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.

In the 1978 season, the Falcons qualified for the playoffs for the first time and won the Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles 14 – 13.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

* 1989 – Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs.

Those against the Wild Card see it as diminishing the importance of the pennant race and the regular season, with the true race often being for second rather than first place, while those in favor of it view it as an opportunity for teams to have a shot at the playoffs even when they have no chance of a first-place finish in their division, thus maintaining fan interest later in the season.

Under Palmer, the team advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1990 in the 2005 season, which also was the first time the team had a winning percentage above. 500 since 1990.

The Bengals returned to the playoffs again in 2009 in a season that included the franchise's first ever division sweep.

Seattle and Cleveland met in the first round of the playoffs, however the Mariners won the series 3-2.

Chicago halted St. Louis ' run to the playoffs by taking 4 of 5 games from the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in early September, after which the hapless Cubs finally won their first division title in 14 years.

With the win, the Rockies made the playoffs for the first time since 1995, and went on to face the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

Star receiver Michael Irvin was suspended by the league for the first five games of 1996 following a drug-related arrest ; he came back after the Cowboys started the season 2-3 ; they finished 10-6 and won the NFC East title, but were eliminated in the divisional round of the playoffs 26-17 by the second-year Carolina Panthers.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

The Cowboys were eliminated by the ( eventual Super Bowl Champion ) Giants in the divisional round of the playoffs, the first NFC No. 1 seed to do so since the playoff re-alignment.

Among the more notable moments in the rivalry was the Giants ' defeat of Dallas in the 2007 playoffs en route to their victory in Super Bowl XLII and winning the first regular season game played at Cowboys Stadium in 2009.

The two clubs had first met in 1960, and in 1972 met in the playoffs for the first time on December 23 at Candlestick Park, in the Divisional round of the 1972 NFC playoffs.

The Cougars made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in 1929 with Carson Cooper leading the team in scoring.

Detroit would become the first team in 17 years to go undefeated in the playoffs.

The Wings lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Bruins.

In 1959 the Red Wings missed the playoffs for the first time in 21 years.

Everway is a fantasy role-playing game first published by Wizards of the Coast under their Alter Ego brand in the mid-1990s.

The game's designers took inspiration from the post-apocalyptic novels and movies of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s ; the first edition rules cite Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, Andre Norton's Star Man's Son ( also published as Daybreak-2250 A. D .), Sterling E. Lanier's Hiero's Journey, and Ralph Bakshi's Wizards.

For the majority of its first 15 years of existence the team was known as the Kansas City Wizards.

In the first round of the playoffs, the Wizards lost to the last-seeded Colorado Rapids.

In 2000, their first full season under Bob Gansler, the Wizards return to their form from their first two seasons, playing well and having a solid defense.

Miklos Molnar scored a penalty kick early in game three to send the series into a tiebreaker, where he scored again to send the Wizards to their first MLS Cup.

A year after not even making double-digits in wins, the Wizards amazingly turned it around and claimed their first MLS Cup Championship.

In the first round, the Wizards ' reign as champion ended with a 6 points to 3 loss to Preki and the Miami Fusion.

In the first round, the Wizards would defeat the Colorado Rapids in the aggregate goal series, 3 – 1.

However, amazingly, the Wizards did just that by scoring 2 goals in the first half, while little known Jack Jewsbury scored the deciding goal in second half stoppage time to move KC onto the conference final for the second year in a row.

With the Wizards Davy Arnaud's goal in the first game to win the series as the defense and Kevin Hartman did the rest and kept Chivas USA off the scoreboard.

Facing the Columbus Crew who captured the MLS Supporter's Shield for the best record in the MLS, the Wizards had a strong showing, earning a 1 – 1 tie in Game 1 of the first round series.

An example of this practice was the Wizards ' 2010 game ( and victory ) against Manchester United at Arrowhead Stadium, which was also the first professional sporting match held at the venue after its renovations.

Wizards management kept the west end of Arrowhead tarped off for the first 10 years of play, limiting seating near the field.

* Men's: The State Shield ( formerly the Shell Cup )-played annually between six teams based upon the first class associations: The Northern Knights, Auckland Aces, Central Stags, Wellington Firebirds, Canterbury Wizards and Otago Volts.

Collins played for the Sixers for his entire NBA career after being the first overall pick in the 1973 draft, and had previously coached the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, and the Washington Wizards.

In the first round, the 4th-seeded Bulls played the Washington Wizards.

After a first round win over the Washington Wizards, the Cavaliers rebounded from a 0 – 2 deficit in the second round against the Detroit Pistons, winning three consecutive games to come one game away from the conference finals.

With a victory over the Washington Wizards on April 6, 2011, the Pacers clinched their first playoff berth since 2006.

In Summer 1997, Wizards revisited the concept of a 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, having first discussed it soon after the purchase of TSR.

In 2002, Wizards sponsored a design contest which allowed designers to submit their campaign worlds to Wizards, to produce an entirely original campaign world ; Wizards selected " Eberron ", submitted by Keith Baker, and its first hardcover book was released in June 2004.