2007 Open Championship the PGA Tour's money list. Carnoustie hosted its first Open Championship in 1931 and the 2007 Open was the seventh to be held at Carnoustie, and third consecutive to end in a playoff. Carnoustie's prestige in the golf community is irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1931), Henry Cotton (1937), Ben Hogan (1953), Gary Player (1968), Tom Watson (1975) and Paul Lawrie (1999). The 1999 championship was nicknamed "Carnastie" due to how difficult the course and conditions were. Jean van de Velde stood on the 72nd tee with a three-shot lead, needing only a double-bogey to win.
Percy Lawrie (rugby union) player to score a hat trick against the Barbarians. Lawrie was captain of Leicester for 165 games between 1911–14 and then again between 1920–23 this was a record which stood until 2004 when Martin Johnson over took him. Lawrie made his international debut for England on 19 March 1910 against Scotland at Inverleith. in the last game of the 1910 Five Nations Championship, his only other England cap was the next year against the same opponents at Twickenham where he scored a try. During the war Lawrie served as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery and following his retirement from