selected quarterback Cam Newton as the first overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Like many other NFL teams located in temperate climates, the Panthers traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season — forcing opponents to wear their dark ones under the warm autumns in Charlotte.

In their first match up of the 2011 season, Cam Newton set an NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a season for QB with 13.

Bengals quarterback Virgil Carter would be the first player to successfully implement Walsh's system, leading the NFL in pass completion percentage in 1971.

In the NFL the clock does not explicitly stop for a first down.

In the NFL, only scoring plays, the final 2: 00 of each half and all overtime periods are reviewed, and coaches are issued two challenges ( with the option for a 3rd if the first two are successful ).

The Cowboys defeated the Eagles for the first Cowboys ' post-season win since the 1996 season, ending a streak of six consecutive NFL post-season losses.

In that same year, Smith became the first player to win the Super Bowl, the NFL rushing title ( i. e. lead the league in rushing ), the NFL Most Valuable Player Award, and the Super Bowl MVP all in one season.

* 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16 – 3.

* 1932 – The Chicago Bears defeat the Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in the first ever NFL Championship Game.

The NFL began running promotional television ads for fantasy football featuring current players for the first time.