'Duel in the Sun,' Zidane Headbutts Mattarazzi, and 'Down Goes the Italian...Sausage?' - This DiSH for July 9

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In 1977, Tom Watson outdueled Jack Nicklaus at Turnberry to win his second Open Championship.

In 1949, Bobby Locke won his first of three Open Championships. Locke is the man who is credited with originating the phrase, 'Drive for Show, Putt for Dough.'

In 2006, Italy beat France in a PK shootout to win the World Cup. What most remember though is the Zinedine Zidane headbutt late in the second Extra Time period.

In 2003, Pittsburgh Pirate Randall Simon made a regrettable mistake during an in-game Sausage Race.

THIS DAY IN SPORTS BACKGROUND

Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.

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