The ongoing WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship looks very lame compared to the wonderful ‘man against man’ tussles at Wentworth years ago.
Back in the day watching the World Match Play Championship was the only way (apart from the British Open) to be able gaze at the Americans, who for the rest of the year could only be marvelled on black and white television.
It was back in 1965 during the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship that one of the greatest match play comebacks ‘ever’ was played out.
Try and imagine back to October 1965 when Gary Player was playing against Tony Lema in the first round of the 36 hole matches.
The 1965 Piccadilly tournament was the second World Match Play Championship. It was played from Thursday to Saturday on the West Course at Wentworth.
Eight players competed in a straight knockout competition, with each match contested…
