Francis Ouimet's transformative US Open win, Cal Ripken ended his streak, and Walter Payton passed Jim Brown - This DiSH for Sept. 20
In 1913, Francis Ouimet beat British pros Harry Vardon and Ted Ray to win the US Open Golf Championship, becoming the first amateur to win it. It led to the first golf boom in the US. In 1998, Cal Ripken pulled himself out of the starting lineup, ending his consecutive games streak at 2632. In 1987, Chicago Bears RB Walter Payton scored his 107th career rushing TD, passing Jim Brown on the all-time list. In 1973, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the made-for-TV 'Battle of the Sexes' tennis match in the Houston Astrodome.
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